PERIOD OAK
English Oak, Sourced, Manufactured & Installed.
Handcrafted in the uk
What makes period oak different...
Period Oak Boards – The ultimate indulgence,
wide, long, beautiful floorboards.
We can produce any width from 4.5” to 9” boards. Period Oak is hand picked Quercus Robur (commonly referred to as English Oak) regarded as one of the strongest species of oak in the world.
It is then kiln dried or air dried dependent on your requirements, then machined to 20mm thick tongue and grooved solid boards or engineerd (backed with Birch Ply) so that they can be used over underfloor heating or concrete subfloors.
These are then French Polished copying genuine time worn old boards for colour and tone so that the appearance on the surface is both undulating and worn to replicate the original. Finally we apply either wax or Acrylic laquer (yacht varnish) for use in kitchens or bathrooms, in any sheen from flat matt to high gloss. These floors require minimal maintenance even in high traffic areas, infact they are designed to gain Patina with wear unlike any other "new floor" and as you can see from the pictures..........absolutely stunning!
Our lacquered surface is formulated to provide a finish with excellant resistance to abrasion, wet and dry heat, spirit solutions and a wide range of household chemicals, a commercial grade lacquer which unlike most other floor finished meets the requirements of two British Standards
BS6250 for horizontal surfaces rated as heavy/severe use and also BS7044:Part 4
Recycled/reclaimed period oak
the uk’s only recyled wood flooring
Reclaimed oak flooring over the years has become more and more difficult to source and also tends to vary in both colour and size which makes finding enough to complete decent sized projects challenging.
We have come up with a solution to this by both cutting thicker reclaimed boards into thinner lamellas approx. 7mm and bonding onto birch ply 14mm so 21mm total thickness and making sometimes up to 3 planks from 1, also then refinishing existing planks to match or taking up existing floors and mixing them into our existing stock and refinishing them to have consistent colour/tone/patina.
This method is a great way of producing floors which reduce the amount of new oak being felled and also minimal carbon footprint once made they can also be finished with our unique water resistant surface great for bathrooms and kitchens and also underfloor heating.
BEFORE
AFTER
period flooring
restoration service
Here at Period Flooring we also offer an unrivalled restoration service for existing wood floors, using the approved Bona finishing system.