Real Oak Floors has announced a new range of wood flooring care products, flooring primers and complete wood floor care systems. You can check out the Bona Flooring Products range on the Real Oak Floors website.
We have also added some new video guides to our Real Oak Floors Youtube Channel. Here you can find videos on how to repair a damanged wood floor with the Bona Naturale Repair Kit. There are additional tips on how to look after your wood floors.
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Browsing through some of the home style mags can really get your imagination going, especially when these well-designed rooms work with their contents so well. However, if you don’t get the decor right in the first place, any addition to your room won’t work to the best of its ability.
House & Home, the Canadian style magazine, has a great gallery of contemporary rooms that make use of both old and new to create interest in a home. What stands out the most is the type of flooring used in each room, something which has a deciding effect on a room’s overall aesthetic and spatial quality.
There are so many different types of wood flooring that can make a difference to your home, each with its own texture, colour tone and feel. Here are a few different types of hardwood floor and what makes them work so well with the rest of the room.
Bevelled wood floors have a small v-groove between each plank, giving the wood a rustic more akin to traditional, age-old wood floors. Oak is a great material for this, especially in a rustic grade, and will definitely stand out in whatever environment you place your wood floor. In this modern kitchen, the rustic bevelled wood flooring contrasts the neutral kitchen walls, avoiding the clinical feel that flooring tiles may suggest. In order to add depth to the room, the wood ceiling mimics the floor’s rustic feel but at the same time adds interest by placing the staves horizontally across the room.
In this more familiar, conservative setting, the hardwood floor this time plays a more subdued role, merely complementing the striking rough-cut oak doorway, suggesting the door has been ripped away. To bring a sense of harmony into the room, this lacquered floor is a balance of colour between the white walls and the deep, tan-brown colour of the doorway.
Thin-stave boards can add loads of space into your room, especially where the ceiling is quite high – you get that sense of expansion. The blue lighting really works well with the dark brown wood floor and still retains its warm character.
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Prestige Wood Flooring by Real Oak Floors
Engineered flooring is very diverse and comes in many different flavours. Real Oak Floors has just revised its Prestige Wood Flooring collection and now offer engineered wood floors with a 21mm top layer in 189mm widths. What makes their Prestige range really special is the type of oils and finishes they customise with the wood.
For example, most of the collection have multiple coats of one colour oil which is then enhanced with at least one coat of clear oil. This allows the wood to absorb an even deeper finish that really makes your wood floor stand out in your living room, kitchen or any other living space!
The prestige wood flooring range is a great concept by Real Oak Floors that must be considered when you are looking for high quality but cheap wood flooring!
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Creative Wood Flooring Collection
LEEDS. 13TH AUGUST 2009- Real Oak floors are promoting their bespoke range of creative wood flooring as they are planning to relocate their company to a larger premises at 324 Meanwood Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 2HY.
Creative wood flooring is a fantastic way to ensure that you get just what you need from a real wood floor. The Creative wood floor range is a high quality engineered board and with so many choices of finishes, styles of wood and designs it will be impossible not to find a style to suit you! There are 21 different colours to choose from along with the option of square edged or bevelled edges
The Creative Flooring Collection is made from birch ply board backing which is the strongest board available today. You can choose the thickness of the boards from either 15mm thick with a 4mm real layer of oak which is perfect where floor height is restricted, or thicker boards which are 20mm thick in total with a 6mm top layer of oak which is able to go directly over floorboard joists. You can also opt for wider boards too. The planks are available up to 240mm wide and can be supplied with mixed widths which all fit together to create a unique “mixed width flooring”. A range of wider and thinner boards will give a rustic feel and make your floor more unique. Once you have chosen your floor you can finish your floor in any way you like. You can choose from brushed, smoked, oiled, lacquered or un-finished. With all these options there is no way that two floors could possibly look the same! You can pick a floor to suit your style and taste without compromising on price.
Real Oak Floors supplies Oak, solid hardwood and engineered floors across the UK and Europe. Their ecological ethics hold strong when it comes to their floors as they use wood from sustainable forests. They supply not only domestic flooring but provide for commercial use too. Real Oak Floors are currently in the process of moving premises as the demand for their quality products has forced them to a bigger location.
Check out the Creative Flooring Range at
Real oak floors Ltd.
