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Chester-le-Street · County Durham

Parquet Flooring in Chester-le-Street

Parquet is a floor built from short blocks laid to a pattern: herringbone, chevron or a Versailles panel, in engineered oak with a 3 to 4 mm wear layer in this range. In Chester-le-Street 95% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (38%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

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Parquet in Chester-le-Street

Parquet flooring in Chester-le-Street: what the housing says

The County Durham district counts 234,761 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a parquet floor is specified here.

Semi-detached houses are 38% of the homes in County Durham, and the semi's knocked-through living room is the room most often floored in herringbone across Chester-le-Street: a pattern floor gives a long room a centre. Set out from the middle of the room, not from a wall, and where the room crosses from timber onto the concrete of an extension the two bases are levelled to each other first, because a glued pattern shows every step in the base.

Terraced houses are 35% of the County Durham stock, and a terraced hallway is where a herringbone floor earns its reputation: the pattern leads the eye down a narrow space and makes it read longer. The base is the work. A pattern floor is glued, so the old suspended boards are overlaid with ply, screwed down and levelled; the 90 x 450 mm Oxford blocks suit the proportions of a terrace better than the 125 x 600 mm ones.

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of households rent privately (12.6% in 2011)
17.1%
live in a flat or maisonette
5.4%
postcode districts we deliver to
DH2 to DH3
parquet floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, County Durham (E06000047) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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The Oxford Herringbone blocks come in two sizes, 90 x 450 mm and 125 x 600 mm, in natural, light, dark brown, fumed and whitewashed oak; Oxford Herringbone Light Oak is the one most often chosen for a hallway. The Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak cuts the block at an angle for the arrow pattern, and the Montpellier Oak Versailles Panel is the 800 x 800 mm panel for a dining room. All are engineered, tongue and groove, and listed for underfloor heating.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Oak Lacquered Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Dark Brown Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Whitewashed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone White Oiled Oak 14 x 125 x 60014mm x 125mm x 600mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Light Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 60014mm x 125mm x 600mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Bordeaux Oak Versailles Panel 20 x 800 x 80020mm x 800mm x 800mm4mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 51014mm x 90mm x 510mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible

Local fact sheet

Chester-le-Street's homes, by the numbers

County Durham in the 2021 census: 234,761 households, 94% houses, 5% flats.

Chester-le-Street is DH2 and DH3 — Chester-le-Street North and South, North Lodge, Pelton, Birtley, Lumley and West Rainton, and Sacriston and Witton Gilbert. It sits within County Durham, a unitary authority since 2009. Social renting is high at 20.0% and private renting rose 4.5 points to 17.1% between the two censuses, while ownership fell to 62.5%. Nearly two in five homes are rented, which puts durability ahead of finish for a large share of the work here. The other local factor is the housing itself: much of the stock is former colliery and post-war housing on solid ground floors, so the first check is the damp-proof membrane rather than the level of the boards.

Semis and terraces together account for most homes in DH2 and DH3, much of that stock former colliery and post-war housing built on a concrete slab. With close to two homes in five now rented, from Birtley and North Lodge out towards Lumley and West Rainton, durability counts for more than finish.

A ground floor sitting on the earth is a cold mass: slow to warm, slower to give the heat back once the boiler drops off. Across DH2 and DH3, where nearly everything is a whole house, an insulating underlay buys more comfort than board thickness does.

Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.

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Before you order in Chester-le-Street

  • Flat enough for glue A pattern floor is glued and every hollow in the base shows as a rocking block. A straightedge over the base is the first check; a levelling compound is often the second.
  • Set out from the centre The pattern is laid from a centre line so that the border cuts are equal at both walls. The drawing comes before the order, because it decides the quantity.
  • The pattern allowance Order 15 to 20 percent over the room area, the figure the manufacturers give for a herringbone or chevron, and order it in one batch.
  • One pattern over two bases A herringbone running from the timber front room onto the concrete kitchen needs both bases brought to one level and one flatness before the adhesive; the join is where it fails.
  • Ply over the old boards Old suspended boards are not a base for glue. A screwed-down ply overlay is, once the void beneath is ventilated.

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Questions

Parquet flooring in Chester-le-Street: questions, answered

Which parquet pattern suits a Chester-le-Street house?

Herringbone in the 90 x 450 mm block suits the hallways and front rooms of terraces and semis; the larger 125 x 600 mm block and the chevron suit longer rooms; a Versailles panel wants a square room with the space to show it. The guide on herringbone against chevron sets out the difference in fitting as well as in look.

Can a herringbone floor be floated?

The engineered blocks in this range are glued down. A pattern floor holds its geometry through the adhesive; floated, the blocks drift. The rigid-vinyl herringbone is the click-together alternative where a glued floor is not wanted.

How much extra should I order for a pattern floor in Chester-le-Street?

Manufacturers' guidance puts the waste allowance for herringbone or chevron at 15 to 20 percent, against 8 to 12 for a straight plank, because every cut at the perimeter produces an unusable offcut. The calculator on the site works with the real pack sizes.

Can I order flooring samples to my Chester-le-Street address?

Yes, and they need not go to the property being fitted. Post them to a landlord's own address, an agent's office or wherever the decision is actually made in DH2 or DH3 – put that address on the order and the fitting address on the quote.

Do you deliver parquet flooring to Chester-le-Street?

Yes. We deliver across Chester-le-Street and County Durham from our UK warehouse, including the DH2 and DH3 postcode districts. Delivery cost and timing depend on the delivery postcode and are shown at checkout, and samples come by post first so the floor can be seen in the room before the full order.

Can I see a parquet sample before ordering in Chester-le-Street?

Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Chester-le-Street address. Two or three side by side on the floor, in the room's own light morning and evening, settle the colour faster than any photograph.

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