Walnut Engineered Wood Flooring

Engineered • Walnut14 × 190 mm

Weybridge American Black Walnut Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 (mm)

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Walnut · The look

Walnut is American black walnut, not stained oak: a naturally dark timber with a fine, straight grain. Two engineered boards, 150 mm and 190 mm wide, both smooth and UV lacquered with a 3 mm wear layer.

A different species

The colour is the wood, not a stain, and the grain is finer and straighter than oak. Walnut also lightens slightly with daylight over the years, where oak darkens. The two Cobham and Weybridge walnut boards are the only non-oak boards in the engineered range.

Smooth and lacquered

Both boards are smooth with a UV lacquer, which is the surface that shows walnut's figure best. It is also the surface that shows fine scratches most, so felt pads and a doormat are part of the specification.

Where it belongs

Dining rooms, studies and living rooms where the floor is meant to be looked at. In a hallway that takes grit, a brushed dark oak wears more forgivingly.

Is walnut softer than oak?

Yes, walnut is a softer hardwood than oak, so it dents a little more readily under a dropped pan or a chair without pads. The lacquer protects against abrasion, not against dents. It is a floor for rooms that are lived in rather than worked in.

Does walnut fade?

Walnut lightens with daylight over the years, the opposite of oak, and the change is even across the floor. Where it shows is under a rug that stays in one place. Rotate rugs in the first year and the floor mellows as one surface.

What is the difference between the two walnut boards?

Width and length. The Cobham board is 150 mm wide in lengths from 400 mm to 1400 mm; the Weybridge board is 190 mm by 1900 mm. Both are 14 mm thick with a 3 mm walnut wear layer, tongue and groove, micro-bevelled and listed as compatible with underfloor heating.

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 engineered walnut

Walnut is the one board in the engineered range that is not oak, and the difference is more than colour. American black walnut is a naturally dark timber, brown with a purple cast, and its grain is straighter and finer than oak's. A stained dark oak imitates the colour; it cannot imitate the grain. Both boards here are smooth and UV lacquered, which is the surface that shows that grain best, and both carry a 3 mm walnut wear layer over an engineered core.

The two boards differ in format. The Cobham American Black Walnut is 150 mm wide in lengths from 400 mm to 1400 mm and suits rooms of ordinary size, where the mix of lengths keeps the floor from looking like a grid. The Weybridge American Black Walnut is 190 mm by 1900 mm and suits larger rooms where a long, wide plank shows the figure of the wood to advantage. Both are 14 mm thick, tongue and groove with a micro-bevelled edge, listed as compatible with underfloor heating and carry a 15 year manufacturer's warranty.

Two things about walnut are worth knowing before ordering. It is a softer hardwood than oak, so it marks more readily under point loads: felt pads under chair legs are not optional. And it lightens slowly in daylight, where oak darkens, so a rug left in one place for years leaves a darker rectangle beneath it. Neither is a fault; both are the character of the timber.

If the room is a hallway or a kitchen where grit and water arrive daily, the brushed, oiled dark oak boards are the more forgiving floor in a similar colour. Walnut belongs in the rooms that are looked at.

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