
Delivery to Harlow
We deliver across Harlow and Essex (CM postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Harlow · Essex
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 Harlow roughly one home in 4 is a flat (27%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
Solid Wood in Harlow
The Harlow district counts 37,856 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.
Terraced houses are 45% of the homes in the Harlow 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.
Flats are 27% of the homes in the Harlow 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.
Social renting is 29% of households in Harlow. Solid oak is rarely the specification there, because it asks for a timber base and a stable climate and it is fitted rather than clicked; where a housing provider wants timber across a refurbishment, engineered oak is what the specification usually says, and the guide below sets out the difference.

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All 15 solid wood floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Harlow (E07000073) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

We deliver across Harlow and Essex (CM postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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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
Harlow in the 2021 census: 37,856 households, 73% houses, 27% flats.
Terraced dwellings account for 45.3% in Harlow, the largest category in the mix, with purpose-built flats at a further 25.0% and 29.3% of households renting from a social landlord; the town sits within Essex. CM17, CM18, CM19 and CM20 cover Mark Hall, Netteswell, Bush Fair, Great Parndon and Latton Bush & Stewards. A flat rests on somebody else's ceiling, so impact sound comes before appearance: leases commonly set a minimum acoustic rating for any hard covering, and a rated underlay laid properly does more good than an expensive plank dropped onto foam offcuts. On terraced staircases the same reasoning holds, footfall travelling through structure rather than air.
Harlow pairs a planned New Town core of post-war estates with the historic streets of Old Harlow and the modern Church Langley development, family-focused homes that call for tough, easy-care floors.
Private renting has risen from one household in nine to one in six in a decade while ownership fell to barely half. A let in Netteswell or Bush Fair is specified for a fast turnaround between tenancies, which rules out anything that needs curing time or a specialist to repair a single board.
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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 Harlow 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.
In the New Town housing the ground floor is usually solid and flat, so the money goes on preparation and on a surface that takes family traffic — a good laminate or LVT over a levelling coat. In the older stock around the edges, the joists and the ventilation come first.
Yes. We deliver across Harlow and Essex from our UK warehouse, including the CM17, CM18, CM19 and CM20 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 Harlow 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 Harlow, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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