Two popular flooring options homeowners often consider are chevron and herringbone. Both offer unique aesthetics, but what is the difference?
A multi-layer floating herringbone flooring system.
Herringbone has traditionally required expert installation using solid timber and post-installation finishing. This product enables you to achieve the herringbone design economically, with easy installation and the benefits of commercial grade ISOCORE.
Herringbone features ISOCORE, an innovative highly engineered closed-cell foamed PVC core that delivers rigidity and strength yet is lightweight and easy to handle and install.
Herringbone can be installed in traditional patterns giving you a true herringbone finish, as a floating floor. Ideal for any residential or commercial project.
Product Summary
- 100% waterproof (not a membrane)
- Increased dimensional stability allowing use over larger areas
- Resistant to indentation 60% greater than solid vinyl click floors
- Locking strength four times stronger than solid vinyl click floors
- Designed to be installed in various Herringbone patterns
- Outstanding in room and transfer acoustics
- Easy install with Droplock 400 system
- Ultra-Fresh anti-microbial protection
- Available in seven colours
- 7 year commercial warranty, lifetime residential warranty
- Can be installed over existing tiles and vinyl
- Suitable with in-slab pipped water heating
Product information
| Length | 720mm |
|---|---|
| Width | 120mm |
| Thickness | 8mm |
| Bevel | Micro |
| Wear layer | 0.55mm |
| Warranties | 35 year residential, 15 year commercial |
| Sqm/pack | 2.07 |
| Planks per box | 24 |
Technical information
| Wear Resistance | 4000 |
|---|---|
| Abrasion Class | AC4 |
| Fire Resistance | 5.7 kW/m2 |
| Slip Resistance | 43 |
Products
View Products
Flamed Oak Beppu Herringbone
Beautiful herringbone patterns in a high-quality, hybrid floor with exceptional rigidity and excellent acoustics.
French Oak Bone White Herringbone
Beautiful herringbone patterns in a high-quality, hybrid floor with exceptional rigidity and excellent acoustics.
Kentucky Oak Herringbone
Beautiful herringbone patterns in a high-quality, hybrid floor with exceptional rigidity and excellent acoustics.
Smooth Oak High Noon Herringbone
Beautiful herringbone patterns in a high-quality, hybrid floor with exceptional rigidity and excellent acoustics.
Swiss Oak Bern Herringbone
Beautiful herringbone patterns in a high-quality, hybrid floor with exceptional rigidity and excellent acoustics.
Turin Oak Slacked Oyster Herringbone
Beautiful herringbone patterns in a high-quality, hybrid floor with exceptional rigidity and excellent acoustics.
The Herringbone pattern
Herringbone is making a resurgence in modern housing. It’s a pattern in flooring that has now been around since Roman times, before arriving in France in the 16th century. From there it appeared in parquet flooring design in England and the US around the 1930’s.
Today they are a popular choice in housing, mainly due to its architectural appeal and obvious aesthetic charm, yet also for creating an illusion of space. Herringbone floors can make rooms feel larger, making it a particularly good choice for hallways, entranceway or smaller rooms where the pattern runs the entire length of the room.
Yet herringbone design can often be confused with chevron, and while the 2 patterns are similar in concept, on closer inspection there is a noticeable difference.
Herringbone pieces are rectangular in shape and are interlocked at a 90-degree angle, whereas chevron boards are typically cut at a 90-degree angle and fitted together at a point.
Woodland Lifestyle cater for both styles, with Metroflor Herringbone championing the herringbone style and Zenku Artec offering chevron. Metroflor Herringbone is not limited to a single herringbone pattern, it can also be configured in double and triple styles.
Incorporating these complex patterns into modern living spaces with laminate flooring is a much easier process than solid flooring due to easy installation and maintenance.
While both styles offer a timeless traditional look, they are also becoming more widespread in ultra-modern or architecturally designed houses due to their distinctive visual impact.
Strata Herringbone in use
