Windsor Solid Dark Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 150 (mm)

The brushed, matt lacquered surface answers a dark floor's two habits: the texture breaks up the pale lines that dust and fine scratches make, and the matt film avoids the sheen that shows them. The lacquer wipes clean and is refinished as a whole floor, which solid oak allows many times. Dry subfloor and acclimatisation before laying. Tongue and groove, micro-bevelled, not listed as compatible with underfloor heating; a box covers 1.44 square metres, and the manufacturer's warranty is 20 years.

Give it a room with daylight from more than one side. The Windsor Solid Smoked Oak is the cooler neighbour in the same width; the Windsor Solid Coffee Hand Scraped the dark tone with a scraped surface at 125 mm. For a dark plank over underfloor heating, the engineered Weybridge Coffee or Hazelnut Oak.