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Corby · Northamptonshire

Parquet Flooring in Corby

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 Corby 89% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (35%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

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Parquet in Corby

Parquet flooring in Corby: what the housing says

The North Northamptonshire district counts 148,918 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 35% of the homes in North Northamptonshire, and the semi's knocked-through living room is the room most often floored in herringbone across Corby: 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.

Detached houses are 30% of the North Northamptonshire stock, and their larger rooms are where the bigger formats belong: the 125 x 600 mm Oxford blocks, the Knightsbridge chevron, or a Versailles panel in a dining room. A large pattern floor is also a large glue-down job with a border to plan, so the setting-out drawing is worth doing before the order, not on the day.

Owner-occupation is 66% in North Northamptonshire, and a pattern floor is an owner's floor: it costs more to fit than a plank, it is planned around the room, and it stays. The Oxford herringbone and the Knightsbridge chevron in Corby go into the rooms that are lived in and shown, the hallway and the living room, and the 3 mm wear layer keeps a refinishing cycle in reserve.

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of households rent privately (14.1% in 2011)
18.4%
live in a flat or maisonette
11.2%
postcode districts we deliver to
NN17 to NN18
parquet floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, North Northamptonshire (E06000061) · 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

Corby's homes, by the numbers

North Northamptonshire in the 2021 census: 148,918 households, 88% houses, 11% flats.

Corby is NN17 and NN18 — Corby West, Kingswood, Lloyds and Corby Village, Oakley, and out to Gretton and Weldon and Geddington and Stanion. It sits in North Northamptonshire, a unitary authority created in 2021. Ownership across the authority was 65.0% at the 2021 census, down 3.1 points, with private renting up 4.3 points to 18.4%. Corby's own housing story is distinctive: it was designated a new town in 1950 to house steelworkers, and most of what was built then and since sits on a concrete ground floor rather than joists. That simplifies levelling and complicates moisture — the damp-proof membrane is the check that matters, and a floating floor over a good underlay is usually the straightforward answer.

Corby was laid out as a new town for steelworkers, and that decision still shows underfoot: most of what has been built there since sits on a concrete slab rather than timber. Semis lead the mix in NN17 and NN18, with detached and terraced homes close behind, and private renting has risen.

A concrete ground floor keeps still through the heating year, so seasonal gapping between boards is not the Corby problem; the movement to allow for belongs to the floating floor. The slab holds cold instead, and the underlay decides whether a room feels warm underfoot.

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

Guides

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Before you order in Corby

  • 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.
  • The border in a big room A large room takes a border and a centred field comfortably. The drawing decides both, and the quantity follows from the drawing, not from the room area.
  • A floor for the long term A glued oak parquet is sanded and refinished in place for decades. Keep the batch number and the adhesive name with the invoice; a repair years later starts there.

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Questions

Parquet flooring in Corby: questions, answered

Which parquet pattern suits a Corby 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 Corby?

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 Corby address?

Order samples to any NN17 or NN18 address, and take more than one. Shade behaves differently across a wide unbroken run than in a sample square, so put them down at the far end of the room as well as by the window.

Do you deliver parquet flooring to Corby?

Yes. We deliver across Corby and Northamptonshire from our UK warehouse, including the NN17 and NN18 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 Corby?

Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Corby 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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