ABOUT WALNUT FLOORING

There are three main types of Walnut flooring: solid, engineered, and parquet. Solid Walnut flooring made from a single thickness of wood, and may be supplied in narrow or wide strips. Engineered Walnut flooring is of sandwich construction. It has a surface of solid hardwood; a support layer, typically made of pine strips; and a backing layer, typically of veneer. Engineered wood floors are more stable than solid hardwood floors, with less tendency towards twisting or warping. Parquet hardwood floors are make of solid blocks of wood, typically 20mm thick, which may be laid in herringbone, basket weave, or ladder patterns.

Walnut may be supplied stained in a variety of tones, with lacquered finish, oiled finish, or unfinished.

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LEADING UK SUPPLIERS OF WALNUT FLOORING

The following UK suppliers of Walnut flooring have comprehensive and informative websites, with information on types of Walnut flooring, and laying of Walnut flooring.

English Timbers: Walnut Flooring. English Timbers is a leading UK supplier of hardwood flooring, including Walnut flooring. It supplies Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) flooring, which has a dark timber and swirling grain. Black Walnut was traditionally used for aircraft propellers because of its strength. The English Timbers website includes a useful technical guide to hardwood flooring.

Urbane Living: Walnut Flooring. Urban Living specialises in eco-friendly products for interior decoration, including Walnut flooring. It supplies Black Walnut flooring in both solid and engineered form. Its solid Black Walnut flooring is supplied in unfinished planks 140mm wide and 20mm thick. The product is FSC Certified.

Arden Heritage: Walnut Flooring. Arden Heritage is a leading UK supplier of hardwood floors, including Walnut flooring, which may be stained to various tones. Other timbers include Maple, Beech, Ash, Birch, Cherry, Merbau and Jatoba. Thickness is either 14mm or 20mm. Available finishes include unfinished, satin lacquer, hand finished distressed, matt lacquer, and oiled.

Hardwood Floor Store: Walnut Flooring. The Hardwood Floor Store is an internet-only retailer of hardwood floors including Walnut flooring, from Kahrs, Junckers and Arden. It supplies both solid hardwood floors and engineered hardwood floors. In addition to Walnut, timbers include Ash, Birch, Beech, Cherry, Iroko, Jatoba, Kempas, and Mahogany.

Real Oak Floors: Walnut Flooring. Real Oak Floors is an online retailer of solid and engineered hardwood floors including Walnut flooring. The Real Oak Floors website also contains sections on Oak, Ash, Beech, Cherry, Hevea, and Maple hardwood floors. There is a section on hardwood parquet; this is available in 20mm thickness, and can be oiled, lacquered, or stained.

Useful links relevant to Walnut flooring:

Contract Flooring Association

Forest Stewardship Council. Accreditation of wood from sustainable forests.

TRADA. Timber Research & Development Association.

Wikipedia. Article on Walnut.

DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON WALNUT FLOORING

We recommend the following websites, with building product information including manufacturers' specs, standard specifications, and CAD details: Barbour Compendium, RIBA Product Selector Plus, ASC Bricsnet, Building Products Index, British Board of Agrément, British Standards Online.

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