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Scunthorpe · Lincolnshire
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 Scunthorpe 91% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (42%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Parquet in Scunthorpe
The North Lincolnshire district counts 73,172 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 42% of the homes in North Lincolnshire, and the semi's knocked-through living room is the room most often floored in herringbone across Scunthorpe: 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 35% of the North Lincolnshire 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 68% in North Lincolnshire, 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 Scunthorpe 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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All 15 parquet floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, North Lincolnshire (E06000013) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Scunthorpe and Lincolnshire. Most in-stock orders reach Scunthorpe within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Bottesford, Brigg, Barton-upon-Humber, Messingham, Kirton in Lindsey and the surrounding North Lincolnshire area.
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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.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Oak Lacquered Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Dark Brown Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Whitewashed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone White Oiled Oak 14 x 125 x 600 | 14mm x 125mm x 600mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Light Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 600 | 14mm x 125mm x 600mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Bordeaux Oak Versailles Panel 20 x 800 x 800 | 20mm x 800mm x 800mm | 4mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 510 | 14mm x 90mm x 510mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
Local fact sheet
North Lincolnshire in the 2021 census: 73,172 households, 91% houses, 9% flats.
Flats are scarce across North Lincolnshire at 8.8% of dwellings, against 41.8% semi-detached and 35.2% detached, which makes the Scunthorpe round very largely a house market. DN15 and DN16 cover Frodingham, Crosby & Park, Town, Ashby Central, Ashby Lakeside, Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens, Bottesford, Burringham & Gunness, Messingham, and Burton upon Stather & Winterton. Owner occupation runs at 67.5%, a little below the 69.5% recorded in 2011 but still the clear majority. Housing of this age brings a familiar two-part problem: a solid ground floor wanting a moisture reading and often a latex smoothing coat, plus first-floor joists whose fixings deserve a check. Rear extensions are the usual place where two floor levels have to be reconciled.
Scunthorpe is a North Lincolnshire steel town on the flat Humberside plain, largely shaped by planned twentieth-century industrial housing. Its stock blends interwar and post-war estates in Ashby, Brumby and Bottesford with modern new-build developments, where value-focused, hard-wearing flooring is what most practical local households look for.
A converted garage starts as a slab poured lower than the rest of the house, laid to a slight fall towards the old door, often without the insulation or membrane the living rooms have. Bringing it up to level and dealing with what is under it is the real work.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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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.
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.
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.
Yes. We deliver across Scunthorpe and Lincolnshire from our UK warehouse, including the DN15 and DN16 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.
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Scunthorpe 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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