Upton Wood Flooring |
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At Upton Wood Flooring, we specialise in the manufacture and supply of a range of solid wood flooring (including Solid Oak Flooring, Engineered Oak Flooring and Reclaimed Flooring) to bring warmth and comfort into your home. As well as flooring we also provide all the accessories necesssary to finish the floor to the highest standard.
All of our Oak Flooring and accessories are available online, so please click on the logo below to go through to our online store.
Please note: Our bespoke products such as Reclaimed Pine, Pitch Pine and custom made Parquet are not available online, so if you can't find what you are looking for, please call 01235 851866.
The beauty of Solid Oak Flooring, or even Engineered Oak Flooring, lies not just in its durability. Oak is a very tactile material and as a flooring in both warm under foot and aesthetically attractive. For years Oak flooring has been the flooring of choice for those properties where Pine Flooring was not appropriate but a wooden floor was either needed or desired.
Within the UK, recent years have seen the demand for Oak Flooring grow significantly. Much of this demand has been met by flooring made from European Oak. While Upton Wood Flooring is pleased to offer both Solid and Engineered Oak Flooring made from European Oak, we are especially pleased to offer solid English Oak with FSC certification. English Oak has always played a special part in the UK's economy and has been used for many diverse constructions, from Buildings to Galleons. With FSC certification comes the knowledge that the woodlands are managed in accordance with the Forestry Stewardship Council's guidelines ensuring sustainability and ecological govenance.
With modern house construction techniques usually leading to a concrete subfloor, adhesive technology has advanced to meet the increasing demand for gluing wooden flooring to concrete. While there are constraints to this, principally the width of the board, Oak flooring is frequently being bonded down and where wider width boards are required, Engineered Oak Flooring is being used. Why Engineered Oak Flooring? Largely because it is dimensionally more stable than Solid Oak Flooring and is therefore the most suitable wooden foor for underfloor heating. Simply put, Engineered Oak is a thin Oak floorboard bonded to a dimensionally stable man-made base. In choosing which Engineered floor to select it is important to identify the quality of the man-made base and to determine the thickness of the top surface (often called the "wear layer"). A 6mm wear layer is sufficient to last for four or five sandings and place the flooring at the quality end of the spectrum.
If you would like to discuss wooden flooring further, please call 01235 851866 and we will happily talk you through the subject.
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