Real Oak Floors Wood Floor Blog

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.

Have you been over to the real oak floors website lately? If not then you should! You may remember our last blog post where we told you they had just put up a range of Atkinson Kirby wooden flooring, well things have been expanding further since then!

If your looking for something a little different to wood flooring then why not look at the brand new range of stainless steel flooring! There is a wide range covering many different innovative designs and it has been developed to meet the high standards of residential and commercial markets. The main benefits of stainless steel flooring are that it is very easy to clean and very hard wearing, in fact this flooring is virtually indestructible!

In other news if your looking for something to complement your oak flooring very well in the kitchen then real oak floors have just cut the prices yet again on there oak worktops to clear! These worktops are now selling from £100 so get in there quick because at this price there not going to last much longer!

There is also now a few new sections to look at! There is now a new flooring products section so rather than hunting down the new ones you can now look in one place to see whats fresh on the market!

If your in need of skirting, architrave or door frames then take a look at the range of veneered skirting at real oak floors! They have skirting available in profiles such as Ogee, Torus and Pencil Round. Vennered adjustable width door casings are available either standard of fire resistant! Mould resistant veneered bullnosed window boards are available in three different depths.

The range of atkinson kirby flooring covers both solid and engineered wood flooring with options of being supplied unfinished, oiled in a great choice of colours or fumed and oiled. These floors are of the highest quality and are available in a range of different widths.

Envoy multi is a unique and novel underlay to use with wooden flooring. Envoy has an adhesive layer on its upper surface, which ensures constant adhesion with all types of wood flooring regardless of the thickness. Envoy Multi can guarantee that any joins between the floor sections will not show. When Envoy is used as a sub-floor the underside of the flooring is airtight and thus prevents sections from cupping.

The wood flooring is floated on top of the underlay removing the necessity of nails and glues and consequently installation times are much shorter and easier.

Envoy multi underlay remains elastic and resilient keeping your flooring neatly in place without any seams or cracks.

Benefits of Envoy multi

-Excellent thermal and sound isolation

-Warm and comfortable

-Suitable for under-floor heating

-Shorter installation times

-Floor is virtually seamless

-Moisture resistant

You can see the full range of Envoy multi products and other underlays at www.realoakfloors.co.uk .

solid wood flooring

Junckers Hardwood Flooring

Real Oak Floors are proud suppliers of Junckers flooring and equipment. We recommend Junckers flooring for dance floors, sports floors and schools. Junckers are Denmark’s largest timber industry. British Allergy Foundation Approved

Junckers are the only manufacturer of flooring which is approved allergy free by the British Allergy Foundation, Allergy UK. For this reason all Junckers flooring proudly displays the British Allergy Seal of Approval.

Junckers Floors are Environmentally Friendly

Junckers Hardwood flooring is produced only from sustainable forest. Junckers comply to PEFC and FSC regulations meaning that for every tree than becomes a Junckers product, another will be planted in it’s place.

Real Hardwood

All of Junckers floors are made from 100% real hardwood!
With Junckers flooring when you ask for real hardwood, that is exactly what you get; real hardwood!

Junckers Sports Flooring

The Junckers flooring range has been engineered with Sports in mind. Junckers beech harmony grade flooring are always used for sports floors as they are strong, flexible and springy. Junckers are leaders in fitting school floors and sports floors.
As well as sports, Junckers floors also make excellent dance floors!

Junckers underfloor heating

Junckers flooring can be used with underfloor heating, in fact Junckers floors are ideal for underfloor heating.

Underfloor heating is becoming increasingly popular and as many buildings these days are insulated well, underfloor heating can be ran using less energy. Underfloor heating is great for commercial and residential applications. Underfloor heating is also great for use in conservatories.

Junckers new engineered flooring range

Junckers have a new engineered flooring range.
Junckers engineered flooring is produced by adhering layers of plastic laminate veneer with real wood.
Engineered wood floors have slightly higher moisture resistance than other solid woods. Engineered hardwood flooring is very versatile and has a many applications. An engineered wood floor can be installed below grade and on a concrete subfloor, either as a direct glue-down or a floating floor. Engineered flooring is also an excellent choice for geographical areas with higher humidity or moisture levels.

