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Maidstone · Kent
Engineered oak is a real oak wear layer of 3 to 6 mm bonded to a cross-laminated core, so the board keeps the surface of solid timber and moves far less with the seasons. In Maidstone 82% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Engineered Wood in Maidstone
The Maidstone district counts 71,207 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a engineered wood floor is specified here.
Semi-detached houses are the largest group in Maidstone, 33% of the Maidstone stock, and the typical semi has two ground floors in one: a suspended timber front room and a solid concrete kitchen or later extension. Engineered oak can run through both, floated on underlay over the timber and glued to the slab, so a knocked-through room reads as one floor. The join between the two bases is where the level is set, and it is worth checking before the boards are ordered.
Owner-occupation is 69% in Maidstone, higher than in most districts, and an owner-occupier buys a floor to keep. That is the case for the thicker wear layers in the range: 4 mm on the 15 mm Victorian boards and 6 mm on the 20 mm ones can be sanded and refinished more than once, so a floor laid in Maidstone this year is still the same floor after the next redecoration and the one after that.
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All 33 engineered wood floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Maidstone (E07000110) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Maidstone and mid-Kent. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Bearsted, Aylesford, Larkfield, West Malling, Sittingbourne and the surrounding Medway valley and Weald areas.
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The range runs from the 125 mm Ascot boards, which suit a hallway or a bedroom in a terraced house, through the 150 mm Cobham range to the 190 mm Weybridge Light Grey and the 220 mm Victorian Antique Natural Oak for larger rooms. Every board in the range is listed as compatible with underfloor heating and carries a wear layer of 3 mm or more; the 15 and 20 mm Victorian boards carry 4 and 6 mm.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Antique Distressed Oak Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 | 14mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Victorian Antique White Oak Flooring 15 x 220 x 2200 | 15mm x 220mm x 2200mm | 4mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Ascot Lacquered Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 125 | 14mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Cobham Natural Oak UV Lacquered Wood Floor 14 x 150 | 14mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Cobham Walnut Stained Oak Wood Floor 14 x 150 | 14mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Weybridge Light Grey Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 | 14mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Weybridge White Oiled Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 | 14mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Victorian Antique Smoky Oak Flooring 20 x 190 x 1900 | 20mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 6mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
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Our Kent delivery covers: Maidstone, Barming, Bearsted, Penenden Heath, Allington, Shepway, Loose, Aylesford, Larkfield, Ditton, Snodland, West Malling, Kings Hill, Coxheath, Boughton Monchelsea, Harrietsham, Lenham, Headcorn, Staplehurst, Marden and the surrounding Medway valley and mid-Kent area
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Maidstone in the 2021 census: 71,207 households, 81% houses, 18% flats.
Kent's Maidstone district spans ME14, ME15 and ME16, taking in High Street, Fant & Oakwood, Allington & Bridge, Grove Green & Vinters Park, Bearsted & Downswood, Coxheath & Farleigh, Loose & Linton, Boxley Downs and the rural wards of Marden & Yalding and Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs. Owner occupation stands at 67.4%, down from 70.5% in 2011, and the stock divides 33.3% semi-detached to 25.9% detached. Outlying and village property is generally older and less regular underfoot: floors that slope, or step between rooms, are normal rather than a defect, and measuring levels before ordering prevents trims that will never sit flat. The 1.2% recorded as mobile or park homes need a lightweight build-up instead.
Maidstone’s housing stock ranges from Georgian and Victorian townhouses in the historic centre to leafy interwar semis in Bearsted and Barming, plus extensive new-build estates. As the county town on the River Medway, it draws London commuters, growing families and buyers seeking character homes within reach of oast-house countryside.
The borough runs from the town centre out onto the North Downs, and the housing goes with it: Grove Green and Vinters Park are modern estate, Fant and Oakwood older, and the villages beyond hold stock of every age. That spread means the subfloor question has no single county-wide answer.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in Maidstone
Shop the rangeEngineered WoodRead guide 
How to chooseEngineered Wood Wear Layer: 3 mm, 4 mm or 6 mmRead guide 
Fitting guideEngineered Wood Installation GuideRead guide 
Cost guideEngineered Wood Flooring CostRead guide 
Buying guideBest Flooring for Underfloor Heating: What Works and What to AvoidRead guide Bestsellers
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For most of the housing in Maidstone it is the wood floor that fits: it goes over a suspended timber floor once that is levelled, over a slab once that is dry, and over underfloor heating, and it can be sanded back when the wear layer is 3 mm or more. Where it does not belong is a bathroom or a utility room that gets wet.
A 125 or 150 mm board suits the room sizes of the terraces and semis, and a brushed, oiled finish forgives the grit an older house carries in. Wider boards suit the larger detached rooms and knocked-through spaces.
Every engineered board in the range is listed as compatible with underfloor heating. The conditions are the manufacturer's: a commissioned system, a dry screed and a surface temperature within the limit the fitting instructions state.
In a new-build with pipes in the screed, engineered board or LVT rather than solid timber. Follow the temperature limit in the instructions, raise the heat in stages when the system is first used, and remember that a thick comfort underlay works against the heating.
Yes. We deliver across Maidstone and Kent from our UK warehouse, including the ME14, ME15 and ME16 postcode districts. Delivery cost and timing depend on the delivery postcode and are shown at checkout, and samples come by post first so the floor can be seen in the room before the full order.
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Maidstone address. Two or three side by side on the floor, in the room's own light morning and evening, settle the colour faster than any photograph.
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