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Natural Oak

Authentic oak with timeless appeal. Natural oak brings balanced tones, real wood character and warmth into your home. A versatile choice for modern or classic interiors that need natural beauty, comfort and lasting style.

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Natural Oak · The look

Natural Oak is engineered oak finished to look like oak, in seven boards and three widths. Four finishes and three grades, so the choice is about surface and character rather than colour.

Smooth or brushed
Three boards are smooth, three brushed and one deep brushed. A smooth lacquered surface is the cleanest look and shows scratches most; a brushed surface hides small marks in its texture. Decide this before the finish.
Four finishes
UV lacquer wears hardest and is refinished as a whole floor. UV oil and oil can be repaired locally. Hard wax oil, on the antique board, sits in the brushed grain and takes the most patina. None of them changes the colour much: that is the point of a natural board.
The safe choice, chosen well
Natural oak fits any scheme, which is why it is the default. The way to make it look considered rather than default is to match the grade to the house: Classic in a modern flat, Rustic in a period house.
What is the difference between Classic and Rustic grade?
The amount of natural character allowed in the board. Classic is calmer, with smaller knots and less colour variation; Rustic allows more knots, sap and colour play. The Antique Effect grade on the Victorian Antique board adds aged colour and a deep brushed surface on top.
Lacquered or oiled natural oak?
Lacquer gives the harder surface and needs the least attention day to day; when it wears, the whole floor is refinished. Oil is softer to the eye and can be repaired where it has worn, which suits hallways and kitchens where wear is local. Both are sound; the choice is how you prefer to look after the floor.
Which width should I choose?
Choose the width by the room: the 125 mm Ascot boards and 150 mm Cobham boards come in random lengths from 300 mm to 1200 mm and suit most rooms and period houses. The 220 mm by 2200 mm Victorian Antique board suits large, open rooms where a wide plank reads as one surface.
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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Choosing natural engineered oak

A natural oak board is the one where the finish is chosen to protect the wood and leave the colour alone, so this range is decided by surface and grade rather than by tone. The Ascot boards are 125 mm wide and the Cobham boards 150 mm wide, both 14 mm thick in random lengths between 300 mm and 1200 mm; the Victorian Antique Natural Oak is 15 mm thick and 220 mm by 2200 mm. All are tongue and groove, micro-bevelled, listed as compatible with underfloor heating and carry a 15 year manufacturer's warranty.

Surface first. Three boards are smooth: the Ascot Lacquered, the Cobham UV Lacquered and the Cobham Oiled. Three are brushed: the Ascot Brushed UV Oiled, the Ascot Natural Brushed and the Cobham Natural Brushed. The Victorian Antique board is deep brushed. A smooth surface is the cleanest, most formal look and shows fine scratches most readily; a brushed surface hides small marks and reads warmer. In a busy family room the brushed boards are the easier floor to live with.

Then finish. UV lacquer, on the three lacquered boards (one of them, the Ascot Natural Brushed, is brushed rather than smooth), gives the hardest wearing surface and is refinished as a whole floor when the time comes. UV oil and plain oil, on the three oiled boards, can be re-oiled locally where they wear. Hard wax oil, on the antique board, sits in the brushed grain and takes on the most patina with use. Wear layers are 3 mm on the six 14 mm boards and 4 mm on the antique board.

Grade is the last decision and the one that makes a natural floor look chosen rather than default: Classic for the calmer boards, Rustic for the ones with knots and colour play, Antique Effect for the aged, mixed surface. Order a sample of each grade before deciding, because photographs flatten exactly the difference that matters here.

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