Herringbone & Parquet Vinyl Flooring

Benefits of herringbone vinyl flooring

Herringbone vinyl gives you the look of parquet on a single vinyl roll, with the pattern printed across the sheet rather than built from separate blocks. It's one of the quickest and most affordable ways to bring herringbone into your home. Here are some of the reasons to choose it.

Waterproof – Sheet vinyl won't absorb water like a wood-based board, so it's a practical choice for bathrooms, kitchens and utility rooms.

Fewer seams – Rolls come in widths from 2m to 4m, so most rooms can be covered in one piece. If you need two widths, allow a little extra length so the pattern lines up across the join.

Quicker to fit – There are no blocks to set out and no angled cuts, so it goes down like any other sheet vinyl. Our vinyl installation guide covers the preparation needed to lay.

Comfortable underfoot – Vinyl feels softer and warmer than tile or laminate, which makes a difference in rooms where you're on your feet, like the kitchen.

Great value – A printed pattern costs far less than individual blocks cut and fitted one at a time, making it an affordable way to get the parquet look. Our vinyl flooring cost guide explains what affects the price.

Easy to step up – If you'd prefer individual blocks with bevelled edges and a textured finish, our herringbone LVT range gives you a closer match to real wood.

Explore our herringbone vinyl range and order free samples to see how the pattern looks in your own home.

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Frequently asked questions

Herringbone sheet vinyl gives you the full parquet pattern in one continuous roll, which makes it the quickest and most affordable way to get the look. The pattern is printed rather than assembled, so there's no setting out and no 45 degree cuts, and fitting takes a fraction of the time. Herringbone LVT is built from separate planks with bevelled edges and surface texture, so it reads closer to real parquet and costs more. Sheets suit a rental, a tight budget or a room where the floor isn't the focal point. When the floor is meant to be the feature, our LVT range is the step up.

Laying herringbone sheet vinyl is far simpler than laying herringbone planks, because the pattern is printed continuously across the roll. There's no setting out block by block and no 45 degree cutting, so it goes down like any other sheet vinyl. Roll it out, centre the pattern on the main axis of the room so the design sits square to the doorway, then trim to the walls. The subfloor still needs to be smooth and dry, with any dips levelled first. Our guide to installing vinyl floors covers the prep and the laying in full.

Herringbone sheet vinyl is the best value way to bring the parquet look into your home. At Factory Direct Flooring, our herringbone rolls start at the same price as our plain and wood effect vinyl, and the whole range sits under £20 per m². You get the pattern as a printed design rather than paying for individual blocks cut and fitted one at a time. Real parquet flooring reaches £60 per m² in engineered wood, with herringbone LVT sitting between the two. Buying factory direct keeps all three below the high street, and free samples let you see what your money buys.

Herringbone has been laid in European homes since the 16th century, and it has stayed in demand through every revival since, which makes it a classic rather than a trend. The current period revival has kept it popular for well over a decade, and it now comes in more finishes than ever. Herringbone works best where it has room to be seen, so a hallway or a decent sized living room suits it particularly well. In a very small or heavily patterned room, a finer scale keeps the pattern from competing with everything else. Our parquet flooring range shows the full choice.

Herringbone uses rectangular blocks with square ends, laid at 90 degrees so the end of one block meets the side of the next and the joins stagger into a broken zigzag. Chevron cuts the ends of each plank at 45 degrees instead, so the planks meet point to point and form a continuous V with the joins in a straight line. Chevron tends to read as more modern and is often chosen to make a room look wider, while herringbone reads more traditional. Our herringbone flooring range covers both, from vinyl through to solid wood.

Herringbone can make a room feel longer or wider, depending on which way you run the pattern. Point the pattern down the length of the room and it leads the eye along its length, so the space reads longer. Turn it to run across the room and it pulls the eye sideways, which makes a narrow room or hallway feel wider. Scale matters as much as direction, so a finer herringbone stops the pattern taking over a small room, while a larger design suits an open plan space. Our guide to which direction to lay your flooring works through it with your light source and doorway in mind.