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Smoked and Fumed Oak Flooring

13 oak floors in the range are smoked or fumed by their listing, in the colour it gives or in the product name: 9 engineered and 4 solid, on the catalogue of 20 October 2026. They are 14 to 20 mm thick. The 9 engineered floors are listed as compatible with underfloor heating, the 4 solid ones as not compatible.

Floors

Thickness

14 to 20 mm

Widths

90 to 800 mm

Samples

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The 13 smoked and fumed oak floors

By format: 6 planks, 6 parquet blocks and 1 Versailles panel. In the listings smoked is a colour, not a finish, and it comes matt lacquered (4), brushed matt lacquered (3), hard wax oil (3), UV oiled (2) and brushed UV oiled (1).

Engineered oak (9)

15 × 90 × 400 mmAmersham Herringbone Smoked Golden

18 × 100 × 500 mmCambridge Herringbone Cinnamon

20 × 800 × 800 mmBordeaux Oak Versailles Panel

14 × 150 mmCobham Smoked Grey

20 × 190 × 1900 mmVictorian Antique Smoky

14 × 125 mmAscot Cottage Oak

14 × 125 mmAscot Ashdown Oak

14 × 90 × 450 mmOxford Herringbone Fumed

15 × 220 × 2200 mmVictorian Antique Smoked Grey

Solid oak (4)

18 × 90 × 450 mmMarlow Solid Double Smoked

18 × 90 × 450 mmMarlow Solid Smoked

18 × 90 × 300 mmMarlow Solid Smoked

18 × 150 mmWindsor Solid Smoked

Side by side

Product	Construction	Thickness	Wear layer	Width	Finish and surface	Underfloor heating
Amersham Herringbone Smoked Golden Oak Wood Flooring 15 x 90 x 400	Engineered oak	15 mm	4 mm	90 mm	Matt lacquered, brushed	Compatible
Cambridge Herringbone Cinnamon Oak 18 x 100 x 500	Engineered oak	18 mm	4 mm	100 mm	Matt lacquered, brushed	Compatible
Marlow Solid Double Smoked Oak Parquet Blocks 18 x 90 x 450	Solid oak	18 mm	Solid board	90 mm	Brushed matt lacquered	Not Compatible
Marlow Solid Smoked Oak Parquet Blocks 18 x 90 x 450	Solid oak	18 mm	Solid board	90 mm	Brushed matt lacquered	Not Compatible
Bordeaux Oak Versailles Panel 20 x 800 x 800	Engineered oak	20 mm	4 mm	800 mm	Matt lacquered, brushed	Compatible
Cobham Smoked Grey Oak Wood Floor 14 x 150	Engineered oak	14 mm	3 mm	150 mm	Matt lacquered, brushed	Compatible
Victorian Antique Smoky Oak Flooring 20 x 190 x 1900	Engineered oak	20 mm	6 mm	190 mm	Hard wax oil, deep brushed	Compatible
Ascot Cottage Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 125	Engineered oak	14 mm	3 mm	125 mm	UV oiled, brushed	Compatible
Ascot Ashdown Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 125	Engineered oak	14 mm	3 mm	125 mm	Hard wax oil, brushed	Compatible
Oxford Herringbone Fumed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450	Engineered oak	14 mm	3 mm	90 mm	UV oiled, brushed	Compatible
Marlow Solid Smoked Oak Parquet Blocks 18 x 90 x 300	Solid oak	18 mm	Solid board	90 mm	Brushed UV oiled	Not Compatible
Windsor Solid Smoked Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 150	Solid oak	18 mm	Solid board	150 mm	Brushed matt lacquered	Not Compatible

Shown above, but not in the table until its listing gives one consistent thickness, wear layer and width: Victorian Antique Smoked Grey Oak Flooring 15 x 220 x 2200.

The smoked look in rigid vinyl and laminate (7)

7 click floors carry smoked or fumed in their decor name: 6 rigid vinyl and 1 laminate. They print the look rather than being oak, and all 6 rigid vinyl floors are listed as waterproof.

Smoked and fumed decors (7)

Laminate12mm York Oak Laminate Herringbone

SPC wide plankBML Smoked Limed

SPC herringboneBML Herringbone Antique Smoked

SPC herringboneBML Herringbone Smoked Limed

SPC herringboneBML Herringbone Vintage Fumed

SPC clickBML Antique Smoked

SPC clickBML Misty Smoked

Choosing a smoked oak

Choose with a cut sample in your own light: the tone names here are the makers' descriptions, not a measured colour, and a dark oak tone reads differently in daylight and under warm bulbs. The Wood Handbook of the US Forest Products Laboratory adds that wood changes colour as it ages indoors, finished or not, and that in general dark wood gets lighter (quoted below). Over underfloor heating, choose among the engineered floors: all 9 are listed as compatible.

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What the published standards say

Published standards

Each entry is quoted from its source and linked to it. The full set is in the standards reference.

BS EN 13489 — multi-layer parquet

BS EN 13489 is the product standard for multi-layer parquet elements, setting out their characteristics, requirements and test methods for internal use as flooring.

“This document specifies the characteristics, requirements and test methods of multi-layer parquet elements for internal use as flooring.”

Source: BS EN 13489:2023 - Wood-flooring and parquet. Multi-layer parquet elements

BS EN 13226 — solid parquet elements

BS EN 13226 specifies the characteristics of solid parquet elements with grooves and/or tongues intended for internal use as flooring, covering elements with or without surface treatment.

“This European Standard specifies the characteristics of solid parquet elements with grooves and/or tongues for internal use as flooring. This standard is not applicable to panels made from elements for which a separate standard is in course of preparation.”

Source: BS EN 13226:2009 - Wood flooring. Solid parquet elements with grooves and/or tongues

Wood changes colour indoors, finished or not

The 2021 Wood Handbook of the US Forest Products Laboratory says wood changes colour as it ages indoors, whether unfinished or finished, and that in general dark wood gets lighter and light wood gets darker; it advises checking under rugs on newly installed floors after a few weeks and moving the rugs periodically if the colour is changing, to avoid sharp lines.

“As with wood used outdoors, wood changes color as it ages indoors, whether unfinished or finished. In general, dark wood gets lighter and light wood gets darker. … Check under rugs on newly installed floors after a few weeks to see if color change is occurring. If so, remove or move the rugs periodically to avoid sharp lines.”

Source: Wood Handbook — Wood as an Engineering Material, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-282 (2021), chapter 16 "Finishing of Wood", section "Interior Finishes" — USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory

Wood over underfloor heating

UK trade-association guidance sets no blanket ban on wood over underfloor heating but ties it to a temperature limit, noting that some hardwood floor finishes are installed with a maximum floor surface temperature of 27 °C.

maximum floor surface temperature for some hardwood finishes	27 °C

“For example, some hardwood floor finishes are installed with a maximum floor surface temperature of 27°C.”

Source: CFA Guidance Document — Beyond Installation: Guidance on Underfloor Heating (Contract Flooring Association)

Acclimatisation before fitting

The Contract Flooring Association's guide states that the room should be at its in-service temperature 48 hours before installation so that the flooring can be kept in the room and reach room temperature before it is laid.

conditioning before installation	48 h

“They also advise that this temperature should be attained 48 hours prior to the installation, so that floorings can be kept in the room and brought to room temperature (acclimatised) before installation.”

Source: CFA Guide to Contract Flooring - Contract Flooring Association

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