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Source Online has the best wooden flooring

Source Online has the best wooden flooring

Available online and at the best prices on the market, Source Online offer the very best in hardwood flooring. High quality oak flooring is absolutely vital if you are thinking of putting wood flooring into your home. There are all kinds of wooden flooring available, as you can see from our site. However, you can be sure that once you see our range, you will always find what you are looking for.

Quality hardwood flooring at unbeatable prices

Wooden flooring can be an expensive luxury, but we appreciate that our customers want quality at affordable prices. There are many companies out there who will sell you wood flooring, but here at Source Online, we know that our prices will provide you with huge savings. We are committed to providing the highest of quality in hardwood flooring – and this will only continue to improve.

Oak flooring like no other

Solid wood flooring needs to be of quality manufacture, as well as being made from the highest standards of materials. We can guarantee that all of our flooring is nothing but the best. Our reputation – as one of the leading hardwood flooring companies – is in place because we are passionate about what we do. We know that our customers need premier wooden flooring that is built to last.

Advice and information for all your wooden flooring needs

As you can see from our site, we don’t just sell hardwood flooring. If there is anything you need to know about oak wood floors or any other kind of wooden flooring, you will find the information within our pages wood floor info centre. It’s sometimes confusing to know which kind of wooden flooring would be more suitable in your home, which thickness you would need, or whether the wooden flooring you prefer would be suitable for your house in the first place. If there is anything you need to know, we have the answer.

Hardwood flooring delivered directly to your door

As soon as you have decided which kind of wood flooring you would like, you can then have this dispatched directly to your door. Oak wood floors, adhesives, underlay and anything else you need are available directly through this site, and will be with you the very next day.

An impressive range of hardwood flooring

We have an extensive range of oak flooring, as well as many other wood flooring choices. In the comfort of your own home, you can browse through our selection of oak wood floors, underlays and much more, instead of trawling through the high street shops. Sit back, relax, browse at your own leisure and just request a sample to view in the comfort of your own home.

Bringing you the latest news in hardwood flooring

Would you know which adhesive is the best for your oak flooring?  These are some of the facts that are available in the news centre within this site. Source Online bring you the very latest in flooring news; this enables you to be more aware of what we provide, and what is best for your needs. For example, if you need to provide a damp proof membrane beneath your oak flooring, you would need a specific liquid DPM for the job – this is where our news centre would be helpful.

Without leaving home, you can sit down at your leisure and avoid the hustle and bustle of high street shopping. There are so many high street shops out there for you to choose from, and you will often find yourself wasting time by visiting all of them. Shopping online means you gather all the information you need whilst at home, and once you have decided which product you would like, the ordering process is just as simple. So contact us for any queries on 01379 688667 or 08456 021781

WHAT’S ON YOUR OFFICE FLOOR?

Wood flooring for your office:

If you’re one of the many who is lucky enough to be able to work from home, whether it’s for the duration of the working week or on a more infrequent basis, it’s really important to ensure that you have a home office which is fit for purpose.  If you don’t feel satisfied with the look of your office, you could find yourself feeling a little unsettled- and this isn’t the best way to feel when you have mountains of paperwork and emails to get through. Engineered Hardwood Floors is a favourite and top pick for any room in your home, and especially the home office.

It’s composed of entirely real wood but is layered, and the top layer can be done in virtually any colour or style. One way of ensuring that your home office looks amazing and which will contribute to the perfect working environment is investing in wooden flooring. As well as looking fantastic and helping you to create a contemporary looking office, wooden flooring is also a great investment as it’s so durable and long lasting- so you can rest assured that you’ll be working in a beautiful and productive office for a very long time.

Always save pieces or parts of any floor you lay down so that a portion can be replaced in the future if necessary. The top pick is engineered hardwood as a home office which is fit for purpose not only means an office which is equipped with everything which you need to work efficiently and effectively and which is roomy, but also an office which looks good. Depending on your subfloor, these planks of engineered hardwood can be click and place, with the help of nails or glue. Always save pieces or parts of any floor you lay down so that a portion can be replaced in the future if necessary and think that our floors are one of the most misunderstood renovation items in homes generally and in the home office particularly. We walk on them and put our furniture on them, and of course they are vital to a home’s function, but what more do they need to be, in order to function well for your home office?

Please feel to contact us if you would like help with your office flooring:  01379 652613 | 08456021781

3 STRIP ENGINEERED WOOD FLOORING

3 Strip Engineered Wood Flooring

Selecting hardwood flooring is fraught with choices‚ and three strip hardwood flooring, is simply that the boards are engineered from either one piece or a combination of three pieces of selected natural wood. Engineered boards have a 4mm top layer of your chosen wood finish.The redesign of any room is incomplete until flooring is laid, and quality engineered flooring is often chosen as a floor covering because of the sheer number of design options. It looks great if left bare and also if throw rugs and other carpeting options are used in conjunction with it. The patterns and textures of the wood make for an eye-catching design. Good engineered flooring is available in several designs, one of the more interesting of these being the 3-strip design. Most engineered wood flooring has just a single strip of real wood as the outer layer of the floorboard.

