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Slough · Berkshire
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 Slough roughly one home in 3 is a flat (34%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
Parquet in Slough
The Slough district counts 52,422 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.
Flats are 34% of the homes in the Slough district, and a pattern floor in a flat is a glued floor over a concrete slab, which is the simplest base a parquet can have. The lease is the constraint: where it asks for impact-sound performance, the build-up includes an acoustic layer under the blocks, and that layer has to be one the adhesive is approved for. Ask before ordering.
Terraced houses are 26% of the Slough 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.
Private renting is 31% of households in Slough, and parquet in a rented home is a decision about the void between tenancies: a glued pattern floor is not lifted and relaid, it is refinished in place, which a 3 mm wear layer allows. In Slough it is chosen for the flats and houses that let at the upper end, where the floor is part of the rent.
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All 15 parquet floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Slough (E06000039) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Slough and the wider Thames Valley. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Windsor, Maidenhead, Reading, Bracknell, High Wycombe, Beaconsfield and surrounding South Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.
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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
Slough in the 2021 census: 52,422 households, 66% houses, 34% flats.
Purpose-built flats account for 29.6% of dwellings, level with semi-detached houses as the largest single category, and flats of every type together reach 33.6%. SL1, SL2, SL3 and SL4 bring in Chalvey, Britwell, Cippenham Village and Colnbrook & Poyle. When a home sits above someone else's ceiling, impact sound becomes the first constraint rather than a detail settled late: a lease normally sets a minimum acoustic rating, and the underlay specification decides whether a hard surface is permitted at all. Ownership in Slough has slipped to 48.5% from 52.7%, while private renting has climbed to 30.7%, so finishes that shrug off tenancy turnover tend to repay their cost better than deep-pile carpet does.
Slough’s housing combines inter-war semis and Victorian terraces around the town centre with substantial family homes in Burnham and Stoke Poges, plus modern apartment developments at the Heart of Slough regeneration. The Elizabeth Line opening, Heathrow proximity and the major Slough Trading Estate together drive a year-round rental and renovation market.
Ownership fell from just over half to under half in a decade while private renting rose from a quarter to nearly a third. In that market the figure that matters is not the price per square metre but the cost across several tenancies: purchase, plus every void period spent repairing, plus every deposit argument the floor causes.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in Slough
Shop the rangeParquetRead guide 
Fitting guideHerringbone Installation GuideRead guide 
Cost guideHerringbone and Parquet Flooring CostRead guide 
Pattern guideHerringbone vs Chevron: Patterns, Costs and Which Suits Your RoomRead guide 
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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.
In a new apartment the floor is also the ceiling of the flat below, and the developer's specification usually names what may be laid over the screed. Read that first, then take a moisture reading — a new screed gives up water for months after handover.
Yes. We deliver across Slough and Berkshire from our UK warehouse, including the SL1, SL2, SL3 and SL4 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 Slough 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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