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Hull · East Yorkshire
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 Hull 85% of homes are houses, most of them terraced houses (47%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Solid Wood in Hull
The City of Kingston upon Hull district counts 115,471 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 47% of the homes in the City of Kingston upon Hull 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.
Social renting is 27% of households in City of Kingston upon Hull. 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, Kingston upon Hull, City of (E06000010) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Hull and the wider East Yorkshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Beverley, Cottingham, Anlaby, Kirk Ella, Hessle, Brough, Hedon, Withernsea and surrounding East Riding.
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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
City of Kingston upon Hull in the 2021 census: 115,471 households, 85% houses, 15% flats.
Terraced houses account for 46.7% of homes in Kingston upon Hull, well ahead of the 29.4% semi-detached and 8.4% detached. That shape of stock sets the work: narrow rooms, chimney-breast alcoves and doorways at either end, so careful templating counts for more than raw area, and waste should be worked out from the room shapes instead of a flat percentage. Ownership is 48.3% against social renting of 27.0%, the sort of split where the specification often runs through a housing provider rather than a household. HU1 through HU9 bring in Avenue, Bricknell, Derringham, Drypool, Ings, Marfleet, Boothferry and Longhill & Bilton Grange.
Hull combines Victorian terraces across the city with elegant tree-lined villas in the historic Avenues and Newland areas, substantial family homes in Cottingham, Anlaby and Kirk Ella, plus premium properties in neighbouring Beverley. The 2017 City of Culture year, ongoing waterfront regeneration and growing university drive renewed renovation demand across price points.
That layout makes the direction a floor is laid a real decision rather than a detail. Boards along the length draw the eye through and make a narrow plan feel longer; across it, each room reads wider. Both are defensible — changing direction mid-house is not.
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 Hull 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 a let, the important thing is what the floor is hiding. Laying over an untested solid floor covers a damp problem rather than solving it, and it will be found at the next inspection. Test first, fix what the test shows, then choose the surface.
Yes. We deliver across Hull and East Yorkshire from our UK warehouse, including the HU1, HU2, HU3, HU4, HU5 and HU6 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 Hull 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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