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Wrexham · North Wales

Parquet Flooring in Wrexham

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 Wrexham 89% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (38%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Parquet in Wrexham

Parquet flooring in Wrexham: what the housing says

The Wrexham district counts 57,916 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 38% of the homes in Wrexham, and the semi's knocked-through living room is the room most often floored in herringbone across Wrexham: 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 32% of the Wrexham 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.

Social renting is 21% of households in Wrexham; 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.

of households rent privately (11.9% in 2011)
15.8%
live in a flat or maisonette
11.4%
postcode districts we deliver to
LL11 to LL13
parquet floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Wrexham (W06000006) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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

Wrexham's homes, by the numbers

Wrexham in the 2021 census: 57,916 households, 88% houses, 11% flats.

Wrexham covers LL11, LL12, LL13 and LL14 — Acton and Maesydre, Borras Park, Brynyffynnon, Bryn Cefn, Brymbo, and out to Acrefair and Caergwrle. It became a Welsh unitary authority in 1996 and a city in 2022. Social renting is high at 21.0% and private renting rose 3.9 points to 15.8% between the censuses, against ownership of 62.5% — over a third of homes rented. Wrexham grew on coal and brewing and much of the terraced stock dates from that period: suspended timber at ground level, over a void, and usually needing levelling before anything is laid. The former colliery villages around Brymbo are later and more often solid.

Wrexham grew on the collieries and the breweries, and much of the terraced stock dates from those years: suspended timber at ground level over a void, wanting levelling before anything is laid. Semis and detached houses make up the bulk of the stock, while the later housing towards Brymbo is more often solid.

A ground floor at Brynyffynnon or Cartrefle runs colder than the room and trades moisture with it all season; the later stock does not. Condition boards where they will live.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Wrexham

  • 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.
  • The border in a big room A large room takes a border and a centred field comfortably. The drawing decides both, and the quantity follows from the drawing, not from the room area.
  • 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 Wrexham: questions, answered

Which parquet pattern suits a Wrexham 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 Wrexham?

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 Wrexham address?

Yes, and a request written Wrecsam reaches us the same as one written Wrexham. Ask for more than one square, too: the board you pick in one room here ends up in rooms you were not standing in when you chose it.

Do you deliver parquet flooring to Wrexham?

Yes. We deliver across Wrexham and North Wales from our UK warehouse, including the LL11, LL12 and LL13 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 Wrexham?

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