Unit 10 Penraevon Street
Leeds, West Yorkshire
LS7 2AW
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Choosing between laminate flooring and real wood flooring can be a tough one. It seems that the price of laminate flooring usually wins over the beauty of real wood flooring. But which lasts longer? Which is better quality? And which looks best in your room?
Laminate Flooring
Laminate flooring is fantastic if you are looking for a wood effect floor on a budget. The best value for money laminate flooring is Krono collection, The Krono collection comes in a range of oak colours and 4 different effects. It comes as an easy click lock installation system so even if you don’t have a degree in construction to be able to fit it. You can also buy quickstep laminate flooring.
The quickstep laminate flooring system was designed for a closer fit between the panels. Finally there is aqua step laminate flooring. This flooring system is waterproof so no more nasty raised planks due to large spillages. The aqua step laminate flooring is especially handy for bathrooms, kitchens and utility rooms. Laminate floor is very easy to clean and maintain. It only needs a sweep and a mop every so often and if you really want to make your laminate floor shine you could even give it a polish. Laminate does have a downside and that is that it doesn’t last as long as a solid wood floor. Remember that when you are choosing your laminate you should find one appropriate for the area. For example if you are laying your laminate in the hallway then you should pick a laminate that is suitable for high traffic areas.
Real wood flooring is the kind of flooring that will transform your room. It will add style to your room scheme and will create warmth in the room. Of course solid wood flooring is more expensive than laminate but you can see the quality of the solid wood flooring compared to laminate. Solid wood flooring is available in hundreds of different colours and styles. You can get real wood floors from pretty much any tree you like. These colours range from the darkest aged oak to the lightest pine. These colours can be adjusted and changed to suit your style with different finishes. These finishes include oiled, no-oiled, lacquered, brushed and even smoked.
Real Wood Flooring
The choice of finish can make your floor look completely different so be sure to choose wisely. Solid wood flooring needs some maintenance. It should be cleaned regularly as per the manufacturer’s instructions and should be cleaned with a specialist solid wood floor cleaner. A solid wood floor should also be re-finished every few years or so too. If you do not maintain your solid wood flooring then it will not last to its full lifespan. By ensuring that it is well looked after will mean it won’t need replacing and therefore a more cost effective choice.
So now you have a better knowledge of solid wood flooring and laminate wood flooring, hopefully your choice will be a little bit easier. Remember that investing in a quality solid wood floor can sometimes be cheaper if it lasts a lifetime.
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Eco Friendly Engineered wood flooring is a new and innovative product that combines beautiful wood flooring with eco friendly ethics. If you, like so many others, are concerned about climate change yet feel that a wonderful home is equally important then you won’t have to compromise when it comes to engineered wood flooring. Not only will you feel that you are doing your bit for the environment but you will also be able to choose from a multitude of colours, designs and finishes too.
Eco-Friendly Wood Flooring
Engineered wood flooring is available in many different designs. To begin with you have to choose which style you would like. There are four different styles which resemble the planks you would normally find on real wood flooring. The premium option is a single plank which is the most popular type of engineered wood flooring style. The next most popular tends to be the special style. This looks like two shorter planks so it looks more like solid wood flooring. You can also buy engineered wood flooring in two or three strip styles.
Once you have chosen which style you want you can then decide on the colour of the wood. There are so many different choices such as oak, elm, cherry, alder, acacia, walnut, hornbeam, steamed beech, maple, birch, beech and ash. The colour of the wood you choose will depend on your interior scheme and personal preferences. Of course different houses lend themselves to different woods. Modern houses with a minimalistic look will look amazing with a walnut floor while older houses look great with oak. The beauty of engineered wood flooring is that you can even choose which finish you would like. Some people like to wait until their wood floor is in their homes before deciding on a finish while others like to have their floor ready and raring to go so they can use it as soon as it is installed. You can even choose which width plank you would like. The click lock system means that no matter which size you choose they all will be easily installed.
There are a few different finishes such as oiled, un-oiled, smoked, un-smoked, lacquered and un-lacquered. The advantages of having your wood floor oiled is that it will keep for longer and will also slow down the aging process so you get to keep the colour you originally bought. Having your wood floor lacquered will protect it and make it last longer although some people prefer to have a more natural look to their wood floors and as such choose not to lacquer their floors.
