Introducing Karndean Van Gogh Texas White Ash SCH-VGW8105, an exquisite herringbone format design that brings the classic elegance of parquet flooring into the modern era with DIY-friendly click-lock installation. Inspired by the light, airy character of American white ash timber, this design features soft cream and pale blonde tones with distinctive straight grain patterns and subtle natural variation. The herringbone format—traditionally reserved for high-end, professionally installed wood floors—is now accessible to DIY enthusiasts thanks to Van Gogh Rigid Core's innovative 5G click-lock system. Each 708mm x 177mm (28" x 7") piece clicks together effortlessly to create the timeless zigzag pattern that has graced prestigious homes for centuries. Unlike traditional herringbone installations that require expert craftsmanship, adhesive, and days of work, this rigid core format installs quickly without glue or nails. The pre-attached acoustic foam backing reduces noise transfer by up to 21dB—a game-changer for upstairs installations where traditional parquet would create excessive noise. This design is also available in full-length gluedown plank format (VGW8105T) and small plank gluedown format specifically for herringbone installations, giving you flexibility across different areas of your home. As part of Van Gogh Rigid Core's mid-range collection, Texas White Ash combines the distinctive grain detail and design heritage of the celebrated Van Gogh range with the installation convenience, acoustic performance, and enhanced stability that make it perfect for modern living, renovations, and rental properties.
Key Features:
- Authentic American White Ash Design with light, elegant character
- Herringbone Parquet Format for classic, prestigious appearance
- Soft cream and pale blonde tones with warm undertones
- Distinctive straight grain patterns with natural variation
- Herringbone Format: 708mm x 177mm (28" x 7") pieces for traditional parquet pattern
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DIY-Friendly 5G Click-Lock System - create herringbone pattern without professional fitter
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Pre-attached Acoustic Foam Backing - no separate underlay needed
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Reduces noise transfer by up to 21dB - perfect for upstairs rooms
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6.5mm thickness - enhanced stability and comfort
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Available in gluedown formats - full-length plank (VGW8105T) and small herringbone plank for permanent installations
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Click-Lock Herringbone - traditional parquet pattern with modern installation convenience
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100% Waterproof construction - suitable for kitchens and bathrooms
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Enhanced Surface Protection (K-Guard+ with PU coating)
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0.55mm wear layer for superior durability
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Micro bevelled edges for authentic wood appearance
- Lifetime Residential / 15-Year Commercial Warranty
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Mid-range pricing - prestigious herringbone look with DIY savings
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K-Core rigid PVC for dimensional stability
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Piece-to-piece variation for authentic parquet appearance
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Detailed ash grain texture with realistic embossing
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Light, neutral palette works with any interior style
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Warmer underfoot than real wood parquet
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3.008m² box coverage - efficient coverage for herringbone pattern
Ideal For:
Residential Applications:
Texas White Ash Herringbone's classic parquet pattern and light neutral tones make it exceptionally versatile, while the rigid core construction solves the traditional challenges of herringbone installation. Upstairs bedrooms and landing areas benefit enormously from the acoustic backing—traditional herringbone parquet is notoriously noisy, but this rigid core format reduces noise transfer by up to 21dB, making it perfect for family homes with multiple stories. Ideal for DIY renovations where you want the prestigious look of herringbone parquet without the expense of professional installation, which typically costs hundreds of pounds. The light cream tones work beautifully in hallways and entrances, creating an impressive welcome that sets an elegant tone throughout the home. Dining rooms are traditional locations for herringbone parquet, and this format delivers that heritage aesthetic while remaining 100% waterproof and easy to clean—perfect for family mealtimes and entertaining. In living rooms and lounges, the herringbone pattern adds visual interest and creates a sophisticated focal point. The neutral palette complements both traditional and contemporary furniture. Home offices appreciate the professional, refined appearance that herringbone brings to video calls and work-from-home spaces. Kitchen breakfast areas can incorporate the parquet look without the water-damage concerns of real wood. Rental properties benefit from the reversible click-lock installation—herringbone can be lifted and reinstalled when moving. The rigid core construction handles uneven subfloors better than traditional parquet, accommodating minor imperfections without the costly floor preparation that gluedown formats require.
