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Dark Oak

Bold depth with refined elegance. Dark oak brings rich tones, natural character and strong visual contrast into your home. A premium choice for modern, classic or boutique inspired interiors with warmth, drama and lasting style.

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Dark Oak · The look

Dark Oak is engineered oak stained or smoked into coffee, whisky, hazelnut and near-black tones. Ten boards in three widths and three finishes, so the same depth of colour is available oiled, UV oiled or matt lacquered, and every one of them is brushed rather than smooth.

Depth needs light
A dark floor absorbs light, so it looks its best in rooms with a window on more than one wall or with warm artificial light. In a small north-facing room it can close the space down; pale walls and a lighter rug restore the balance.
Brushed on purpose
Every dark board here is brushed or deep brushed. On a smooth dark floor, dust and fine scratches show as pale lines; brushed texture breaks those lines up so the floor reads as clean between vacuums.
Three finishes, one colour
Hard wax oil on the four Victorian Antique boards; UV oil on Ascot Cottage, Weybridge Hazelnut and Cobham Twilight Timber; matt lacquer on Ascot Coffee, Ascot Whisky and Weybridge Coffee. Oil can be repaired locally; lacquer is the harder wearing surface but is refinished as a whole floor.
Do dark oak floors show dust?
Smooth dark floors do. The boards in this range are all brushed, which is the practical answer: the texture breaks up reflections so dust and fine scratches do not read as pale lines. A matt finish, which most of these boards carry, helps for the same reason.
Is the colour stained on or right through the board?
The colour is in the oak wear layer, applied by staining or smoking depending on the board, over an engineered core. That wear layer is 3 mm on most boards here and 6 mm on the two 20 mm Victorian Antique boards, which is the depth available for future sanding.
Which dark board is the most forgiving in a busy hallway?
In a busy hallway, the brushed, hard-wax-oiled Victorian Antique boards are the most forgiving dark boards. Their Antique Effect grade already carries variation, so new marks join the pattern rather than standing out, and a worn patch can be re-oiled on its own.
How do I order the right amount?
Use the calculator on any product page, or order by box or pallet, we add 10% for cuts and waste automatically.
Do you deliver UK-wide and can I get a sample first?
Yes, kerbside pallet delivery nationwide, and samples from £1.99 so you can check colour and finish at home first.

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In depth

Choosing dark engineered oak

Dark oak is a family of tones rather than one colour. In this range the warm end is Coffee, Whisky and Hazelnut, the cool end is Smoky, Twilight Timber and Dark, and the Victorian Antique Light Brown and Distressed boards sit between them with an aged, mixed surface. Hold the samples against the wall colour you have, not the one in the photograph: a coffee board next to a warm white wall and the same board next to a cool grey wall look like two different floors.

Every board is brushed, and that is not a coincidence. A smooth dark floor is the hardest floor to keep looking clean, because every speck of dust and every fine scratch shows pale against it. Brushing lifts the grain into a texture that hides both. The finishes then decide how the floor is looked after: hard wax oil on the four Victorian Antique boards; UV oil on Ascot Cottage, Weybridge Hazelnut and Cobham Twilight Timber; matt lacquer on Ascot Coffee, Ascot Whisky and Weybridge Coffee. Oil can be topped up locally; lacquer wears harder but is refinished as a whole floor.

Formats run from the 125 mm wide Ascot boards in random lengths, through the 150 mm Cobham board, to the 190 mm by 1900 mm Weybridge and Victorian Antique planks. Wear layers are 3 mm on all of them except the two 20 mm Victorian Antique boards, which carry 6 mm and a 20 year manufacturer's warranty against 15 years on the rest. All are tongue and groove, micro-bevelled, and listed as compatible with underfloor heating.

If the room is small or lit from one side, the light oak and natural oak ranges are the honest alternative; a dark floor there is a choice you make with your eyes open. If the room is large or well lit, a dark floor gives it the anchor that pale schemes often lack.

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