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Telford · Shropshire
The living room is the dry room that is seen most, which is why it is where the engineered oak and the parquet in the range go; the choice is width, finish and pattern rather than material. In Telford 90% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (38%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Living Room in Telford
The Telford and Wrekin district counts 76,509 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a living room floor is specified here.
Semi-detached houses are 38% of the Telford and Wrekin stock, and the semi's living room in Telford is often knocked through from the bay to the garden. A long room takes a longer board and, laid towards the light, reads longer still; the 150 mm Cobham range or a herringbone set out from the centre suits it. Where the room crosses from timber onto the concrete of an extension, the two are levelled to each other first.
Detached houses are 31% of the homes in Telford and Wrekin, and a large living room is the one place the widest boards in the range belong: the 190 mm Weybridge and the 220 mm Victorian Antique planks fill it calmly, and a Versailles panel makes it formal. A large room is also a large batch, ordered in one go so the shade holds across the floor.
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All 48 living room floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Telford and Wrekin (E06000020) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Telford and the wider Shropshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Shrewsbury, Newport, Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock, Ironbridge, Market Drayton and surrounding Shropshire countryside.
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The engineered boards from the 125 mm Ascot Natural Brushed Oak through the 150 mm Cobham Natural Brushed Oak to the 190 mm Weybridge Golden Wheat Oak and the 220 mm Victorian Antique Natural Oak; the Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak and the Knightsbridge Chevron for a pattern; the Montpellier Oak Versailles Panel for a formal room. All engineered, all with a 3 mm or thicker wear layer, all listed for underfloor heating.
| 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 |
| Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 600 | 14mm x 125mm x 600mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Ascot Lacquered Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 125 | 14mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Cobham Invisible Oiled 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 |
| Ascot Whisky Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 125 | 14mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Cobham Smoked Grey Oak Wood Floor 14 x 150 | 14mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
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Our Shropshire delivery covers: Telford town centre, Wellington, Madeley, Dawley, Oakengates, Lawley, Priorslee, Hadley, Donnington, Stirchley, Ketley, Lightmoor, Brookside, Sutton Hill, Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale, Broseley, Much Wenlock, Shifnal, Newport, Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Market Drayton and surrounding Shropshire
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Telford and Wrekin in the 2021 census: 76,509 households, 90% houses, 10% flats.
TF1, TF2, TF3, TF4, TF7, TF8 and TF11 form the round, covering Dawley & Aqueduct, Brookside, Hadley & Leegomery, Donnington and Horsehay & Lightmoor. Only 10.1% of dwellings in Telford and Wrekin are flats; 89.5% are houses, split 38.0% semi-detached and 31.2% detached. That balance shifts the work almost entirely to ground floors, where a slab may be screed or may be suspended timber and the two demand opposite preparation. A relative-humidity reading taken through the screed before an impermeable covering goes down is the step skipped most often and the one that causes the most expensive failures. Social renting stands at 18.0%, so contract-grade specifications with a stated wear rating come up regularly alongside domestic orders.
Assembled out of older settlements under a new-town plan, Telford's housing is mostly detached and semi-detached — close to seven households in ten between them, with very few flats. Brookside, Dawley, Hadley, Leegomery and Donnington are the estates that came out of that period.
Much of Telford's estate housing has a suspended ground floor decked in chipboard rather than narrow planks. Those sheets are fixed at their edges, and after a few decades the fixings work loose where the joists are furthest apart.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Engineered oak in the width the room can carry is the floor most living rooms in Telford end up with: it looks like the solid timber it is on top, takes underfloor heating and can be sanded. A herringbone suits a room with length, laminate suits a budget, and rigid vinyl suits a living room that opens onto the kitchen.
Wide boards calm a large room and dominate a small one; narrow boards suit a terraced front room. The range runs from 90 mm solid boards to 220 mm engineered planks, and the plank-width guide linked below weighs it up.
The rigid-vinyl range can run through both, because it is listed as waterproof. An oak floor stops at the kitchen door or accepts the risk of a leak; many Telford homes run the oak to the threshold and the vinyl beyond it in a matching tone.
On a new-build estate, screw the deck down before anything goes over it: a new floor laid on sheets that move will move with them and be blamed for a noise that was already there. After that the underlay does more than the top layer for how the room sounds and feels.
Yes. We deliver across Telford and Shropshire from our UK warehouse, including the TF1, TF2, TF3, TF4, TF7 and TF8 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 Telford 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 Telford, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Telford33 floors
Solid Woodin Telford15 floors
Parquetin Telford15 floors
LVT Vinylin Telford36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Telford36 floors
Laminatein Telford12 floors6 materials · scroll sideways to see all
Kitchenin Telford
Bathroomin Telford
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