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Durham · County Durham
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 Durham 95% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (38%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Solid Wood in Durham
The County Durham district counts 234,761 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 38% of the County Durham stock, the common layout in Durham 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.
Terraced houses are 35% of the homes in the County Durham district, and a terrace is where solid oak is at home: the original floor was solid timber on joists, and a new solid board is fixed the same way, nailed or screwed through the tongue into the joists or a ply overlay. The 90 mm Windsor Narrow boards suit the proportions of a terraced front room. What the terrace needs first is a dry, ventilated void underneath, because solid timber follows the moisture of the air around it.
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All 15 solid wood floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, County Durham (E06000047) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Durham and the wider County Durham area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Chester-le-Street, Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland, Stanley, Consett, Sedgefield and surrounding County Durham.
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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 |
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Our County Durham delivery covers: Durham city centre, Gilesgate, Crossgate, Neville’s Cross, Sherburn, Bowburn, Pity Me, Belmont, Framwellgate Moor, Newton Hall, Brandon, Langley Moor, Meadowfield, Ushaw Moor, Coxhoe, Bearpark, Witton Gilbert, Chester-le-Street, Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland, Stanley, Consett, Sedgefield and surrounding County Durham
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County Durham in the 2021 census: 234,761 households, 94% houses, 5% flats.
These census figures are reported for County Durham as a whole, the unitary authority the area sits in, and they show a housing profile with almost no flats in it: 5.4%, against 38.2% semi-detached and 35.4% terraced. DH1 and DH99 reach Belmont, Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, Framwellgate & Newton Hall, Neville's Cross and Sacriston & Witton Gilbert. Long terraced rows generally sit on suspended timber ground floors, where airbricks left unblocked and a proper level survey decide the result: three millimetres of dip across a room is enough to open joints in a floating system. Social renting stands at 20.0% and ownership at 62.5%, down from 65.8% ten years earlier, and rented stock tends towards formats that can be replaced quickly.
Durham combines internationally significant Cathedral and Castle UNESCO heritage with elegant Georgian and Victorian townhouses around the historic core, substantial family homes in Crossgate and Neville’s Cross, plus university-quarter properties in Gilesgate. The Cathedral, Castle, top-ranked university and proximity to Newcastle drive premium values in this exceptionally architecturally significant city.
Lifting the old covering, the adhesive under it, the disposal and a look at what lies beneath all belong in the quotation rather than in the surprise afterwards. What is there now is rarely the first thing to have been laid in these houses.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
Before you order in Durham
Shop the rangeSolid WoodRead guide 
Fitting guideFitting Solid Oak FlooringRead guide 
How to chooseFlooring for Period HomesRead guide Comparison guideSolid Wood vs Engineered Wood Flooring: The Honest ComparisonRead guide 
Buying guideBest Flooring for Underfloor Heating: What Works and What to AvoidRead guide Bestsellers
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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 Durham 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.
Student lets are refitted in one short summer window, and what is found under the old floor is what sets the timetable. Book the survey before the tenancy ends rather than after, so the removal and any levelling are priced and planned before the keys come back.
Yes. We deliver across Durham and County Durham from our UK warehouse, including the DH1 and DH99 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 Durham 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.
All ranges
Every range and room for Durham, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Durham33 floors
Parquetin Durham15 floors
LVT Vinylin Durham36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Durham36 floors
Laminatein Durham12 floors5 materials · scroll sideways to see all
Kitchenin Durham
Bathroomin Durham
Living Roomin Durham
Bedroomin DurhamHallwayin Durham
Conservatoryin DurhamUtility Roomin Durham7 rooms · scroll sideways to see all
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