Engineered wood flooring is the ideal solution to an eco friendly wood floor as all of the wood is made from trees that have been sourced from sustainable forests. You really can have a beautiful floor that will transform your home without the guilt of damaging the ozone. If you are conscious about climate change and are looking for a wood floor then look no further than engineered wood flooring.
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There are so many choices when it comes to wood flooring that it can be hard to make the right decision. Some people prefer to make the choice once the wood has arrived in their homes while others would rather have the finished product. Whichever you choose you should think long and hard about your choice. Because your wood floor is going to stay in your house for years to come it would be foolhardy to pick something that you didn’t fall in love with. Wood floors come in not just hundreds of different colours but different finishes too. So what do you need to know about unfinished and finished wood flooring?
Unfinished wood flooring is when the floor has been neither lacquered nor oiled. It has come to your home or site pre cut and nothing more. Some people choose to buy un-finished wood flooring because they want to personalise the floor. Others choose un-finished wood flooring because they want to see what it looks lie in its own surrounding before adjusting it. And some people simply like the un-finished look. Old, more traditional houses lend themselves very well to un-finished wood floors especially un-finished antique pine. Without lacquer, a wood floor can add warmth to the room and can create a natural feeling. Some people will get their un-finished wood flooring home and decide that they would like it to e a shade darker or better protected. This is a simple way to ensure that you get the product you want rather than buying it ready finished and then not liking it when you got it home.
Finished wood flooring on the other hand can make a real statement in your room. A beautifully lacquered shiny floor can add light into your room and make your new real wood floor stand out. Most people choose finished wood flooring in high traffic areas or areas that have a lot of furniture. A dining room for example is likely to be used every day and will have lots of movement of the furniture. In this case you need to make sure that the floor is well protected with some lacquer and oil.
Choosing which type of wood you are going to use on the floor can be hard enough but having to make the decision between finished and un-finished can be even tougher. Think long and hard about the decision you are about to make as it will stay with you and your house for quite some time. Remember that if you are unsure how you want the finished product to look then it would be best to go for unfinished, that way you can change it to suit your taste and style.
Good luck in choosing the right real wood floor for you.
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When you decide to buy a real wood floor you should understand that not only will it look beautiful but it will need maintaining too. While a sweep and a mop may do for some laminate flooring a real wood floor will need a more thorough approach. So how should you care for your wood floor? Here are seven top tips on looking after your real wood flooring.
Tip 1
Follow the manufactures instructions. Manufacturers spend years and years perfecting their instructions. They take time researching different products and different methods of cleaning their floors and so know what is best for them. By following the manufacturer’s instructions you will get the most from you floor and it will last longer.
Tip 2
Sweep daily. By sweeping your wood floor every day you will clear it of grime and dirt. This dirt, if left unattended, could be ground in the floor by unsuspecting feet and can be almost impossible to remove.
Tip 3
Mop weekly, but only with a slightly damp mop. By mopping the floor it will give you a deeper clean and will also get rid of any germs. Try not to get your wood floor too wet as wood can absorb water especially if it is un-finished.
Tip 4
Ensure you buy the right cleaner. Real wood floor cleaners are a specialist product and your wood flooring manufacturer will usually recommend a cleaner. This is the best to use as the manufacturer will have researched all of the products on the market and decided that this one is best for you specific floor. If you do not have a manufacturer’s recommendation then you should choose a cleaner that is more pH neutral or alkali. Acidic cleaners will strip your wood floor of any varnish or oil that it may have and will damage your floor.
Tip 5
Re-lacquer when required. Lacquer will wear off over time so it is important to re apply if you want to protect your floor. Oiling also needs to be reapplied but more frequently than lacquer.
Tip 6
Be sure to protect your floor. If you have pieces of furniture on your real wood floor then you need to protect your floor from scratches, dents and general marks that your furniture may cause. There are many different products that can be fixed onto the feet of your furniture to ensure that they don’t scratch.
Tip 7
Check your floor regularly. Your real wood floor should be checked every week for any problems that may occur. A simple scratch may lead to another; more serious problem so be sure to deal with any dents, scratches or marks that may arise. By maintaining your floor it will last longer and your floor will have a longer life span.
When buying a real wood floor you must be prepared to care for it properly. A quality floor needs caring for and nurturing. By not following the above 7 tips you are likely to have a floor that will last you no more than a few years, rather than a lifetime.
