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Gateshead · Tyne and Wear

Parquet Flooring in Gateshead

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 Gateshead 80% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (43%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

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Parquet in Gateshead

Parquet flooring in Gateshead: what the housing says

The Gateshead district counts 88,999 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 43% of the homes in Gateshead, and the semi's knocked-through living room is the room most often floored in herringbone across Gateshead: 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.

Social renting is 25% of households in Gateshead; pattern floors are rare in that stock because they are glued and fitted to the room, and a refurbishment programme prefers a floor it can lay quickly across many units. Where a provider wants the look without the glue-down, the herringbone rigid-vinyl range is the specification that gets written.

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All 15 parquet floors
of households rent privately (12.5% in 2011)
16.4%
live in a flat or maisonette
20.1%
postcode districts we deliver to
5
parquet floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Gateshead (E08000037) · 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

Gateshead's homes, by the numbers

Gateshead in the 2021 census: 88,999 households, 80% houses, 20% flats.

Gateshead is NE8, NE9, NE10 and NE11 — Bridges, Deckham, High Fell, Chowdene, Felling, Dunston and Teams, and Dunston Hill and Whickham East. It is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear. Social renting is 25.1%, a quarter of all households and among the highest shares we deliver to, with ownership at 58.0%. Where social and private renting together account for over 40% of homes, the specification that matters is resilience: an AC-rated laminate or a mid-wear-layer LVT will outlast a thin engineered board in a property that changes hands often. Gateshead also has Tyneside flats — upper and lower halves of the same building — where impact sound insulation is the first line of the specification.

Gateshead is semi-detached before it is anything else, terraces next, and then the Tyneside flat – two homes stacked as the upper and lower halves of one building. With a quarter of households socially renting and more renting privately, what the floor has to do is last.

A relet at Deckham or Felling is often floored while it stands empty: heating off for weeks, then run hard the day the tenant arrives. Do not lay into that swing; the boards want the room's temperature first, and a perimeter gap that allows for it.

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

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Before you order in Gateshead

  • 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.
  • Consent before a glued floor A glued parquet is not lifted at the end of a tenancy. Tenancy agreements commonly require the landlord's written consent for a hard floor; ask before ordering.

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Questions

Parquet flooring in Gateshead: questions, answered

Which parquet pattern suits a Gateshead 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 Gateshead?

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 Gateshead address?

Yes. We post samples to any Gateshead address. Say which half of a Tyneside flat is being floored: the upper one takes impact insulation under the board because a household lives below, the lower one does not, and the shortlists differ.

Do you deliver parquet flooring to Gateshead?

Yes. We deliver across Gateshead and Tyne and Wear from our UK warehouse, including the NE8, NE9, NE10, NE11 and NE85 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 Gateshead?

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