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Epsom · Surrey

Solid Wood Flooring in Epsom

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 Epsom 75% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (35%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

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Solid Wood in Epsom

Solid Wood flooring in Epsom: what the housing says

The Epsom and Ewell district counts 31,321 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 35% of the Epsom and Ewell stock, the common layout in Epsom 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.

Owner-occupation is 75% in Epsom and Ewell, and that is the buyer solid oak is made for. A floor that can be sanded and refinished for as long as the house stands is bought once. In Epsom the older houses with timber floors are the natural home for it, and the finish, oiled or lacquered, decides how it is looked after rather than how long it lasts.

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of households rent privately (13.3% in 2011)
16.1%
live in a flat or maisonette
25.4%
postcode districts we deliver to
KT17 to KT19
solid wood floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Epsom and Ewell (E07000208) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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The solid wood range for Epsom homes

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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.

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

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Solid Wood in Epsom, room by room

  • Room

    Ground floors in the inter-war semis

    Semi-detached homes outnumber every other type in the town, and in that inter-war stock the ground floor is more often solid than suspended. Establish the damp-proof membrane before anything else is decided: the reading determines whether engineered wood is sensible or whether SPC is.
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    Kitchens

    A solid Epsom ground floor will take the heaviest finish going, because there is no deflection under it to open a grout line. That base suits porcelain tiles; the same room in a flat above answers to the lease instead and wants an acoustic mat under it.
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Our Surrey delivery covers: Ewell, Stoneleigh, Ashtead and Tattenham Corner and the KT postcode area

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Local fact sheet

Epsom's homes, by the numbers

Epsom and Ewell in the 2021 census: 31,321 households, 75% houses, 25% flats.

One in four Epsom households — 25.4% — lives in a flat, maisonette or apartment, and only 26.4% in a detached house; the largest single group, at 34.9%, is the semi-detached. The town runs across KT17, KT18 and KT19, taking in Court, College, Auriol, Cuddington, Ewell Village, Ewell Court, Horton and Nonsuch, within the Epsom and Ewell district of Surrey. That mix asks for two different specifications on the same street. In a purpose-built flat you are laying over a neighbour's ceiling and the lease usually says so, which puts impact sound insulation first and the plank width second. In the inter-war semis the ground floor is more often solid, so the check is the damp-proof membrane before anything else is decided.

Epsom is not one housing market but two. Semi-detached houses form the largest group, yet flats, maisonettes and apartments take a sizeable share, so KT17, KT18 and KT19 hold both. In a purpose-built block the lease governs impact sound; in a semi from between the wars the ground floor is more often solid.

Two households rarely keep the same temperature or hours. An Ewell Court floor between them is warmed unevenly from beneath, so timber going down there should be layered, not solid.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Epsom

  • 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.
  • Oiled or lacquered Oil can be patched and re-oiled by the room; lacquer is recoated across the room. Choose by how you want to look after it, not by the look on day one.

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Questions

Solid Wood flooring in Epsom: questions, answered

Is solid oak a good idea for a Epsom 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 Epsom points to that range.

How do I look after a solid oak floor in an older Epsom 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.

Which flooring is best for Epsom homes?

Settle how far up the house the floor is going. A Nork semi stands on a solid ground floor with joists on the landing above, so one specification cannot cover both: engineered oak sits flat on the slab, the landing wants a click floor.

Do you deliver solid wood flooring to Epsom?

Yes. We deliver across Epsom and Surrey from our UK warehouse, including the KT17, KT18 and KT19 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 Epsom?

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