Latest Flooring Trend – Herringbone Laminate Flooring

Herringbone laminate flooring is gradually becoming a popular new flooring trend over the past year. It is both aesthetically pleasing and highlights the surrounding interior.

Herringbone flooring is a diagonal laying pattern originating from Europe with a wide variety of types and colors. In this article, we will explore this new trend in more detail.

A Brief Look at Herringbone Laminate Flooring

As mentioned above, installing flooring in a herringbone pattern originated in the West, with the wood planks laid diagonally to each other in a pattern resembling a fishbone, also known as diagonal laying. This laying style is often used with natural wood because its tongue and groove features are easy to handle, flexible for cutting, trimming, and convenient for herringbone installation.

Engineered wood is usually more difficult to install because engineered wood planks have different edge and end locking systems, meaning the end lock cannot be pushed into the edge lock when joined. However, thanks to the increasingly modern technology in engineered wood production, we can now choose engineered wood planks with herringbone patterns. We can install the subfloor normally and then lay engineered wood with a herringbone pattern, which is both beautiful and cost-effective.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Herringbone Laminate Flooring Installation

Like other types of laminate flooring, herringbone flooring also has its own advantages and disadvantages. Specifically:

Advantages:

This herringbone laminate flooring installation style brings a novel feeling when you step into your home. The finished floor surface will be more modern, luxurious, and unique compared to conventional laying patterns.

The special herringbone structure makes the floor surface more solid and less affected by weather. Furthermore, you don't need to worry about termite infestation affecting the quality of the wood.

Using this flooring technique also ensures you won't have the same look as other houses. Because each different space will have its own uniqueness and creativity shaped by the installer. Therefore, homeowners can express their class.

Disadvantages:

This herringbone laminate flooring installation style is highly difficult, requiring the installer to have excellent skills. This will ensure that the corners near the wall and the supporting frame are processed well.

Maintenance and replacement in case of damage are more difficult and costly compared to some other types of flooring.

If disassembly and transportation are required, the reusability of old laminate flooring is not high.

You can refer to the 3mm glue-down vinyl flooring and click-lock vinyl flooring installed in a herringbone pattern by Thien Ha Floor: