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We deliver across Torquay and Devon (TQ postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Torquay · Devon
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 Torquay roughly one home in 3 is a flat (30%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
Parquet in Torquay
The Torbay district counts 62,995 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 30% of the homes in the Torbay 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.
Private renting is 27% of households in Torbay, 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 Torquay 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, Torbay (E06000027) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

We deliver across Torquay and Devon (TQ postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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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
Torbay in the 2021 census: 62,995 households, 70% houses, 30% flats.
Torquay is TQ1 and TQ2 — Tormohun, Ellacombe, Wellswood, St Marychurch, Shiphay, Barton with Watcombe, and Cockington with Chelston. It sits in Torbay, a unitary authority. Two figures stand out: private renting is 26.6%, the second highest we deliver to, while social renting is only 8.3%, the lowest on this list. Torquay is a resort town and a large part of the housing is Victorian and Edwardian villas subdivided into flats and holiday lets. In a converted flat the floor is the ceiling below, so impact sound insulation comes first; and in a property that turns over frequently, the wear layer matters more than the species.
Semi-detached, terraced and detached houses take roughly equal shares of Torquay’s stock, and private renting is unusually high on top of that. Much of the Victorian and Edwardian villa stock across TQ1 and TQ2 was subdivided long ago, so in a flat the floor you lay is the ceiling of the home below.
A divided villa in Ellacombe heats by the week: one flat warm, the one beneath it shut and cold. Across TQ1, treat that floor as a boundary rather than a surface.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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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.
Samples reach any Torquay address, and the useful one is often not the flat itself: an owner living out of the bay, or an agent holding keys across TQ1. Put your own address on the sample request and the property's on what follows it.
Yes. We deliver across Torquay and Devon from our UK warehouse, including the TQ1 and TQ2 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 Torquay 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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Every range and room for Torquay, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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