Straight Herringbone Floor

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Straight herringbone floor. These classic parquet floors are always in style. The floor in the picture at the top of this post is herringbone. Press hard to tiles are fully adhered. Away from your straight lines you can use a level after the first few pieces.

Working out from the first row or column lay tiles in the herringbone pattern matching your example. You can read more about the distinction and about the history of the two patterns in this column. However i m glad i didn t know about herringbone floors when i put mine in. Despite my house being a mid 70s blah i would love to have it.

Lay tile around edge or starting area. Use the router to cut a groove around the perimeter so that you can add an apron of long flooring strips to frame the herringbone. For a twist on standard hardwood flooring try a classic chevron or herringbone pattern the parquet styles have been around for more than a. Because of the intricacy of the pattern laying a chevron or herringbone floor takes quite a bit more time than a typical wood floor.

The one above is chevron. I love love love that herringbone floor. Recoating and refinishing are some of the trickiest parts of the wood floor business. Run a bead of wood glue in the groove along one side of the herringbone field and insert a long spline then tap the spline in place.

Step 18 attach a feature strip photo by wendell t.