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Wrexham · North Wales

Solid Wood Flooring in Wrexham

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 Wrexham 89% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (38%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

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Solid Wood in Wrexham

Solid Wood flooring in Wrexham: what the housing says

The Wrexham district counts 57,916 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 Wrexham stock, the common layout in Wrexham 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 32% of the homes in Wrexham, 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.

Social renting is 21% of households in Wrexham. Solid oak is rarely the specification there, because it asks for a timber base and a stable climate and it is fitted rather than clicked; where a housing provider wants timber across a refurbishment, engineered oak is what the specification usually says, and the guide below sets out the difference.

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of households rent privately (11.9% in 2011)
15.8%
live in a flat or maisonette
11.4%
postcode districts we deliver to
LL11 to LL13
solid wood floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Wrexham (W06000006) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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The solid wood range for Wrexham homes

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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.

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

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Solid Wood in Wrexham, room by room

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    Brymbo and the colliery villages

    The former colliery villages are later building and more often solid underneath, so an order at Brymbo or Coedpoeth needs its own survey rather than a copy of the one from town. Take a moisture reading there instead of a straightedge, and SPC follows from what it says.
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Our North Wales delivery covers: Rhosddu, Acton, Borras and Gwersyllt and the LL postcode area

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Local fact sheet

Wrexham's homes, by the numbers

Wrexham in the 2021 census: 57,916 households, 88% houses, 11% flats.

Wrexham covers LL11, LL12, LL13 and LL14 — Acton and Maesydre, Borras Park, Brynyffynnon, Bryn Cefn, Brymbo, and out to Acrefair and Caergwrle. It became a Welsh unitary authority in 1996 and a city in 2022. Social renting is high at 21.0% and private renting rose 3.9 points to 15.8% between the censuses, against ownership of 62.5% — over a third of homes rented. Wrexham grew on coal and brewing and much of the terraced stock dates from that period: suspended timber at ground level, over a void, and usually needing levelling before anything is laid. The former colliery villages around Brymbo are later and more often solid.

Wrexham grew on the collieries and the breweries, and much of the terraced stock dates from those years: suspended timber at ground level over a void, wanting levelling before anything is laid. Semis and detached houses make up the bulk of the stock, while the later housing towards Brymbo is more often solid.

A ground floor at Brynyffynnon or Cartrefle runs colder than the room and trades moisture with it all season; the later stock does not. Condition boards where they will live.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Wrexham

  • 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.
  • Rarely the specification A fixed, nailed floor with a stable-climate requirement is hard to repeat across units. Providers wanting timber usually specify the engineered range, and a tenant needs the landlord's consent first.

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Questions

Solid Wood flooring in Wrexham: questions, answered

Is solid oak a good idea for a Wrexham 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 Wrexham points to that range.

How do I look after a solid oak floor in an older Wrexham 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.

Can I order flooring samples to my Wrexham address?

Yes, and a request written Wrecsam reaches us the same as one written Wrexham. Ask for more than one square, too: the board you pick in one room here ends up in rooms you were not standing in when you chose it.

Do you deliver solid wood flooring to Wrexham?

Yes. We deliver across Wrexham and North Wales from our UK warehouse, including the LL11, LL12 and LL13 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 Wrexham?

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