Commercial Applications:
Van Gogh Rigid Core's 15-year commercial warranty makes Texas White Ash Herringbone suitable for moderate traffic commercial environments where a prestigious appearance is important. Perfect for offices, particularly reception areas and executive suites where the herringbone pattern creates an impressive first impression and refined atmosphere. Boutique retail spaces appreciate the sophisticated backdrop that doesn't compete with merchandise while adding character and elegance. Hospitality venues including boutique hotels, upscale cafes, and restaurants can achieve the prestigious parquet look associated with high-end establishments, while benefiting from easy maintenance and waterproof construction. Professional services like law offices, financial advisors, and consulting firms use herringbone to project success and attention to detail. Educational settings including private schools and university buildings can incorporate traditional parquet aesthetics without the maintenance burden of real wood. For quick turnaround projects, the click-lock installation means herringbone patterns can be installed in days rather than weeks—minimizing business downtime. Event spaces and boutique venues can take advantage of the reversible installation for temporary high-end aesthetics. The light, neutral ash tones work across various commercial design schemes without dating quickly.
With 35 SKUs across the Van Gogh Rigid Core collection including standard planks, large planks, herringbone, and stone designs, there's exceptional versatility for projects requiring distinctive design quality with DIY-friendly installation.
Technical Excellence:
Texas White Ash Herringbone is constructed using Karndean's advanced rigid core technology, delivering superior performance through carefully engineered layers that make herringbone parquet accessible to DIYers:
K-Guard+ Surface Protection: The topmost layer features Karndean's enhanced PU technology that provides a hygienic, durable finish exceptionally easy to clean. This protective coating resists everyday wear, spills, and scuffs while maintaining the beautiful white ash appearance. Unlike real wood parquet that requires regular sanding, varnishing, and sealing, K-Guard+ keeps maintenance simple—just sweep and mop with Karndean Clean.
0.55mm Wear Layer: This substantial 20 mil wear layer provides superior protection from everyday traffic and wear, making herringbone suitable for both residential and commercial applications. Traditional parquet often shows wear in high-traffic areas, but this enhanced wear layer ensures long-lasting performance even in busy family homes or commercial reception areas.
High-definition Photographic Layer: This layer creates the strikingly realistic white ash grain you see underfoot, capturing the distinctive straight grain patterns, subtle color variation, and natural character of authentic American ash timber. The enhanced detail and realistic embossing work together to deliver a convincingly authentic appearance that rivals expensive hardwood parquet.
K-Core Rigid Layer: The heart of the construction is Karndean's K-Core rigid PVC layer, which provides exceptional dimensional stability crucial for herringbone patterns. The rigid core prevents the pieces from flexing, gapping, or misaligning—common problems with traditional parquet. This technology also supports the 5G click-lock mechanism that makes DIY herringbone installation possible.
Pre-attached Acoustic Foam Backing: This integrated cushioning layer is particularly important for herringbone formats. Traditional wood parquet is extremely noisy, creating loud footfall sounds that disturb other rooms, especially below. The acoustic foam provides significant noise reduction (up to 21dB), making herringbone practical for upstairs installations. It also enhances comfort underfoot, eliminates the need for separate underlay, and contributes to the warmer feel compared to real wood parquet.
6.5mm Total Thickness: The substantial 6.5mm thickness provides superior stability essential for maintaining the precise angles of herringbone patterns. This enhanced thickness also provides greater comfort and ability to handle minor subfloor imperfections that would be problematic with thinner products or traditional parquet.
Installation & Maintenance:
DIY-Friendly Herringbone Installation: The 5G click-lock system makes traditional herringbone parquet accessible to confident DIYers—a genuine revolution in parquet flooring. Traditional herringbone requires professional craftsmen with specialized skills and adhesive installation costing thousands of pounds. This rigid core format simply clicks together, allowing you to create prestigious parquet patterns yourself.
No Glue Required: As a floating floor system, the herringbone pieces simply click together at precise angles without any adhesive. This makes installation cleaner, faster, and more forgiving than traditional gluedown parquet.
No Underlay Needed: The pre-attached acoustic foam backing eliminates the need to purchase and install separate underlay—particularly beneficial for herringbone where the acoustic benefits are most appreciated.
Traditional Herringbone Pattern: Install in the classic zigzag herringbone pattern that has defined prestigious interiors for centuries. The 708mm x 177mm (28" x 7") pieces create authentic parquet proportions with click-lock convenience.
Acoustic Benefits for Upstairs Herringbone: Traditional wood parquet is notoriously noisy, especially in upstairs rooms. This rigid core format reduces noise transfer by up to 21dB, making herringbone practical for bedrooms, landing areas, and upstairs spaces where conventional parquet would be problematic.
Faster Than Traditional Parquet: Herringbone rigid core installs significantly faster than gluedown parquet, making it perfect for renovations where you need to minimize disruption.
Reversible Installation: Unlike permanent gluedown parquet that cannot be removed without destruction, rigid core herringbone can be lifted and reinstalled if needed—perfect for rental properties or temporary spaces.
