Will chair legs dent engineered oak?

Not with felt pads. Without pads, any real wood floor will show marks — LVT is the more chair-tolerant spec if you don't want to think about it.

Can you fit herringbone?

Yes — engineered herringbone glued to a level subfloor, or solid herringbone over ply. Both quoted on the survey with a border option.

How long does a dining room take?

Most dining room fits are a single working day for a two-person team; add half a day for a herringbone pattern.

KENNOWAY · KY8·DINING ROOM

Dining room flooring — Kennoway

Dining rooms are the room most likely to expose a bad flooring spec — chair scraping, dropped cutlery, red wine, high heels. In Kennoway we mostly quote engineered oak or click LVT for dining rooms; both handle the abuse and both survive a spilled glass without a mark.

Sitting near Kennoway Den, Kennoway dining room projects tend to be family-scale, medium-traffic, budget-aware.

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TYPICAL PRICE

A Kennoway dining room in engineered oak (12–18m²) is typically £520–£1,050 fitted including quality underlay.

TRAFFIC PROFILE

Medium traffic

Best-suited: engineered oak · click LVT · solid oak plank

WHAT WE INCLUDE

Engineered oak — the classic dining room spec
Click LVT for spills, kids and dogs
Solid oak plank where the subfloor allows

Full spec — dining room in Kennoway

Engineered oak — the classic dining room spec
Click LVT for spills, kids and dogs
Solid oak plank where the subfloor allows
Felt pad recommendations for chair legs
Herringbone parquet option on request

Why this room, this way, in Kennoway

Dining room spec in Kennoway isn't the same brief as in a rental turnover flat or a busy retail unit — this page is about the residential dining room we fit week-in, week-out in KY8. The mixed-era housing here means mixed subfloor types across one estate is usually the first thing we flag on the survey; upgrade carpets in long-held family homes.

Our recommendation for most Kennoway dining room projects: engineered oak. It's the spec that hits the price/lifespan sweet-spot for this room and this housing type — but we bring samples of all three options on the survey so you can compare in your own light.