Herringbone Flooring
Herringbone and Chevron Pattern Wood Floors
Herringbone floors have a rich history as a traditional floor pattern in Europe. You can choose to install it in several configurations, with or without a border. A popular variation of the herringbone, called Chevron or French herringbone, is prominent in many prestigious European Chateaus.
It all starts with proper milling, more with a herringbone than with any other pattern. If herringbone pieces widths do not exactly add up - the pattern will be impossible to maintain. Czar Floors uses laser-guided precision equipment to keep consistent dimensions. Tolerance for dimensional deviation is not exceeding .005” in the width or profile of any one piece within a batch. Please note that wood dimensions may slightly change during transportation. Proper acclimation of the wood on-site should help to ensure uniformity of pieces.
Czar Floors uses top-quality Appalachian White Oak lumber, (Quercus Alba) grown in the northern United States. Comparing to other white oak species this wood material has much more consistent color variation, tight grain, beautiful "honey" tone when finished. This wood is known for its strength, durability, and consistency.
Using the form below, select the type of herringbone you wish to order. You may also order regular floor plank from matching wood by scrolling down the page to the "Plank and Strip Flooring" section.
Herringbone and Chevron Flooring Specifications
We supply standard herringbone floors per the following specifications:
- Unfinished
- Square edge(no bevel)
- Select and Better Grade. Please call or email for other grades.
- T&G - grooves on three sides and one tongue on the long side.
- 3/4" thickness. 5/8" option is available in engineered 2-ply construction.
- Individually pre-cut and calibrated pieces
The Standard option is a solid wood board. Also available as Engineered. The "Thickness" option will appear when you select the 2-layer in the "Construction" option.
Please get in touch with us for Prefinished flooring options. The minimum prefinished flooring quantity is 600 sq.ft.
You may consider installing strip flooring as borders or extending the same wood into other rooms. Add regular random length boards from matching wood if needed: "Plank and Strip Flooring."
The minimum order for herringbone parquet flooring is 200 sq.ft. We pack herringbone in manageable bundles for easy handling. Bundles are palletized and shrink-wrapped.
The actual shipping quantity is automatically recalculated and rounded up to full bundles. Please click anywhere on the page or hit "Tab" to see the updated shipping quantity and total material cost after entering the required quantity.
Consider using the Rift/Quartered sawn (R/Q) Wood option for radiant heated floors, a more formal look, or if installing on concrete. Another option for radiant heat is to use Engineered Floors.
Every Czar Floors Herringbone flooring is made to order to your specifications. Please allow 4 to 7 weeks before shipping, depending on the type, quantity, and size. Completed orders will ship via FedEx Freight, fully insured. For residential deliveries, we include a Liftgate service. FedEx will call you to set up an appointment for curbside delivery.
Please note that in the New York City vicinity and New Jersey, we deliver for a flat $350 fee in any quantity. Please call us or e-mail us to place an order in those areas. Please get in touch with us for an accurate shipping charge quote for other parts of the country.
What is the difference between a Chevron pattern and Herringbone?
Herringbone and Chevron floor installation patterns, examples
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How to Measure Herringbone Floor?
You may estimate the quantity by using our on-line Flooring Calculator or visualize and estimate your project using an On-Line Floor Designer. Please make sure to account for waste when specifying the order quantity - It is typical to add 10% to 15% overage.
Sometimes you need to know the size of the repeating pattern to properly layout the room and select optimal board size. How do you calculate herringbone pattern? The handy calculator below allows for finding those dimensions. Select the size of your herringbone from the list where "W" and "L" refer to the width and length of individual pieces. Other dimensions A and B will re-calculate automatically. "A" for standard herringbone, "B" - for Chevron.
How to Install a Herringbone Floor?
Herringbone floors are typically installed piece-by-piece in various configurations, either parallel to the wall or diagonally. Herringbone often looks best with the points running in the longest direction of a room or directed at a focal point. Diagonal installation visually expands the room but requires more material - add at least 15% extra if you are doing this type of installation.
For the best results, the herringbone is installed by glue-down or a combination of nail-down and glue-down. Herringbone pieces have grooves on three sides and one tongue on the long side. Optionally you can use spline, slip tongue between adjacent grooves (splines are not supplied with the product).
Please see detailed NWFA recommended installation steps: Herringbone Flooring Installation Instructions
Plank and Strip flooring
The typical length of the boards in the bundle is shown with the average length. The specific length of the boards in the nested bundle is not guaranteed.
We supply standard plank floors per the following specifications:
- Unfinished
- Square edge(no bevel)
- Select and Better Grade. Please call or email for other grades.
- T&G (tongue and groove)
- 3/4" thickness. 5/8" option is available in engineered 2-ply construction.
- Solid or Engineered.
Lead time for custom milled boards varies and typically longer for wide ( over 6") and longer length boards. You may expect about 5-7 weeks lead time for most flooring and 7-10 weeks for specialty order. Lead time and material availability change daily and are confirmed at the time of the order.
Hardwood plank flooring, custom milled by Czar Floors, exceeds NOFMA and NWFA specifications. Our Select grade is similar to Clear Grade specified by NOFMA and NWFA. Czar Floors' boards are produced on German-made precision molders with human and machine inspection for knots and sap.
All planks are back-channeled. Moisture content is between 6.5% and 8.5% and not more than 9% in any single board. Tolerance for dimensional deviation is not exceeding .005” in the width or profile of any single piece. Czar Floors white oak is the best quality Appalachian white oak.
Solid Quarter or Rift sawn oak is a perfect choice for radiant heat flooring, due to its long successful history of use over radiant heated floors. Radiant floor heating, using solid quartersawn oak flooring, has always been a good selection for stability, especially when installing boards wider than 4 inches. With any floors - radiant or not - Rift/Quartered sawn oak would be the best choice and superior to plainsawn for a small increase in investment.
Hardwood floor planks can be used to fill the areas between borders and walls
with parquet installed inside the borders. This will create
the beautiful appearance of a "wooden rug".
Czar Floor can supply quality plank flooring at competitive prices. The benefit of ordering plank floor from the same source as your parquet, herringbone, medallions and borders is that you can insure that it will match in thickness and appearance to other decorative floor.
Please account for waste of at least 10%. You may estimate the quantity by using our on-line Flooring Calculator.
The flooring is sold in full bundles. The actual shipping quantity is automatically recalculated and rounded up to full bundles. After entering the required quantity, please click anywhere on the page or hit "Tab" to see the updated shipping quantity and total material cost. If ordering with parquet or herringbone, there is no minimum - please call to order.
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