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Windsor · Berkshire
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 Windsor 76% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (31%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Engineered Wood in Windsor
The Windsor and Maidenhead district counts 60,934 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.
Detached houses are 31% of the Windsor and Maidenhead stock, above the national picture, and they bring larger, longer rooms to Windsor. That favours the wider boards: a 190 or 220 mm plank fills a big reception room calmly, where a 125 mm board reads as busy. It also means more square metres in one batch, and a batch is the unit that keeps the colour consistent across the room, so the whole order goes in at once.
Owner-occupation is 67% in Windsor and Maidenhead, 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 Windsor 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, Windsor and Maidenhead (E06000040) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Windsor and the wider Royal Borough. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Eton, Ascot, Sunningdale, Maidenhead, Slough, Egham, Virginia Water and surrounding Berkshire and Surrey borders.
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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 Berkshire delivery covers: Windsor town centre, Old Windsor, Datchet, Eton, Ascot, Sunningdale, Wraysbury, Eton Wick, Clewer, Dedworth, Spital, Englefield Green, Virginia Water, Egham, Sunninghill, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Marlow, Cookham and surrounding Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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Windsor and Maidenhead in the 2021 census: 60,934 households, 75% houses, 24% flats.
Windsor and Maidenhead is a unitary authority, so the census figures quoted here describe the whole borough rather than the town alone: 30.7% detached, 26.1% semi-detached and 24.2% flats. Detached properties usually mean long uninterrupted runs from room to room, and long runs need a proper perimeter gap and a break at the doorway, or a floating floor will push against skirtings as it moves with the seasons. The flat share matters for a different reason, since anything laid over a neighbour's ceiling has to satisfy the lease on impact sound before the finish is even chosen. Deliveries reach SL3 and SL4, taking in Eton & Castle, Clewer East, Clewer & Dedworth West, Datchet, Horton & Wraysbury, and Bray.
Windsor combines Royal town heritage with some of the most premium property in Berkshire, from Georgian and Victorian townhouses near the Castle to substantial detached properties in Ascot and Sunningdale, riverside homes in Datchet and Wraysbury, and Eton’s distinctive housing stock. The town’s combination of Royal connections, top schools and Thames-side setting drives consistently premium values.
On that low ground the moisture in a solid floor moves with the water table rather than with the weather. A reading taken in August can differ from one taken in February, so the build-up is chosen for the wetter of the two months.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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For most of the housing in Windsor 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 Georgian or Victorian townhouse the floor sits on joists and the finished height is fixed by thresholds and stair nosings. Engineered oak over sound boards keeps within that; a deep floating build-up shortens doors that were hung to the original level.
Yes. We deliver across Windsor and Berkshire from our UK warehouse, including the SL3 and SL4 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 Windsor 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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Every range and room for Windsor, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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