VitaStyle Pioneer Oak 202 chevron, Select grade: 125 × 485 mm blocks, 15 mm thick with a 4 mm oak wear layer. The border is cut from 260 mm Pioneer Oak 202 plank in the same colour.

Can a border follow a curved wall?

Yes. Here the curve was templated off the wall full size and the border cut to the template. The chevron was laid long past the curve, then cut back in place to meet the border. The border was cut from 260 mm plank, which gives the width to cut the curved pieces.

Solid brass, 6 × 6 mm, set into a routed groove between the border and the chevron so it finishes flush with the wood. It follows the border all the way round: the curve, the hearth, the garden doors and the hall.

How does the floor meet the stone hall?

With no threshold strip. The border and brass run straight across the opening and the chevron stops against the travertine.

How was it fixed down?

The subfloor was levelled with F. Ball Stopgap 1200 Pro and sealed with two coats of Wakol PU280 as a damp-proof membrane. Every block is fully bonded with Bona R848.

Chevron · Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames

A chevron floor with a curved oak border and brass inlay

VitaStyle Pioneer Oak 202 chevron in a Walton-on-Thames living room, framed by an oak border with a line of solid brass. The border follows a curved wall, turns round the granite hearth and runs under the garden doors, and the floor meets the travertine hall with no threshold strip.

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The curve →The hearth

Supplied and fitted by AK Hardwood · VitaStyle Pioneer Oak 202 chevron

Floor: Pioneer Oak 202
Blocks: 125 × 485 mm
Border: Oak + brass
Area: Approx. 30 m²

The room

Four edges, each one different.

A living room in Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames: a curved wall at one end, a granite hearth on one side, garden doors at the other end and an opening into a travertine hall.

The chevron is framed by an oak border, with a line of solid brass between the two. That border has to meet all four edges: follow the curve, turn round the hearth, run under the door frames and stop against the stone.

The finished room with the hearth on the left and the garden doors at the far end, furniture still wrapped — The room as the floor was finished, furniture still wrapped: the hearth on the left, the garden doors at the far end.

The base

Set out from the centre line.

The subfloor was levelled with F. Ball Stopgap 1200 Pro, then sealed with two coats of Wakol PU280, a liquid damp-proof membrane that stops moisture reaching the wood and the adhesive. Every block is fully bonded with Bona R848.

The first line of chevron went down the middle of the room: the line the points of the V run along. Before the rest was glued, a row of blocks was laid loose across the room towards the garden doors, to see how the pattern would finish at each wall.

The first line of chevron down the centre of the room, taped across its joints — The first line down the centre, then a loose row across the room to check the edges.

The point of the first chevron line, with packs of blocks along the room — The first line down the centre, then a loose row across the room to check the edges.

The curve

A border that follows the wall.

The curve was templated off the wall, full size. The border was cut to that template and laid to it. At the curve, the chevron field was laid long, past the line, then cut back in place to meet the border.

The border is cut from 260 mm Pioneer Oak 202 planks, the same colour as the chevron, trimmed down to the border's width. At the curve, the full 260 mm gives the room to cut the curved pieces. The groove for the brass was routed between border and field, so the brass finishes flush with the wood. The skirting was kerfed, cut across the back so it bends to the wall.

The template on the floor at the curved wall, with the border pieces laid round the curve — The template at the wall, and the brass at the curve.

The brass line following the curve between the oak border and the chevron — The template at the wall, and the brass at the curve.

The curved wall finished: kerfed skirting, oak border and brass following the same sweep across the chevron — The curve finished: skirting, border and brass on the one line.

The hearth

Round the granite, mitred at every corner.

The chevron was cut back from the granite hearth, leaving a channel the width of the border. The border went into that channel, mitred at each corner so the oak runs on round the stone, and the brass turns with it.

The chevron cut back around the granite hearth, leaving the channel for the border — The channel left around the hearth, and the border and brass in it.

The border and brass mitred round the hearth — The channel left around the hearth, and the border and brass in it.

The other edges

Under the doors, round the corners, up to the stone.

At the garden doors the border runs the full width of the opening, under the frames. Where the wall steps in, the border steps with it.

At the hall the floor stops against the travertine with no threshold strip. The border and brass run straight across the opening, so the change from stone to oak is one line.

The border and brass running under the garden door frame — Under the garden doors, round the wall by the radiator, and up to the travertine.

The border stepping round the wall by the radiator — Under the garden doors, round the wall by the radiator, and up to the travertine.

Finished

The room with the furniture back.

The border along the wall into the hall doorway, with the curved wall beyond — Along the wall to the hall, the room from the hall, and the border at the stone.

The room from the hall, the border across the doorway — Along the wall to the hall, the room from the hall, and the border at the stone.

Questions

About this floor.

What floor is this?: VitaStyle Pioneer Oak 202 chevron, Select grade: 125 × 485 mm blocks, 15 mm thick with a 4 mm oak wear layer. The border is cut from 260 mm Pioneer Oak 202 plank in the same colour.
Can a border follow a curved wall?: Yes. Here the curve was templated off the wall full size and the border cut to the template. The chevron was laid long past the curve, then cut back in place to meet the border. The border was cut from 260 mm plank, which gives the width to cut the curved pieces.
What is the inlay?: Solid brass, 6 × 6 mm, set into a routed groove between the border and the chevron so it finishes flush with the wood. It follows the border all the way round: the curve, the hearth, the garden doors and the hall.
How does the floor meet the stone hall?: With no threshold strip. The border and brass run straight across the opening and the chevron stops against the travertine.
How was it fixed down?: The subfloor was levelled with F. Ball Stopgap 1200 Pro and sealed with two coats of Wakol PU280 as a damp-proof membrane. Every block is fully bonded with Bona R848.

Borders and inlays

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