
Delivery to Salisbury
We deliver across Salisbury and Wiltshire (SP postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Salisbury · Wiltshire
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 Salisbury 88% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (35%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Solid Wood in Salisbury
The Wiltshire district counts 215,081 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 35% of the homes in Wiltshire, 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 68% in Wiltshire, 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 Salisbury 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, Wiltshire (E06000054) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

We deliver across Salisbury and Wiltshire (SP 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
Wiltshire in the 2021 census: 215,081 households, 88% houses, 12% flats.
Salisbury covers SP1 and SP2 with SP5 to the south — Laverstock, Alderbury and Whiteparish, Downton and Ebble Valley, and the Chalke Valley. Wiltshire has been a unitary authority since 2009. Ownership was 66.8% at the 2021 census and moved seven tenths of a point in ten years, one of the steadiest markets we deliver to. Salisbury's medieval grid and the Cathedral Close give it an exceptional concentration of listed buildings, and that is the first question here rather than the last: in a listed building, lifting an original floor needs consent. Where consent is not in play, the older stock sits on suspended timber and the newer estates on a slab — two different preparations.
Detached and semi-detached houses make up most of the stock around SP1 and SP2, though what sets Salisbury apart is the medieval grid and the Cathedral Close, with an unusual number of listed buildings among them. Older properties sit on suspended timber, the newer estates on a slab – two different preparations.
Solid walls in the medieval grid and the Close carry real thermal mass, so those rooms warm slowly and their moisture lags the season rather than tracking it. Judge the fit against the room in its colder state, not the summer one.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in Salisbury
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 Salisbury 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.
Posted samples are how the rural half of this catchment usually decides. Fovant, the Till Valley, the lanes round Old Sarum – we post to all of them, and a board judged at home against your own walls tells you more than showroom lighting will.
Yes. We deliver across Salisbury and Wiltshire from our UK warehouse, including the SP1 and SP2 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 Salisbury 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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