Real Oak Floors Wood Floor Blog

Real Oak Floors have over 20 new Egger laminates in their laminate flooring selection including:

• 6mm Egger Euro Laminate flooring available in 4 decors £4.99 per square metre (£3.99 per square metre on pallet of 141.83 square metres.)
• 8mm Egger Emotion tiles available in 5 decors £12.75 per square metre (£11.75 per square metre on pallet of 151.8 square metres.)
• 8mm Egger Natural Life 4 way groove laminate flooring available in 6 decors at £9.99 (£8.99 per square metre on pallet of 118.8 square metres.)
• 10.5mm Egger compact available in 7 decors at 12.99 per square metre (£8.99 per square metre for pallet of 78 square metres in 134mm or 61.04 square metres in 195mm.)

Our Egger laminates range from the inexpensive Egger Euro to the higher quality Egger Compact.

Also new to our laminates is the 7mm Euroclic, which is available in 8 decors and priced at £7.95 per square metre.

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Electric underfloor heating can be tricky to install with certain types of flooring – with thanks to James Ewing of Flexel we have explained the carbon heating film and how it solves many of these problems.

Traditional methods of installing electric underfloor heating systems in rooms with laminate flooring or carpeted floors involved utilising cable systems covered with difficult to use and time consuming liquid levelling compounds. These tend to be messy and extend the installation time and costs because of drying and curing times.

Flexible carbon heating film is the ideal solution for providing an economic electric underfloor heating solution for a variety of floor coverings. Flexible carbon heating film is ultra thin, robust and is a completely dry lay system for heating under laminate or timber floating wooden floors and even carpet and luxury vinyl floor coverings.

Flexible carbon heating film is supplied in three different widths (300mm, 500mm and 1000mm) and standard lengths between 2m and 10m in 0.5m increments. These mat lengths come pre-wired with a simple two wire mains connection. This means that the heating mats can be installed and the chosen floor covering can be laid long in advance of the electrician providing the 230V mains connection. This saves time and money.

Installation of carbon heating film involves no special skills. Installation is completely dry and is a simple unrolling process. It can be laid on most concrete or timber subfloors when used in conjunction with the correct thermal insulation.

Flexible carbon heating element is ultra thin. Even with the recommended floor insulation layer of closed cell polystyrene the floor build-up is only 6.5mm. This avoids potential problems with skirting boards and door thresholds.

Carbon heating elements are reliable, safe and robust. With no moving parts they are completely maintenance free. Brands of carbon heating film like Ecofilm from Flexel International are fully approved to the relevant electrical safety standard IEC60335-2-96 and comply with the 17th Edition electrical wiring regulations. Ecofilm comes with a 10 year guarantee.

Carbon heating film can be used as an effective direct acting radiant heating system. It can be used as a substitute for traditional convector radiators by providing primary heat or just be used to warm a cool floor surface and provide background heat.

Flexel Carbon Heating Element has become a firm favourite with installers and users because it is simple and economic to install and creates gentle under-foot warmth that heats the entire room, leaving no overheated or cold spots. It offers clean balanced heat distribution at the lowest possible temperature, resulting in high user comfort levels and improved economy. Totally safe, even under wood floors, its radiated heat provides overall warmth and comfort without the usual dust carrying convective air currents of conventional radiator systems.

This form of heating, easily controlled by room thermostats is particularly suited to new build, extensions, hard-to-heat areas, conservatories, hallways, kitchens and bathrooms. It becomes invaluable in many other locations where the absence of radiators is a distinct space-saving advantage. This electric underfloor heating is ideal for use with any of our engineered real wood flooring. (Thanks to James Ewing of Flexel).

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Wood flooring company Real Oak Floors currently have some great special offers on wooden doors. The wood doors on special offer cover both Oak and Meranti external doors with a selection of different styles, sidelights to match are also available at offer prices! Come by the real oak floors site to check out all our wood door special offers.

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Real Oak Floors discerning customers demand the most exceptional and innovative wood floor - some prefer a classic style whilst others prefer the most contemporary up to date chic look. Most importantly though, all demand the most exceptional standard and durability from their wooden floors.

At Real Oak Floors they are specialists in the wide plank timber floors. The large selection of solid and engineered wood flooring makes them one of the leaders in the market for exclusive beautiful wide plank flooring.

Due to the increasing popularity of under floor heating and the fluctuating changes in our climates our wood floors need to be crafted to precision to ensure durability and stability for years to come. Real Oak Floors bespoke finishing service can ensure that all boards are crafted to the exact precision of the customers needs. We have taken time to investigate and test our floors to the extremes to ensure they are adequate to fulfill the demands of the most extreme projects that we have undertaken. The environmental changes of temperature and humidity can often put solid oak floors under duress and cause damage and stress - this in turn can lead to cupping, warping and extensive expansion and contraction in solid wood boards. Flooring under this strain can be ruined within a couple of years so Real Oak Floors have ensured that all their engineered boards are tested against these elements.

