Ice Cream Oak Herringbone Parquet in a Morningside Kitchen Extension

Light oak herringbone for a bright kitchen extension

For this extension renovation in Morningside, Edinburgh, Hoff Parquet supplied and installed Ice Cream engineered oak herringbone parquet. The clients chose a premium grade: very clean, uniform oak with few knots, so the light, creamy colour and the herringbone pattern do the talking. With large garden doors, French windows and a roof light, the space is full of daylight, and the pale Ice Cream finish makes the most of it.

The parquet

• Product: Ice Cream, engineered European oak herringbone parquet
• Grade: premium – very clean and uniform
• Construction: solid oak top layer on a stable plywood base
• Block size: 13 × 100 × 600 mm
• Installation: fully bonded over underfloor heating

Set out and glued over underfloor heating

The herringbone was set out from a centre line running the length of the extension, so the pattern lines up with the garden doors and flows straight through into the original house. Every block was fully glued to the screed. Engineered parquet on a plywood base is stable over underfloor heating, and a full bond keeps the joints tight as the heating cycles.

Parquet slid under the kitchen units

For the cleanest finish, we removed the kickboards from the kitchen units, cut them down and slid the parquet underneath the units as far as possible. The floor now runs right under the cabinetry, with no visible gaps or trims, and the cut kickboards sit neatly on top of the new parquet.

The finished floor