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Livingston · Scotland

Parquet Flooring in Livingston

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.

Parquet in Livingston

Parquet flooring in Livingston: what the housing says

A pattern floor is glued down rather than floated, needs a flat base and a larger waste allowance, and turns the floor into the feature of the room.

A pattern floor in Livingston is a glued floor, and the base decides it: a ply overlay on timber, a levelled slab, a dry screed. Get that right and herringbone, chevron or a panel goes into any room that is seen. The waste allowance is higher than for a plank, because every perimeter cut on a pattern produces an offcut, and the manufacturers' guidance puts it at 15 to 20 percent.

Screed is not the structure; it is a topping laid over it, and across EH53 and EH54 that topping is what a floor actually sits on. Tap across it before anything goes down, because a hollow note means it has let go of the slab beneath, and levelling a loose screed only buries the problem.

Compare the parquet range

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

Livingston's homes, by the numbers

Livingston by postcode district: EH53 and EH54.

Livingston covers EH53 and EH54 — Livingston North and South, East Livingston and East Calder, Bathgate, Whitburn and Blackburn, and the Pentland Hills ward. It is in West Lothian. Scottish tenure figures come from a separate census on a different cycle, so we do not quote England and Wales numbers here. What matters for flooring is that Livingston was designated a new town in 1962: almost nothing predates it, the ground floor is concrete or screed rather than joists, and underfloor heating appears in the later phases. Over a heat source engineered wood is the right construction and solid timber is not, because solid moves as the floor warms and cools.

Designated a new town in the nineteen-sixties, Livingston has almost no housing older than itself. Ground floors across EH53 and EH54 are concrete or screed rather than joists, and underfloor heating turns up in the phases built later. Construction, not colour, is what settles the choice here.

A heated Livingston floor warms and cools once a day through the season, drying the room's air and working every joint in the covering. Bring the heating up and down across the fitting itself rather than switching it on once the fitter has gone.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Livingston

  • 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.

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Questions

Parquet flooring in Livingston: questions, answered

Which parquet pattern suits a Livingston 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 Livingston?

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 Livingston address?

Yes, samples can be ordered to any Livingston address, the Pentland Hills ward included, and there is one thing worth doing while a piece is with you: take a moisture reading off the screed it would sit on. A wet reading rules bonded coverings out.

Do you deliver parquet flooring to Livingston?

Yes. We deliver across Livingston and Scotland from our UK warehouse, including the EH53 and EH54 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 Livingston?

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