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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 Derby 85% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (39%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Solid Wood in Derby
It belongs on a suspended timber floor or a ply base in a room with a stable climate, and it is the floor that outlasts its owner; it is not listed for underfloor heating.
The Derby district counts 105,653 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 39% of the Derby stock, the common layout in Derby 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.
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All 15 solid wood floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Derby (E06000015) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Derby and the wider Derbyshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Burton-on-Trent, Belper, Ripley, Ashbourne, Matlock, Long Eaton, Ilkeston and surrounding Derbyshire and Staffordshire borders.
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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.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Narrow Brushed Solid Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 90 | 18mm x 90mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Windsor Narrow Smooth Solid Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 90 | 18mm x 90mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Windsor Solid Coffee Hand Scraped Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 125 | 18mm x 125mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Windsor Solid Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 125 | 18mm x 125mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Windsor Solid Smooth Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 150 | 18mm x 150mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Windsor Solid Smoked Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 150 | 18mm x 150mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Marlow Solid Natural Oak Parquet Blocks 18 x 90 x 300 | 18mm x 90mm x 300mm | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Marlow Solid Unfinished Oak Parquet Blocks 18 x 90 x 300 | 18mm x 90mm x 300mm | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
Local fact sheet
Derby in the 2021 census: 105,653 households, 85% houses, 15% flats.
Semi-detached housing reaches 39.1% in Derby, the clearest single feature of the city's stock, with terraced at 21.8% and flats only 14.7%. The unitary authority takes in Allestree, Chaddesden East, North and West, Alvaston North and South, Blagreaves, Darley and Chellaston & Shelton Lock, served by DE1, DE3, DE21, DE22, DE23 and DE24. Owner occupation of 59.0% has fallen from 61.4% in 2011, while private renting moved from 16.8% to 21.3%. Semis of most periods mix a solid ground floor with timber above, so one property can need a damp-proof membrane check downstairs and an acoustic layer upstairs — better settled before a single specification is fixed for the whole house.
Derby combines Victorian and Edwardian terraces near the Cathedral Quarter with substantial inter-war and 1930s family homes in Littleover, Mickleover and Allestree, plus modern developments around Chellaston and the Riverlights regeneration. The city’s engineering heritage, Rolls-Royce, Toyota, Bombardier, drives a strong professional population with consistent renovation demand.
The terraces off Normanton Road and through Arboretum were built narrow. A long board has to turn from the front door into the hall and then into the room, and with a staircase rising straight off the entrance there may not be room to make that turn.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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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.
The solid range is not listed for underfloor heating. Every engineered board in the range is, so a heated floor in Derby points to that range.
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.
Between tenancies the window is short, so choose a floor that can be laid and walked on the same day. A click system needs no curing time and no adhesive; anything bonded ties the property up for days you may not have.
Yes. We deliver across Derby and Derbyshire from our UK warehouse, including the DE1, DE3, DE21, DE22, DE23 and DE24 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 Derby 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 Derby, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Derby33 floors
Parquetin Derby15 floors
LVT Vinylin Derby36 floors
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