Written by Philippa Wilson
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Engineered wood flooring is a new and innovative take on wood flooring. It is a collection of custom made flooring to suit the tastes of the consumer. So if you like antique pine or maybe lacquered milano is more your style then you can design your own with the engineered wood flooring.
With engineered wood flooring there are many different options. These include 21 different colours from 4 different categories. These categories are the smoked collection, the oiled collection, the distressed and aged collection and the unfinished collection. You can also choose from many other options once you have picked your colour such as plank thickness, prime grade or rustic grade, brushing options or smoking options, bevelled or square edged boards and lastly the finish. These engineered wood flooring boards are designed to your specification and as such give you a far more personal touch to your floor.
148mm Engineered Oak Natural Oiled Flooring
One decision that often gets people is the choice between bevelled wood flooring and square-edged wood flooring. Square-edged wood flooring gives you a nice clean finish. You could cast your eye over the entire floor and not see a blemish in sight. If you are looking for the minimalist or modern look to your floor then I would suggest the square-edged wood flooring. If you are looking for a more rustic approach then the bevelled wood flooring may be more your style. People often go for the bevelled wood flooring if they want to make it look as if the floor has been there for hundreds of years and would definitely lend itself to the aged and distressed collection. Of course it is your decision and you may choose to be completely different and unique by mixing and matching any of the choices that are on offer to suit you.
Another tough decision is the finish on the floor. Finished wood flooring can look spectacular when it is lacquered and given a good polish but you have to be careful when using cleaning products. Use a cleaner with to high a pH level and you may find your finished wood floor has been stripped of it lacquer! However the lacquer and polish does give protection to items such as heavy furniture, pets nails and women’s shoes. Unfinished wood flooring on the other hand has no such protection. You have to be very careful what you place on it and who you let walk in the room. An unfinished wood floor will look fantastic in a country style kitchen and will also give your room a more natural feel to it.
If you are looking for laminate wood flooring at the moment but can’t decide which to go for then why not take a look at the engineered wood flooring collection? There are so many different choices that there is little risk of you finding the same floor anywhere else. If you want a unique look with a personal touch then I would definitely recommend an engineered wood floor.
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Prefinished Oak Flooring at Real Oak Floors
Many people are choosing oak floors for their homes but due to the financial climate not all of us can afford the beautiful oak flooring we have to offer. This is why we are all choosing our oak flooring on a budget (believe me it can be done!). If you want a bespoke oak floor for a great price then look no further.
Being British we all have a love affair with the old oak tree. An oak tree can be defined by a very old saying that goes “from little acorns grow mighty oak trees” and this is very true. The oak tree is renowned for its solidness and strength which is why we love to lay oak flooring. The grain and texture of oak makes it a beautiful wood to work with and you will often find it is a favourite amongst cabinetmakers and carpenters alike. Of course as with anything oak changes as it ages. It becomes darker and almost seems like a different wood altogether. There are also many different varieties of oak that range from across the world so you will always be able to find a colour you like.
Oak flooring comes in a whole variety of options and finishes. Real Oak Floors has 18 different styles of oak flooring ranging from the most traditional unfinished oak floor to the American lacquered oak floor. You can buy wide planks or slim planks, lacquered planks or un-finished planks. In fact you can buy any oak floor design you can think of! You can even buy engineered oak flooring which gives you a whole range of finishes including smoked or brushed.
The big question when it comes to oak floors is the finish. Some people like to leave their oak floors to breathe and become a part of the room by leaving them unvarnished or without polish. This can have a stunning affect on the room, especially if you have a lot of wooden furniture in there but it can also cause a lot of heartache when it comes to maintenance. Unfinished floors are harder to keep clean and will scuff, dent and even absorb stains more than their lacquered contenders. Lacquered oak flooring on the other hand is easy to maintain, keep clean and copes well in heavy traffic areas such as the hallway. You can also choose from oiled or no oiled. This will make the wood look darker but will also make it last longer. After all there is no point in having a beautiful brushed oak floor when it won’t last forever.
So if you are looking for some oak flooring that is affordable yet stylish then why not have a browse at the different oak floor collections now? With so many different choices you will be surprised what gorgeous flooring you can get for your money.
Written by Philippa Wilson.
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