Engineered Wood Floors - Naked Floors

Colour and Finish Options

If you can’t find the colour you want below just let us know. We produce 1,500 colours of every shade by mixing our range or proprietary wood stains.

We can colour match too. Just send us a sample or photograph and we’ll produce a sample for you.

In addition, we offer hand scraped / distressed finishing for all products, to any intensity you wish. We can even create wood worm tracks and holes.

Width Options

All finishes and colours are available in six standard widths. We also offer mixed width and random width consignments.

Length

Besides parquet, unless you ask otherwise, we fulfil all orders with random length shipments. Some floorboards can be over 3 metres long.

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What is Engineered Flooring?

Engineered wood flooring is an all timber flooring product. It’s so called because it is fabricated, or engineered, from two or more layers of wood bonded together.

The thicker, base layer is usually plywood. The top layer, or “wear board” is made of oak, or some other hardwood.

Engineered flooring has overtaken solid wood flooring in Europe in recent times because it is:

Stronger
More tolerant to moisture and temperature changes
Much more versatile in terms of where it can be installed
More dimensionally stable. It expands and contracts far less than solid wood.
Far less prone to warping

Naked Floors offers both pre-finished and unfinished engineered oak flooring.

Contrary to the beliefs of some customers we talk to, Engineered Oak Flooring is not cheaper than solid oak. However, installation costs are likely to be lower for engineered flooring.

If you’re considering a DIY flooring project, we’d strongly recommend engineered flooring rather than solid wood because it is so much easier to install.

Another common misconception about engineered flooring is that it not “authentic / real wood”, and as such not the sort of thing you’d use for upmarket interiors, or period restorations.

This could not be further from the truth!

Before we began making floors ourselves here at Naked Floors, we specialised in high end floor refurbishment. We installed new floors in many listed buildings too. Engineered hardwood flooring was always the material of choice, where the original floors were beyond repair.

Engineered Flooring vs Laminate

Engineered flooring should not be confused with laminate flooring.

Laminate is merely a decorative or protective cladding for the underlying floor. It is not strong enough to be used for structural purposes.

By contrast, engineered wood flooring is eminently suitable as a structural flooring material.

Laminate flooring has a high density fibre board base protected by a moisture resistance backing.

The fibre board is made of reconstituted wood fibres or particles, compressed and glued together.

The top two layers of laminate flooring consist of the design layer, usually a photo or impression of wood grains and flooring joins, and the protective wear layer, which is made of melamine, a type of hard wearing plastic resin.

What Type of Installations is Engineered Flooring Suited For?

Engineered flooring is suitable for most installation types.

Structural flooring e.g. load bearing floorboards supported by joists
Laying on concrete screed floors
Laying on top of existing floorboards
Rooms with underfloor heating
Conservatories, lofts and basements
Kitchens and bathrooms
Glue, screw or nail fixing methods

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Engineered Wood Flooring

Colour and Finish Options

Width Options

Length

Unfinished Engineered Oak Flooring

White Fumed Oak Flooring

Wiversfield Wide Plank Engineered Flooring

Montmartre Chevron Grey Parquet Flooring

Golden Oak Flooring Oiled

Random Width Engineered Oak Flooring

Varley Hall - Distressed Oak (prime grade)

Cafe Arabica Oak Flooring

Petworth Fawn Grey Oak-Flooring

Raw Umber Oak-Flooring

Londinium Noir Medieval Chevron Parquet

Laurel Oak Bark Oak-Flooring

Sussex Burnt Oak Flooring

Clay Grey Oak Engineered Flooring

Charcoal Grey Oak Flooring

Narrow Oak Floorboards

Brushed and Oiled Oak Flooring

Dark Oak Wood Flooring (Fumed)

Aged Oak Flooring

Mixed Width Wood Flooring

Repro Reclaimed French Parquet Chevron

Matmata Desert Storm Chevron Parquet Flooring

Shabby Chic Ocean Spray Chevron Parquet Floor

Repro Reclaimed Grey Barn Oak

Douglas Fir Flooring

Natural Oak Engineered Wood Flooring

Sol Crayeux Anglais Chevron Parquet Floors

Hamptons Style White Oak Floors

Grey Engineered Wood Flooring 'Beach Grey'