Oak Floors Online talk about rustic oak flooring and Prime Grade oak flooring and how they 'fit' with various designs

Different design styles of the home are created by mixing different textures, colours and appearances of the items within, much of which come down to the personal preference of the owner. Some people prefer to live in homes that ooze with character and 'rustic charm', whereas others opt for a more contemporary or modern look; it all really depends on the individual who's making the design decisions. The range of flooring available from Oak Floors Online is capable of meeting most personal choices when it comes to flooring, ranging from narrower Solid Oak that's available as 120mm or 150mm wide...

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Oak Floors Online talk about the different installation methods for wood flooring

Here at Oak Floors Online, we often get asked; "what's the best way to install my flooring" but it's just not as simple as that. Many of the most important factors that decide 'the best way' can only be decided upon from a site assessment, and the results of certain checks, so it's usually best to take the advice of your floor installer. The 3 most popular installation methods are; Glue Down Nail Down Float Gluing down usually requires a flexible adhesive to be applied to the subfloor for the oak flooring above to be bonded to it. An advantage of using this method is that thinner...

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Oak Floors Online write about how the cold winter months can have a bad effect on wood flooring

With summer looking like it's well and truly over and the dark mornings and nights upon us, it's time for us to start talking again about what happens to oak flooring during the cold winter months. I know we've harped on about this all year already but the way we look at it is that an oak floor that fails doesn't just harm the owner's pocket but also the reputation of the whole industry itself. We all know that bad rumours spread much quicker than good ones, so when someone experiences challenges with their oak floor, there's only bad that can come of it. It doesn't seem to matter who's fault...

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Oak Floors Online emphasise that changes in moisture content force dimensional changes within oak flooring; so buy a Thermo-Hygrometer

As we’ve emphasised before, and leading on from our last blog article about how timber is dried, let’s explain a little about how it changes dimensionally when forced to ‘take on’ or ‘lose’ moisture when installed within the home. Remember that when wood is in its natural state, living and growing as a tree, it’s made up of lots of cells that contain moisture in the form of ‘free’ and ‘bound’ water (see previous blog). When the tree is felled and dried for usage, it’s obviously forced to lose this moisture to some extent, in an effort to make it more suitable for modern living conditions within...

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Oak Floors Online explain how the drying of wood affects its size and dimensions

Because moisture content is so important and will always define the size of any piece of timber (oak flooring or other) we at Oak Floors Online feel that it’s important to explain what happens from the time when the tree is cut down and then the process that it goes through before it arrives on your doorstep as beautiful flooring. Hopefully by providing you with this information, you’ll understand why we advise everyone who owns an oak floor to monitor and control the conditions with some kind of Thermo-Hygrometer, especially the relative humidity, that surrounds their floor. When a tree is...

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Oak Floors Online provide ways of stopping a wood floor from creaking

There’s nothing more annoying than having a beautiful new oak floor installed that then creaks or squeaks when you walk on it, so we’re going to try to help you to either avoid this from happening in the first place or at least do all you can to stop it from happening if it starts. Creaks and similar noises are always caused by movement of the floor, movement of the subfloor, or a combination of both, so the first task before installation even begins is to make sure that the subfloor is strong enough and doesn’t ‘give’ or 'flex' too much when walked upon. If it does ‘give’ too much,...

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Oak Floors Online explain how to replace a single board within a finished floor

From time to time, no matter how good a quality the flooring you buy is, there may be a need to replace a single board within a finished floor. This could be down to it getting damaged or because it is what we call a ‘rogue’ board that behaves differently to others (this is simply down to it being a natural product and not a product or manufacturing fault) but no matter what the reason, it can be done quite easily, depending on the finish and the length of time the floor has been installed. If the floor has been installed for some time, it may be necessary to re-finish the whole floor after...

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