Herringbone floor fitting in Willenhall — LVT and engineered wood, set out from the centre line, cut by hand, borders finished properly.
Herringbone is the pattern that punishes a rushed fitter. It is set out from a centre line, and a degree of error in that line grows all the way to the wall. It is slow, careful work rather than difficult work, and it is the difference between a floor people notice and a floor people wince at.
Herringbone is set out, not just laid. The centre line is struck first and every block works outward from it, which is why the base has to be flat and why the room has to be measured before anything is opened. In the older Willenhall rooms where the walls are out of square, that setting out is the difference between a floor that looks made and one that looks fitted.
Twice the cuts, twice the setting out and no margin for error. The pattern magnifies any mistake in the first line across the whole room.
Yes, more often than people expect. In a small room a herringbone floor with a simple border makes the space look considered rather than cramped.
Roughly twice as long as plank fitting the same area, and the setting out takes a good part of the first day. We would rather spend that time than get the first line wrong.
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