Ascot Coffee Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 125 (mm)

A dark floor shows dust and fine scratches as pale lines, and this board answers that two ways: the brushed surface breaks the lines up, and the matt lacquer avoids the sheen that makes them catch the light. The lacquer wipes clean and is refinished as a whole floor when it has worn. Tongue and groove, micro-bevelled, listed as compatible with underfloor heating; each box covers 1.8 square metres, and the manufacturer's warranty is 15 years.

Give it a room with daylight from more than one side, or warm artificial light. The Ascot Whisky Oak is its neighbour in the same format, a shade different in warmth; the Weybridge Coffee Oak is the same tone at 190 mm wide; for a coffee tone in an oiled, brushed surface, the Cobham Twilight Timber Oak.