What is a Wood Floor? There are different types of wood flooring but the current favourite is the oak floors. Due to the properties of oak they expand and contract depending on the temperature and humidity of their environment. The timber floor is derived from a living tree. During the life of an oak tree it adapts to its environment, expanding, contracting and growing with the seasons. Even after the milling process, the oak flooring still has these qualities and will expand and contract to match its environment. Engineered boards are machined with precision computerised kilning to give the correct moisture content for an indoors environment. This is usually between 8 - 12%. Flooring that has not been kiln dried correctly can cause unstability in the flooring so to ensure that our boards do not react like this, they are tested and guaranteed by the manufacturer.

Real Oak Floors have two different types of engineered structured boards available - a 3 ply and multi ply board. All boards have a birch ply centre which ensures that no distortion due to cupping and warping take place due to temperature or humidity fluctuations. The high quality precision engineering of our timber boards means that the softwood core can resist stresses and bending of the real wood layer without any movement taking place. This gives a superior wood floor in all situations and reduces large gaps appearing between each board. 3 ply boards are made from a top layer of hardwood timber, typically a real oak layer or other hardwood, which is carefully hot glued to the thicker layer of birch blockboard to ensure a stable board. The base layer is a thiner layer of birch ply which is laid at right angles to the main blockboard to ensure stability.

The multi ply board is made up of a layer of hardwood timber similar to the 3 ply boards, it then has a construction of several layers of cross birch ply backing - often between 10mm - 15mm thick. Each ply backing layer is laid at right angles to give an extra strength to the boards and minimise movement of the hardwood top layer.

Real Oak Floors vast range of engineered wood flooring varys in the width and thickness but they have ensured that all engineered planks over 18mm thick are also suitable as a structural floor. This enables the timber boards to be laid directly onto joists or battens, eliminating the need for extra plyboard or chipboard flooring and raising the height of the overall floor. These boards have been tested to the highest standards to ensure that even when placed on joists and used in conjunction with under floor heating they will give the same exceptional perfomance without movement or warping.

Real Oak Floors have one of the widest ranges of engineered wide plank flooring and can offer widths up to a staggering 450mm wide. These can also often be used as mixed width boards and the lengths are exceptionally long - to order they can obtain up to 8m in length. These boards are of the highest quality and milled to perfection mixed with the exact specification of the customers requirements. The extra wide planks are milled to the customers exact demanding specification for an exclusive look unique only to them.

The wide array of widths of wood floors is coupled with a unique ability to produce almost any colour, texture or finish of the clients request. Basic finishing such as lacquered boards, natural oiled and brushed and oiled boards can be mixed with a hint of colour to produce the perfect environment for the clients home. The high gloss sheen can be achieved as easily as the natural matt finish. Distressed boards, antique, smoked and rough sawn boards also complement a full range of finishes. All Real Oak Floors accessories are finished in the same high quality standards and are perfectly matched to the customers specifications of the floors.

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Real Oak Floors have further expanded their range of products this month, their range of wood flooring tiles has just got even better! There are are many different great looking designs made from different wood types such as Oak, Maple and Walnut. These engineered parquet flooring tiles are all 19mm thick which makes them all very durable and hard wearing. Also to go with the parquet flooring tiles are blending borders and corner squares to match.

Also new in are two brand new ranges of flooring! Real Oak Floors now have the Majestic Wood Flooring range and the Prestige Wood Flooring range. The Majestic range covers the finest wood flooring we have, it is very high in quality and looks great! The prestige flooring range on the other hand is also very high in quality, each floor is individually crafted in the UK by master craftsmen with years of experience. This range like the Majestic Wood Flooring range covers both Engineered Wood Flooring and Solid Wood Flooring. It is brought to you exclusively by real oak floors and can be found nowhere else!

If you want a really extra wide plank flooring look no further than this new product we have just got in, 350mm oiled or brushed and oiled wide board! This flooring is 350mm wide as standard but is available up to 450mm! This is one of the widest boards available on the market at the moment. It has a 20mm thickness and is supplied in random lengths from 4 - 5 meters.

Real Oak Floors were specifically chosen to be flooring suppliers to ITV’s 60 Minute Makeover! They supplied Armstrong contract Vinyl Flooring to the show for one of their makeovers which will air in late September!

On top of supplying to 60 minute make over real oak floors were selected to supply wood flooring to the Palace Theater in London, owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber! They supplied their 180mm Barnwell Antique Oak Flooring for the theatre. This flooring is excellent for use in a traditional setting such as the theater or traditional home! It has a hand scraped micro bevel to enhance the planked look and is available with either a 6mm or 4mm real wood layer.

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