Suitable for Uneven Subfloors: The rigid core construction can accommodate minor subfloor imperfections that would require expensive leveling for traditional parquet. A damp-proof membrane is required for concrete subfloors.
Compatible with Underfloor Heating: Works perfectly with underfloor heating systems up to 27°C, providing gentle warmth that makes the ash parquet even more comfortable than real wood.
Simple Maintenance: Just sweep and mop with Karndean Clean—no sanding, no varnishing, no oil treatments, no special parquet care. The K-Guard+ surface treatment means you'll never face the costly refinishing that traditional parquet requires every few years.
Individual Piece Replacement: If damage occurs to the herringbone pattern, individual pieces can be replaced by DIYers without professional help—impossible with traditional glued parquet.
Expansion Gaps Required: Unlike gluedown formats, rigid core requires small expansion gaps (5-10mm) around the room perimeter to allow for natural movement. These gaps are easily concealed with scotia beading or skirting boards, and are essential for the floating floor system.
Can Install Over Existing Floors: Suitable for installation over most existing hard floors, making renovations even quicker and avoiding the costly floor removal traditional parquet would require.
Precise Angles Made Easy: The click-lock system ensures pieces lock together at perfect angles, creating clean, professional herringbone patterns without the skill required for traditional installation.
Design Inspiration:
Texas White Ash Herringbone's light neutral palette and classic parquet pattern offer exceptional design versatility:
Click-Lock Herringbone Advantages:
Traditional Parquet Pattern with Modern Convenience: Achieve the prestigious herringbone look that has defined elegant interiors for centuries, but with DIY-friendly click-lock installation. No professional fitter required, no adhesive mess, no weeks of installation time—just beautiful parquet patterns you can create yourself.
Acoustic Benefits for Upstairs Installations: Unlike traditional wood parquet that creates excessive noise, this rigid core format reduces sound transfer by up to 21dB. Now you can have herringbone in upstairs bedrooms, landing areas, and upper-floor spaces without disturbing rooms below—solving one of parquet's biggest traditional problems.
DIY Parquet Savings: Professional herringbone installation typically costs £40-60 per square meter on top of material costs. With click-lock rigid core, you eliminate these fitting costs entirely—saving hundreds or thousands of pounds on your project.
Feature Zones with Herringbone: Use herringbone to define and elevate specific areas within open-plan spaces. Create a herringbone dining zone within a larger room, define a hallway with parquet elegance, or make an entrance statement with classic herringbone patterns.
Light Ash Versatility:
Scandinavian & Minimalist: The soft cream and pale blonde tones are perfect for Scandinavian-inspired interiors. The light palette creates airy, spacious feels while the herringbone adds subtle visual interest without overwhelming minimal aesthetics.
Contemporary & Modern: Light ash herringbone bridges traditional pattern and contemporary color perfectly. Pair with white or grey walls, modern furniture, and minimal accessories for sophisticated modern spaces that honor classic design elements.
Traditional with Freshness: The herringbone pattern satisfies traditional design principles while the light ash tones prevent the space from feeling dark or dated. Perfect for period properties requiring sympathetic renovation.
Neutral Backdrop: The cream and blonde palette works as a versatile neutral backdrop for any color scheme or furniture style. Change your décor over years without the floor feeling dated.
Small Space Solution: Light tones make small rooms feel larger and brighter, while the herringbone pattern adds interest without visual weight—perfect for compact hallways, small dining rooms, or petite home offices.
Coordinate Across Formats:
Multi-Format Installations: Texas White Ash is available in multiple formats. Consider using herringbone rigid core upstairs (acoustic benefits) and full-length plank gluedown downstairs (permanent installation) for coordinated whole-home aesthetics with format-specific advantages.
Mix with Van Gogh Planks: Combine Texas White Ash herringbone with complementary Van Gogh Rigid Core wood planks in other rooms. Use herringbone for feature areas like dining rooms and hallways, then switch to straight-laid planks in bedrooms and living areas.
Parquet Feature Areas: Even within a single room, you can create herringbone feature zones bordered by straight-laid planks, though this requires careful planning.
Room-to-Room Transitions: The light neutral ash tones coordinate beautifully with other Van Gogh designs, allowing seamless transitions between herringbone and plank formats at doorways.
Accessories & Finishing:
Complete your herringbone installation with Karndean scotia beading and skirting boards in coordinating white or cream finishes. Use transition strips at doorways to create professional joins. The expansion gaps required for rigid core are easily concealed with appropriate finishing accessories.
Why Choose Van Gogh Rigid Core:
DIY Herringbone Made Possible: Traditional herringbone parquet requires professional craftsmen and expensive installation. Van Gogh Rigid Core makes prestigious parquet patterns accessible to DIYers, saving hundreds or thousands of pounds in fitting costs.
