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Swindon · 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 Swindon 82% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (31%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Solid Wood in Swindon
The Swindon district counts 95,862 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 31% of the Swindon stock, the common layout in Swindon 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.
Terraced houses are 29% of the homes in the Swindon 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.
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All 15 solid wood floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Swindon (E06000030) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Swindon and the wider Wiltshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Marlborough, Devizes, Cirencester, Royal Wootton Bassett, Highworth, Faringdon and the surrounding North Wessex Downs.
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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
Swindon in the 2021 census: 95,862 households, 82% houses, 18% flats.
Swindon is a unitary authority, and its seven districts — SN1 to SN5 plus SN25 and SN38 — take in Old Town, Haydon Wick, Gorse Hill and Pinehurst, Covingham and Dorcan, and Blunsdon and Highworth. Ownership sits at 63.7%, close to the national picture; the sharper movement is in private renting, up from 16.0% in 2011 to 19.3% in 2021. Built form is split fairly evenly between semi-detached at 30.7% and terraced at 29.0%, both of which usually mean a party wall and, on many upper storeys, timber joists. That combination argues for checking deflection and levelling the base before boards go down, and for a resilient layer wherever a rented home sits above another dwelling.
Swindon’s housing combines characterful Victorian railway-era terraces in Old Town with vast modern developments at Wichelstowe, Tadpole Garden Village and Wroughton, plus established family suburbs in Lawn, Coate and Highworth. The town’s position on the M4 corridor between London and Bristol drives consistent demand from commuters and growing families.
The railway terraces around the works sit on suspended timber; the western estates at Freshbrook, Toothill and Shaw sit on a slab with screed over it. The two need opposite preparation, and the address usually tells you which you have.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
Before you order in Swindon
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 Swindon 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.
Solid wood and underfloor heating are a poor match, because a solid plank moves with the heat cycle and a screeded slab holds that heat. Engineered board is the wood made for it, laid to the maker's stated surface temperature and warmed up slowly at first.
Yes. We deliver across Swindon and Wiltshire from our UK warehouse, including the SN1, SN2, SN3, SN4, SN5 and SN25 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 Swindon 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 Swindon, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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