Straight Herringbone Floor

These classic parquet floors are always in style.

Straight herringbone floor.

Lay tile around edge or starting area. The floor in the picture at the top of this post is herringbone. 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.

Recoating refinishing recoating refinishing. For a twist on standard hardwood flooring try a classic chevron or herringbone pattern the parquet styles have been around for more than a. Away from your straight lines you can use a level after the first few pieces. 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.

I would have wanted them and probably would have had to hire someone instead of having my father put in the floor straight planks for free. Press hard to tiles are fully adhered. Step 18 attach a feature strip photo by wendell t. 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. Because of the intricacy of the pattern laying a chevron or herringbone floor takes quite a bit more time than a typical wood floor. You can read more about the distinction and about the history of the two patterns in this column. Working out from the first row or column lay tiles in the herringbone pattern matching your example.

The one above is chevron.