Click-Lock Convenience: Simple 5G click-lock system allows confident DIY installation of complex herringbone patterns without glue, specialized tools, or professional skills.
Pre-attached Underlay: No separate underlay to buy or install—the acoustic foam backing is already integrated, saving time and money on herringbone projects.
Acoustic Performance Revolution: Reduces noise transfer by up to 21dB, solving traditional parquet's biggest problem. Now you can have herringbone upstairs without disturbing rooms below—impossible with conventional wood parquet.
Herringbone Without the Noise: Traditional wood parquet creates loud footfall sounds. This rigid core format delivers the classic herringbone look with the quietness of acoustic-backed vinyl.
Warmer Than Real Wood: Unlike genuine hardwood parquet that feels cold, rigid core vinyl remains comfortable and warm underfoot year-round—particularly appreciated in herringbone patterns covering large areas.
Mid-Range Excellence: Van Gogh Rigid Core delivers the same distinctive grain detail and design heritage as premium parquet but with installation convenience and DIY savings that make herringbone accessible to more homeowners.
Authentic White Ash Appearance: High-definition photographic layer and realistic embossing create convincingly authentic ash grain and natural variation that rivals expensive hardwood parquet.
100% Waterproof Construction: Unlike real wood parquet that suffers water damage, this herringbone format is fully waterproof—suitable even for kitchens and bathrooms where traditional parquet would be impractical.
Enhanced Wear Layer: The 0.55mm (20 mil) wear layer provides superior durability that surpasses traditional parquet finishes, particularly in high-traffic herringbone hallways and entrances.
6.5mm Thickness: Substantially thicker than gluedown formats, providing the enhanced stability essential for maintaining precise herringbone angles and patterns.
Rigid Core Technology: K-Core provides exceptional dimensional stability, preventing the gapping and misalignment common with traditional parquet installations.
Lifetime Residential Warranty: Superior warranty coverage for your herringbone investment—traditional parquet warranties are often much shorter or non-existent.
15-Year Commercial Warranty: Suitable for commercial reception areas, offices, and hospitality venues requiring prestigious parquet aesthetics.
Perfect for Renovations: Can install over existing hard floors with minimal preparation—traditional parquet requires extensive subfloor preparation and leveling costing hundreds of pounds.
Handles Uneven Subfloors: Rigid core construction accommodates minor imperfections that would require expensive leveling for traditional parquet installation.
Reversible Installation: Can be lifted and reinstalled if needed—impossible with glued parquet that's permanently affixed and destroyed upon removal.
Quick Installation: Faster than traditional gluedown parquet, meaning minimal disruption to your home—herringbone installation that might take professional fitters a week can be DIY-installed in a weekend.
Easy Maintenance: Simple sweep and mop—no sanding, varnishing, oiling, or expensive refinishing that traditional parquet requires every few years.
Hygienic: Won't harbor dust, dirt, or allergens in the joints like traditional parquet, and easier to keep pristine than real wood.
Family-Friendly: Safe for children and pets, comfortable to play on, and easy to maintain even in busy households—traditional parquet often requires "no shoes" policies and careful maintenance.
Individual Piece Replacement: Damaged herringbone pieces can be clicked out and replaced without professional help—traditional parquet repair requires skilled craftsmen.
Underfloor Heating Compatible: Works with modern heating systems up to 27°C, providing gentle warmth that makes herringbone even more comfortable.
Trusted Brand: Over 50 years of Karndean flooring expertise bringing parquet elegance into the modern era.
Versatile Applications: Suitable for residential and commercial projects across all room types where herringbone parquet adds distinction.
Cost-Effective Parquet: Save on professional fitting (£40-60/m²), underlay, and ongoing maintenance costs compared to real wood parquet.
Prestigious Appearance: Herringbone patterns have defined elegant, high-end interiors for centuries—now accessible with DIY convenience.
Light Neutral Palette: Soft cream and pale blonde ash tones work across all interior styles without dating or limiting décor choices.
Multiple Format Options: Also available in gluedown formats for areas where permanent installation is preferred, allowing coordinated multi-format installations.
Unique Design Heritage: Van Gogh Rigid Core shares the same inspiration and design quality as the celebrated Van Gogh Gluedown range that inspired it.
Traditional Pattern, Modern Benefits: All the prestige and elegance of classic herringbone parquet, with none of the traditional drawbacks—noise, cold surface, difficult installation, expensive maintenance, or water damage concerns.
Texas White Ash SCH-VGW8105 delivers the timeless elegance of herringbone parquet with revolutionary click-lock convenience—the perfect combination of classic prestige and modern practicality for today's homes and commercial spaces.
