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Swansea · South Wales
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 Swansea 84% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (35%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Solid Wood in Swansea
It belongs on a suspended timber floor or a ply base in a room with a stable climate, and it is the floor that outlasts its owner; it is not listed for underfloor heating.
The Swansea district counts 104,961 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 35% of the Swansea stock, the common layout in Swansea 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.
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All 15 solid wood floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Swansea (W06000011) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Swansea and the wider South West Wales area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Mumbles, the Gower, Neath, Port Talbot, Llanelli, Carmarthen, Llandeilo and surrounding South West Wales.
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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 |
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Our South Wales delivery covers: Swansea city centre, Mumbles, Sketty, Uplands, Killay, Gowerton, Langland, Caswell Bay, Newton, West Cross, Oystermouth, Brynmill, St Thomas, Townhill, Mayhill, Morriston, Llansamlet, Penclawdd, Llanrhidian, Reynoldston, Rhossili, Port Eynon, Neath, Port Talbot, Llanelli, Carmarthen, Llandeilo and surrounding South West Wales
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Swansea in the 2021 census: 104,961 households, 84% houses, 16% flats.
Swansea sits within the Abertawe - Swansea unitary authority, and its round runs from SA1 and SA2 through SA5, SA6 and SA7, with the SA80 code besides; Landore, Cwmbwrla, Cockett, Bôn-y-maen, Llansamlet, Llangyfelach, Clydach, Gowerton, Dunvant and Killay, Fairwood and Gower fall inside it. Semi-detached housing leads on 34.5%, terraces follow at 25.4% and detached at 24.0%, with 62.3% of households owning. Hillside terraces of that vintage were frequently built without a membrane under the lowest floor, so a damp-proof layer and a self-levelling screed tend to come before any decision about the covering itself. Higher up, board gaps and movement are what ruin thin vinyl, and a plywood overlay is the cheap remedy.
Swansea combines characterful properties in the historic Mumbles village with substantial Edwardian and Victorian villas in Sketty and Uplands, premium coastal homes in Langland and Caswell Bay along the Gower, plus modern apartment developments around the Marina and SA1 regeneration. The Gower’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, growing university and coastal lifestyle drive consistent renovation and rental demand.
On a sloping plot the back of the house often opens straight onto the garden through wide glazed doors added later. That threshold is where rain gets in — not in quantity, but steadily, at the point where the floor stops.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
Before you order in Swansea
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 Swansea 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.
Wet weather reaches a floor through doorways rather than through walls. Deep matting inside every external door, a surface that takes standing water without swelling, and a few minutes of through-ventilation on a wet day do more than any upgrade in the board itself.
Yes. We deliver across Swansea and South Wales from our UK warehouse, including the SA1, SA2, SA5, SA6, SA7 and SA80 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 Swansea 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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Every range and room for Swansea, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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