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Solihull · West Midlands

Solid Wood Flooring in Solihull

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 Solihull 82% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (38%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Solid Wood in Solihull

Solid Wood flooring in Solihull: what the housing says

The Solihull district counts 89,483 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.

With semi-detached houses at 38% of the Solihull stock, the common layout in Solihull is a timber front room and a concrete kitchen. Solid oak suits the first and not the second: it is fixed to timber, not to a slab, and it should stop at the door to the extension. Where the whole ground floor is concrete, an engineered board is the honest recommendation, and the guide linked below says why.

Detached houses are 29% of the homes in Solihull, 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 73% in Solihull, 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 Solihull 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.

of households rent privately (9.9% in 2011)
12.8%
live in a flat or maisonette
18.1%
postcode districts we deliver to
6
solid wood floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Solihull (E08000029) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Solihull

We deliver across Solihull and the West Midlands. Most in-stock orders reach Solihull within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Birmingham, Coventry, Knowle, Dorridge, Shirley and the surrounding Warwickshire border areas.

Delivery details

Compare the solid wood range

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.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Windsor Narrow Brushed Solid Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 9018mm x 90mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Windsor Narrow Smooth Solid Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 9018mm x 90mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Windsor Solid Coffee Hand Scraped Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 12518mm x 125mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Windsor Solid Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 12518mm x 125mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Windsor Solid Smooth Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 15018mm x 150mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Windsor Solid Smoked Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 15018mm x 150mm x RL18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Marlow Solid Natural Oak Parquet Blocks 18 x 90 x 30018mm x 90mm x 300mm18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible
Marlow Solid Unfinished Oak Parquet Blocks 18 x 90 x 30018mm x 90mm x 300mm18mm thickTongue & GrooveNot Compatible

Room by room

Solid Wood in Solihull, room by room

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    Period Village Cottages

    The character homes of Knowle and Dorridge call for solid oak in natural or lightly distressed finishes, respecting original proportions. Herringbone parquet adds timeless craftsmanship to traditional reception rooms.
    Solid Wood flooring in Solihull

Our West Midlands delivery covers: Solihull town centre, Shirley, Knowle, Dorridge, Olton, Dickens Heath, Hampton-in-Arden, Bentley Heath, Balsall Common, Marston Green, Elmdon, Monkspath, Hockley Heath, Widney Manor, Catherine-de-Barnes, Meriden, Chelmsley Wood, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, Coventry and surrounding Warwickshire border areas

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Local fact sheet

Solihull's homes, by the numbers

Solihull in the 2021 census: 89,483 households, 82% houses, 18% flats.

Owner occupation reaches 72.2% in Solihull, well ahead of private renting at 12.8% and social renting at 14.0%, though it has eased from 73.9% in 2011. B27, B28, B90, B91, B92 and B93 are covered, including Acocks Green, Olton, Sheldon, Elmdon, Lyndon, Knowle and Dorridge and Hockley Heath. Semi-detached homes account for 37.5% of the stock and detached for 28.5%. Long-held owner-occupied houses tend to have been altered in stages, so the practical issue is rarely the new floor itself but what sits under it: layers of old adhesive, a screed patched around removed walls, or a level change at an extension joint. Each is solvable, and each is cheaper to find at survey than on fitting day.

Solihull is one of the West Midlands’ most affluent boroughs: a leafy Birmingham suburb of high-value detached homes, generous 1930s semis and sought-after period villages like Knowle and Dorridge. Buyers here are quality-focused, investing in substantial family properties where interior finish matters as much as address.

A room under glass runs hot in summer sun and cold on a clear winter night, and the swing between the two is wider than any other space indoors. Whatever goes in there needs an expansion gap sized for that movement, not for the hallway's.

Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Solihull

  • A timber base, not a slab Solid boards are nailed or screwed to joists or to a ply overlay. Over concrete the answer is a battened floor or an engineered board.
  • Moisture of the base and the boards The boards acclimatise in the room until their moisture content matches it; the base is checked with a meter. A solid floor laid into a damp house will cup.
  • The expansion gap stays A solid floor moves with the seasons more than any other. The perimeter gap under the skirting is what lets it.
  • Stop at the extension door Solid oak is fixed to timber. Where the semi's kitchen or extension sits on concrete, the solid floor ends at that threshold and an engineered board takes over.
  • Even heat, or it shows A large room heated unevenly, a garden door at one end and a radiator at the other, opens a solid floor at the joints. Acclimatise with the heating running as it will in service.
  • Oiled or lacquered Oil can be patched and re-oiled by the room; lacquer is recoated across the room. Choose by how you want to look after it, not by the look on day one.

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Questions

Solid Wood flooring in Solihull: questions, answered

Is solid oak a good idea for a Solihull house?

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.

Can solid wood go over underfloor heating?

The solid range is not listed for underfloor heating. Every engineered board in the range is, so a heated floor in Solihull points to that range.

How do I look after a solid oak floor in an older Solihull house?

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.

What flooring suits Solihull’s detached family homes?

In the main house, wear and appearance decide it as usual. Where the floor is to run on into a conservatory or garden room, it must suit the harder of the two conditions — that room's temperature swing rules out solid wood and sets the gap for everything else.

Do you deliver solid wood flooring to Solihull?

Yes. We deliver across Solihull and West Midlands from our UK warehouse, including the B27, B28, B90, B91, B92 and B93 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.

Can I see a solid wood sample before ordering in Solihull?

Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Solihull 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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