Solid Oak Hardwood Flooring
Our oak solid hardwood flooring is crafted from high-quality British oak, offering timeless beauty, exceptional durability, and a natural charm that only improves with age. Whether you’re renovating a period property or adding character to a new build, solid oak flooring provides a long-lasting foundation rich in heritage and style.
Even with its popularity over the years, oak remains the most beloved type of hardwood flooring. Beautiful yet tough and highly sought-after, oak is the ideal choice for almost all flooring areas in your home thanks to its strength, stability, and gorgeous grain patterns. Our oak solid hardwood flooring is 100% solid – no plywood or laminate – just 20mm of pure timber. When installed correctly and cared for properly, oak hardwood flooring can last for generations – sanded and refinished many times.
Grade & style of oak:
Our ash solid hardwood flooring is available in:
First Grade Oak Floor
The straightest and least knotty oak trees are used for our First Grade Oak Hardwood Flooring, which makes the wood ideal for contemporary or formal rooms. The floorboards will be relatively even in colour and free of larger knots and defects. First Grade boards should require very little filling or remedial work after installation.
Character Grade Oak Floor
As the name suggests, our Character Grade Oak Floor is full of interest and variation, creating a traditional rustic look. The floorboards will contain an array of beautiful grain patterns, colours and clusters of knots often referred to as ‘cat’s paws’. This grade of flooring is oak in its most natural form.
Barn Grade Oak Floor
Our Barn Grade Oak Flooring is rugged and wild, creating a stunning floor for large open plan rooms. We use our widest and most ‘characterful’ wood for these floors, with boards full of swirling grain, large knots and a wide spectrum of colours ranging from pale honey to chocolate brown.
Factory Grade Oak Floor
Our Factory Grade Oak is a narrow strip, light character floor suitable for small spaces and contemporary interiors where wider boards would look out of place. Factory Grade also allows the inclusion of some natural character without appearing too rustic.
Tiger Brown Oak Floor
Tiger Brown Oak Flooring is a beautiful version of our Character Grade Oak, with streaks of chocolate brown and shimmering gold. It is the darkest of all our hardwood floors and is particularly suited to rooms with plenty of natural light.
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Board sizes & finishing
Our range of solid oak hardwood flooring is supplied in a way that makes the best use of each oak tree we cut – that’s the way it’s been done for hundreds of years! When you choose to work with Vastern Timber, our oak solid hardwood boards are:
- Supplied in a mixed-width format (typically three widths) for a classic, natural look.
- Available in 20mm thickness, with tongue-and-groove edges and square ends.
- Supplied unfinished, giving you the flexibility to choose your preferred finish on site – from natural oils and hard wax to lacquer – to enhance the grain and tone to your taste.
Sustainability
Our solid oak flooring is made from responsibly sourced British oak, helping to reduce environmental impact and support sustainable forestry. Every board is produced in our Wiltshire sawmill, ensuring quality craftsmanship and full traceability from tree to floor.
Installation & aftercare
Oak solid hardwood flooring should be laid by experienced fitters, particularly for wider boards. Boards should be allowed to acclimatise indoors before fitting, and finished on site for optimal results. Once installed, it requires only simple maintenance – sweeping, vacuuming, and occasional damp mopping – to stay in excellent condition for decades.
Timber specifications
- Timber name: British / European Oak
- Species: Quercus robur / Quercus petraea
- Source: From legal and well-managed woodlands in Britain and France
- Supplier: Vastern Timber
- Width: Traditional mixed-width specification
- Length: Random lengths
- Finish: Supplied uncoated
Characteristics
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| Widths | We supply our solid oak floors in a traditional mixed width format. You will receive an equal area of each of the three widths. |
| Moisture Content | 10 – 12% |
| Surface Finish | Supplied planed and unfinished, without coating. |
Profiles
Our oak solid hardwood floors are supplied machined to a tongue and groove profile (T&G) on the long edges. The ends are cut square but may need retrimming on site. The corners are sharp rather than bevelled. The boards are reversible so that you can choose the best face when laying. We also offer our Barn Grade oak floor machined to a simple square edge (SE) profile.
(Barn Grade oak floor only)
Installation
| Acclimatisation | Our solid hardwood flooring is dried to a moisture content of approx 10–12%. We recommend that you acclimatise your hardwood floor in the house for four to six weeks before being laid. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Underfloor heating | We do not recommend that our solid hardwood flooring is laid over underfloor heating. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coating | Our solid hardwood floors are supplied unfinished. Once laid the floor will need sanding and finishing with your chosen flooring specific coating. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Movement | A degree of movement should be expected after fitting and throughout the year as the ambient temperature and humidity in your house varies. Small gaps may open up between some boards. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disclaimer
While the utmost care has been taken to provide accurate information, Vastern Timber shall not be held responsible for any consequences arising from any errors or omissions on this website nor for any damages resulting from the use of the information.
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