Junckers Approved fitters

We are Junckers approved fitters who have installed countless junckers floors, not only can we provide you with Junckers flooring, but we can also do the work of fitting it for you!

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Different sports require different floors and floor designs can focus on a specific activity such as basketball, squash, dance and aerobics etc.

The ultimate sports floor must encourage optimum performance and safety whilst being easy to maintain. Sports floors are designed to deliver shock absorption, resilience, ball bounce and a precise surface friction.

The shock absorption level of a floor determines how much of the shock from a landing after a jump will return to the athletes leg. Hard surface such as concrete provide little or no force reduction for the athlete upon impact. Sports floor systems are designed to absorb as much of the shock as possible. If the floor is too hard the athlete will be exposed to early fatigue and aching joints through to the extreme, such as injuries, joint and shin bone damage. The friction levels of sports flooring has been closely studied. This characteristic is used to measure the floor’s ability to control the sliding of an athlete. Sports flooring must have a high enough surface friction to prevent uncontrollable sliding of athletes but also low enough to permit sliding if an extreme force is exerted on an athlete. Hardwood sports flooring are excellent protection against sports injuries. Research conducted has proven that more injuries occur on synthetic floor surfaces than do on hardwood sports floors. Sports flooring must also be able to withstand heavy loads from bleacher seating, trolley wheels and gym equipment etc.

A hardwood floor will not only fulfil the requirements needed for a sports floor but it will also creates an attractive internal environment, it is very easy to clean and maintain and also resists accidental damage. The day to day maintenance of sports floors is simply limited to sweeping or vacuuming the floor, when required the floor can be cleaned with scrubber dryer machines. Hardwood sports floors can be sanded and refinished many times over its lifetime this is because they are solid woods and usually ¾ inch thick.

When choosing interior sports flooring it essential you do your homework. At www.realoakfloors.co.uk we can supply a massive range of hardwood sports flooring from suppliers such as Junckers and Boen. In the UK, hardwood sports floors are governed by a number of recognised standards and all sports floors must fully comply to BS7044 Part 4. All of our sports flooring comes from suppliers who fully comply with at least this standard.

JUNKERS

A major supplier of sports floors are Junckers,they have a wide variety of sports flooring to suit any activity. Examples include the Blubat system, which comprises 22mm press dried beech boards secretly nailed to a kiln dried softwood batten with a continuous layer of 9mm thick special foam to the underside. This offers a semi-sprung floor at budget cost. Other systems from the Junkers range include the UnoBat 62+ this is an undercarriage system featuring softwood battens with unique shock absorption rubber pads with J-Lock connection systems, or the DouBat 110+ system which features double layer batten systems with construction heights of 110mm.You can even choose portable flooring systems to offer flexibility for arenas and halls that play host to a wide variety of sporting events and even a specialised squash flooring system which provides high levels of friction and shock absorption.

BOEN

Boenare a top selling manufacturer ofBoflex and Arenasport sports flooring. The BOEN Boflex P1 flooring system is an engineered sports surface designed to provide excellent elastic resilience. The Boflex P1 consists of standard boards measuring 2200mm ´ 137mm and 28mm thick. Inset into each board are Evazote 50 resilient foam strips, which provide the shock absorption qualities. The BOEN Arenasport another engineered board is laid onto Springbok semi-sprung battens. The foam pads include a specially formulated rubber, which will not significantly harden or deteriorate over the life of the floor. Most of these sports floors are available in different types of hardwoods such as Oak, Maple, Beech and Ash.

KAHRS

Kahrs have created a sports floor where the absorption material and reinforcements are already fitted to the backside of the board so this can be laid directly to the sub-floor without the time consuming and complicated construction of floor battens or special fittings. The floor has a total thickness of 30mm and is available in oak and beech. The floor satisfies all of the parts of the DIN test such as energy absorption, deformation, ball bounce, rolling load and friction.

POLYFLOR

Polyflor provide a hardwearing vinyl Polytred Sport PU floor covering with foam backing which is suitable for sports floors, the range is designed for to perform effectively and safely in multi-purpose indoor sports arenas.