ABOUT WOODEN FLOORS & FLOORING

There are three main types of wooden floor: solid, parquet. and engineered. Solid hardwood floors are made from a single thickness of wood, and may be supplied in narrow or wide strips. Parquet hardwood floors are make of solid blocks of wood, typically 20mm thick, which may be laid in herringbone, basket weave, or ladder patterns. Engineered wood floors are of sandwich construction. They have 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.

Pitch Pine is the most common softwood used in wooden floors. Hardwood timbers used in wooden floors include Ash, Birch, Beech, Cherry, Iroko, Jatoba, Kempas, Mahogany, Maple and Merbau. Wooden floors may be supplied stained in a variety of tones, with lacquered finish, oiled finish, or unfinished.

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LEADING UK SUPPLIERS OF WOODEN FLOORS & FLOORING

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

Arden Heritage: Wooden Floors. Arden Heritage is a leading UK supplier of wooden floors and flooring. The most popular timber is oak, which may be stained to various tones. Other timbers include Maple, Beech, Ash, Birch, and Cherry. Thickness is either 14mm or 20mm. Available finishes include unfinished, satin lacquer, hand finished distressed, matt lacquer, and oiled.

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

Hardwood Floor Store: Wooden Floors. The Hardwood Floor Store is an internet-only retailer of wooden floors and underlay, including flooring from Kahrs, Junckers and Arden. It supplies both solid hardwood floors and engineered hardwood floors. Timbers include Ash, Birch, Beech, Cherry, Iroko, Jatoba, Kempas, Mahogany, Maple, Merbau, Oak, Rhodesian Teak and Walnut.

Junckers: Wooden Floors. Junckers of Denmark is a leading manufacturer of wooden floors and flooring. Junckers hardwood floors are available as strip boards or wide boards, in a wide range of timbers. The surface can be lacquered, oiled, or untreated. Junckers wooden floors are available in thicknesses up to 22mm.

Kahrs: Wooden Floors. Kahrs of Sweden was founded in 1857 and is a leading supplier of wooden floors. It patented a multi-layer parquet board in 1941, and is a pioneer of engineered hardwood floors. These are made up as a sandwich, with a top layer of hardwood, a support layer of solid pine strips, and a back face of spruce veneer. This provides a strong, stable flooring.

Useful links relevant to wooden floors and flooring:

Contract Flooring Association

Forest Stewardship Council. Accreditation of wood from sustainable forests.

TRADA. Timber Research & Development Association.

DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON WOODEN FLOORS & 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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