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Aldershot · Hampshire

Solid Wood Flooring in Aldershot

Solid oak is one piece of timber from face to back, 18 mm thick in this range, fixed to a timber base and able to be sanded and refinished for as long as the house stands. In Aldershot roughly one home in 4 is a flat (28%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Solid Wood in Aldershot

Solid Wood flooring in Aldershot: what the housing says

The Rushmoor district counts 39,303 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a solid wood floor is specified here.

With semi-detached houses at 32% of the Rushmoor stock, the common layout in Aldershot is a timber front room and a concrete kitchen. Solid oak suits the first and not the second: it is fixed to timber, not to a slab, and it should stop at the door to the extension. Where the whole ground floor is concrete, an engineered board is the honest recommendation, and the guide linked below says why.

Flats are 28% of the homes in the Rushmoor district, and a flat is usually the wrong place for a solid board: the base is often concrete, the lease usually has an impact-sound clause, and a solid floor cannot be floated on an acoustic underlay. In a converted house with a timber floor and no clause, it can work; in a purpose-built block, an engineered board over acoustic underlay is the right answer and the wood looks the same.

of households rent privately (17.6% in 2011)
21.5%
live in a flat or maisonette
27.5%
postcode districts we deliver to
GU11 to GU12
solid wood floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Rushmoor (E07000092) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Compare the solid wood range

The Windsor boards come in 90, 125 and 150 mm widths and in brushed, smooth, hand-scraped and smoked faces; Windsor Narrow Smooth Solid Oak suits a hallway or a small room, Windsor Solid Smoked Oak a larger one. The Marlow Solid Natural Oak Parquet Blocks are the solid answer to a herringbone floor. None of the solid range is listed for underfloor heating.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Windsor Narrow Brushed Solid Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 9018mm x 90mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Windsor Narrow Smooth Solid Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 9018mm x 90mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Windsor Solid Coffee Hand Scraped Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 12518mm x 125mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Windsor Solid Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 12518mm x 125mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Windsor Solid Smooth Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 15018mm x 150mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Windsor Solid Smoked Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 15018mm x 150mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Marlow Solid Natural Oak Parquet Blocks 18 x 90 x 30018mm x 90mm x 300mm18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Marlow Solid Unfinished Oak Parquet Blocks 18 x 90 x 30018mm x 90mm x 300mm18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible

Local fact sheet

Aldershot's homes, by the numbers

Rushmoor in the 2021 census: 39,303 households, 72% houses, 28% flats.

Aldershot sits in Rushmoor borough, and we deliver to GU11 and GU12 — Aldershot Park, Manor Park, North Town, Rowhill and across to Ash Vale and Ash Wharf. Rushmoor's tenure profile is unusual for Hampshire: at the 2021 census 21.5% of households rented privately, up 3.9 points on 2011, while ownership fell to 60.5%. A fifth of the local market is therefore a landlord deciding between voids and durability, and that changes what sells. For a rental turnaround, LVT and a good AC-rated laminate do more per pound than engineered oak, because the floor has to survive tenants rather than impress guests. For your own home the calculation reverses.

Semis lead the Rushmoor stock, with terraces and purpose-built flats behind them across GU11 and GU12. Private renting has climbed since the previous census while ownership slipped, so a good share of Aldershot floors are ordered by a landlord between lets rather than by the people who will live on them.

A landlord specifying a floor is not the household that will heat the room it goes into. A Manor Park let stands cold between tenancies, then gets warmed hard the day someone moves in, and a solid board takes that swing worse than a layered one.

Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Aldershot

  • A timber base, not a slab Solid boards are nailed or screwed to joists or to a ply overlay. Over concrete the answer is a battened floor or an engineered board.
  • Moisture of the base and the boards The boards acclimatise in the room until their moisture content matches it; the base is checked with a meter. A solid floor laid into a damp house will cup.
  • The expansion gap stays A solid floor moves with the seasons more than any other. The perimeter gap under the skirting is what lets it.
  • Stop at the extension door Solid oak is fixed to timber. Where the semi's kitchen or extension sits on concrete, the solid floor ends at that threshold and an engineered board takes over.
  • The lease first A solid floor cannot be floated on an acoustic underlay. If the lease has an impact-sound clause, the engineered range is the route.

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Questions

Solid Wood flooring in Aldershot: questions, answered

Is solid oak a good idea for a Aldershot house?

For a room with a timber floor structure and a steady climate, yes: it is fixed to the joists as the original floor was, and it can be sanded and refinished for decades. For a concrete ground floor, a flat with a sound clause or a heated screed, the engineered range is the right oak.

Can solid wood go over underfloor heating?

The solid range is not listed for underfloor heating. Every engineered board in the range is, so a heated floor in Aldershot points to that range.

How do I look after a solid oak floor in an older Aldershot house?

Keep the room climate steady, keep grit off the surface with a mat at the door, and clean it dry or barely damp. An oiled floor is re-oiled where it wears; a lacquered one is recoated when the film dulls. The care guides linked below take each finish in turn.

Can I order flooring samples to my Aldershot address?

Yes, to a St Mark's or Wellington address, or wherever the person choosing actually is. A sample settles colour and how the joint sits; it cannot settle wear, so read the rating we publish beside the range rather than trusting a piece nobody has walked on.

Do you deliver solid wood flooring to Aldershot?

Yes. We deliver across Aldershot and Hampshire from our UK warehouse, including the GU11 and GU12 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.

Can I see a solid wood sample before ordering in Aldershot?

Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Aldershot 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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