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Slough · 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 Slough roughly one home in 3 is a flat (34%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
Solid Wood in Slough
The Slough district counts 52,422 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.
Flats are 34% of the homes in the Slough 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.
Terraced houses are 26% of the homes in the Slough 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.
Private renting is 31% of households in Slough, and solid oak is a landlord's choice only where the property is held for the long term: the floor costs more to fit than it does to buy, and its advantage, that it can be refinished for decades, pays off over tenancies rather than within one. For a portfolio with a shorter horizon, the engineered range is the usual specification.
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All 15 solid wood floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Slough (E06000039) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Slough and the wider Thames Valley. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Windsor, Maidenhead, Reading, Bracknell, High Wycombe, Beaconsfield and surrounding South Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.
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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
Slough in the 2021 census: 52,422 households, 66% houses, 34% flats.
Purpose-built flats account for 29.6% of dwellings, level with semi-detached houses as the largest single category, and flats of every type together reach 33.6%. SL1, SL2, SL3 and SL4 bring in Chalvey, Britwell, Cippenham Village and Colnbrook & Poyle. When a home sits above someone else's ceiling, impact sound becomes the first constraint rather than a detail settled late: a lease normally sets a minimum acoustic rating, and the underlay specification decides whether a hard surface is permitted at all. Ownership in Slough has slipped to 48.5% from 52.7%, while private renting has climbed to 30.7%, so finishes that shrug off tenancy turnover tend to repay their cost better than deep-pile carpet does.
Slough’s housing combines inter-war semis and Victorian terraces around the town centre with substantial family homes in Burnham and Stoke Poges, plus modern apartment developments at the Heart of Slough regeneration. The Elizabeth Line opening, Heathrow proximity and the major Slough Trading Estate together drive a year-round rental and renovation market.
Ownership fell from just over half to under half in a decade while private renting rose from a quarter to nearly a third. In that market the figure that matters is not the price per square metre but the cost across several tenancies: purchase, plus every void period spent repairing, plus every deposit argument the floor causes.
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 Slough 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 new apartment the floor is also the ceiling of the flat below, and the developer's specification usually names what may be laid over the screed. Read that first, then take a moisture reading — a new screed gives up water for months after handover.
Yes. We deliver across Slough and Berkshire from our UK warehouse, including the SL1, SL2, SL3 and SL4 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 Slough 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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