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Maidenhead · Berkshire
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 Maidenhead 76% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (31%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Solid Wood in Maidenhead
The Windsor and Maidenhead district counts 60,934 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.
Detached houses are 31% of the homes in Windsor and Maidenhead, and a detached house is more likely to have the two things solid oak wants: a timber floor structure and a room that is heated evenly. The 150 mm Windsor boards suit the room sizes. The larger the room, the more the season shows in a solid floor, so the expansion gap at the perimeter is not a detail to trim away.
Owner-occupation is 67% in Windsor and Maidenhead, 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 Maidenhead 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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All 15 solid wood floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Windsor and Maidenhead (E06000040) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Maidenhead and Berkshire. Most in-stock orders reach Maidenhead within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Windsor, Slough, Reading, Marlow, Cookham and the surrounding Royal Borough and Thames Valley.
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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
Windsor and Maidenhead in the 2021 census: 60,934 households, 75% houses, 24% flats.
Ownership across Windsor and Maidenhead has eased from 68.0% in 2011 to 66.2%, close to the national picture rather than a marked outlier, with private renting now at 20.6%. Two districts are covered, SL6 and SL60, including Boyn Hill, Furze Platt, Pinkneys Green, Cox Green and Riverside. Housing type divides roughly three to one, 74.7% houses against 24.2% flats, of which most are purpose-built at 20.0%. A mix like that usually means quoting two specifications side by side: for houses, continuous runs through hallways with expansion gaps at every fixed edge and threshold bars only where the substrate changes; for purpose-built flats, an underlay that meets the building's acoustic requirement, which narrows the choice of surface considerably before anything else is discussed.
Maidenhead is an affluent Thames-side commuter town of high-value detached homes, elegant riverside properties and desirable villages such as Bray and Holyport. Housing ranges from Edwardian and interwar houses around Boyn Hill to substantial modern detached homes, drawing discerning, quality-focused buyers who expect premium materials and impeccable finishes throughout.
A strongly coloured or strongly patterned floor is a decision the next occupant has to agree with. A quiet floor in good condition reads as one less thing to do; an unusual one reads as a job. It is a narrow consideration, but in this town a real one.
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 Maidenhead 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.
Yes, and near the river the order of work is what matters. Ventilation under a suspended floor comes first — blocked airbricks are the usual reason a riverside floor cups — and on a solid floor, take the moisture reading in the wetter part of the year.
Yes. We deliver across Maidenhead and Berkshire from our UK warehouse, including the SL6 and SL60 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 Maidenhead 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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