Our English Oak Flooring is 'quarter-sawn' to increase stability and show the finest figuring. A modern quartered log will optimise the usage of the timber from any particular tree.
Our flooring is laid down to air dry for at least 2 years and then finished in a kiln. Narrower boards are suitable for underfloor heating.
Please contact us for technical advice on fixing, estimating and finishing.
Although 'Quarter-sawn' boards continue to expand and contrast with changes in humidity, we produce boards that offer optimum stability and minimal distortion.
Our English oak flooring is like good wine...laid down to air dry for at least 2 years and 'finished' in a kiln. It is this attention to detail in selection, cutting and drying that real connoisseurs seek.
'Quarter-sawn' oak, especially English oak, has its own magical pattern known as 'medullary' rays. Little flame-like ribbons that bring the timber to life.
Under Floor Heating
There is a thickness limit that we recommend for use with Under Floor Heating. Our normal boards without UFH are 20mm thick and these are supplied random widths from 125mm (5 inch) up to 325mm (13 inch). Boards for use with UFH would be cut to 10mm thickness and can then be glue-fixed to plywood on site.
House in Buckinghamshire
Method 1.
Random boards up to 225mm wide
(9 inch) could be provided at 17mm thickness with a tongue and groove (replacing the normal 20mm thickness for use onto conventional joists.) These would need to be fixed by secret screws through the tongues, or screw and pellet through the surface onto a good quality Birch ply.
Residence in Westminster
Method 2.
Random boards without width limit can be supplied at 10mm thick. These boards would be square edged (not tongue and groove) and they would need to be glue-fixed to a good quality 18mm Birch ply.
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Availability
In November 2021, following Storm Arwen, we had the once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase 250+ year old butts, from Estates around the UK, that had fallen in the storm. These were purchased in the round, are now milled and are in our yard seasoning.
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Every year we plant trees. Last year alone we planted 1200 trees, mainly oak but all species native to the UK. To date we have planted approximately 15,000 native hardwood trees, mostly Quercus Petraea (Sessile Oak) here at our base in Wales.
Tel: 0044 1691 860181
0044 7816839957
The Estate Office, Cwm Pennant, Pennant Melangell
Llangynog, Oswestry, North Wales SY10 0HQ