Three strip engineered wood flooring lives up to its name in having three different strips of the same kind of wood laid side by side on each plank. Since the three strips are not all taken from the same part of the tree trunk, variations in pattern result, and covering a floor with these boards produces an attractive variegated look. With 3-strip-engineered wood flooring you get a beautiful and unique design, one not repeated anywhere else, even in another room in the same home or office. Compare engineered flooring with solid wood flooring and it soon becomes clear that the 3-strip look is possible only with the engineered flooring option. Nothing is lost if engineered wood floors are chosen; 3 strip engineered wood flooring is made entirely from real wood. Durability is not lost when the beauty of 3 strip engineered wood flooring is chosen over the solid wood flooring option.

As the top layer is only 3mm there will be limited movement so for large installations you can easily fit through door thresholds etc.:  and right up to fire surrounds. You should always leave a gap of 5mm around the room underneath the skirting boards. Three strip comprises a 4mm top layer that is designed using three pieces of your chosen wood finish resulting in a narrow, sectional grain on each floor board. The strips are cut from three different wood sources and manufactured into a single board to produce the distinguished design effect over the width of the board.

3 strip does give a different appearance to traditional hardwood flooring and as it is engineered can be used with underfloor heating. It is quite a unique effect and looks great. As it is engineered it is available in click form too, so easier to fit.

If you need any help please feel free contact us: 01379 652613 or 08456021781

WOOD FLOORING UNDERLAY

About wood flooring underlay

After you have decided on the perfect type of flooring for your home, it’s time to look at some flooring accessories. Selecting the right flooring accessories can mean a lot of difference in the long-term maintenance of your flooring. Whether you are installing hardwood floors, or laminates, you will need to use an underlay to apply your flooring to the subfloor, some of these underlays are damp proof or sound proof to suit specific requirements. After choosing your underlay, you will have to prepare your subfloor with flooring accessories like membranes or leveling components. Next, look for matching profiles to hide away unsightly edges or pipe holes. For laminate and hardwood profiles, there are skirting’s, scotias, radiator pipe covers, and stair nose moldings. Wood flooring underlay is seen more of a necessity than an ‘optional’ purchase these days. Not only does it provide significant sound dampening qualities on hardwood floors but also helps to insulate the surrounding area. In addition, the physical barrier created by the underlay provides comprehensive protection from dampness rising from your subfloor to your wood floor.

So, now you know the benefits of flooring underlay, how do you install it?

When installing your new wood floor, the underlay can determine the success and durability of your new product’s life span. There are different types of wood flooring underlay for different types of installation, sound, heat or moisture insulation quality. There are also different types of underlay for the different type of flooring being installed. Wood flooring underlay can now be used when installing every type of flooring. It’s most common use will be when installed in conjunction with an engineered wood floor. This allows the floor to be floated down onto the underlay. The same installation method can be used when installing solid engineered wood floors. Solid wood floors can now be installed with adhesive underlays, specifically designed to be used with solid wood floor boards. There is also a good selection of underlays which are designed to be used with under floor heating, which allow the heat to pass through quickly and evenly distributed. Moisture barriers are also a very common feature in wood floor underlays. Allowing moisture to get into your floor boards can completely wreck the entire floor. When you are laying laminate flooring in a kitchen, you should really think about choosing the higher end flooring because of the protection offered. A kitchen area is known to have mould issues near the sink, dishwasher, and refrigerator because of the moisture that comes with these appliances. It is better to lay the protected flooring so you don’t find yourself having to repair or replace the flooring from moisture issues.

About our wood flooring undelays

Foam underlay:  Our foam underlay ranges are composed from lightweight closed cell polyethylene foam which is 100% recyclable. They offer excellent thermal and sound insulating properties. Ranging from 2mm – 7mm in thickness, these underlays are suitable for floating down engineered, solid engineered, and laminate wood floors, and most come with a moisture barrier.

Damp-proof underlay:  Our damp-proof wood floor underlay products are specifically designed to protect flooring against moisture, and all the underlays in this section contain some type of moisture barrier. The pro-tech is a very popular option as it is laminated on one side with a full 1000 gauge damp-proof membrane, and has an integrated overlap and self-adhesive strip to provide the ultimate protection against moisture migration from the subfloor. The wood flooring underlays in this section are all suitable for floating down engineered, solid engineered and laminate wood flooring.

Sound-proof rubber underlay: The wood flooring underlay products in this section are made from high density rubber, and offer the very best in sound proofing insulation and reduce in room and impact noise. These wood floor underlays range from 2mm – 5.35mm, and are suitable for floating down engineered, solid engineered and laminate floors.

Insulation underlay:  The insulating boards in this section offer exceptional thermal insulation (2.15 Togs), making them ideal to use on cold floors, cellars etc. The boards are made from light weight polystyrene and are suitable for floating down engineered and solid engineered wood floor boards. These boards also offer excellent impact sound and walking noise reduction, high weight resistance and effective moisture protection.

Adhesive underlay:  These adhesive underlays are specifically designed to be used in conjunction with floors. Solid wood they have an adhesive coating on one side covered with a peel able protective film. This vastly improves the installation time of solid wood floors, compared to traditional nailing or gluing methods.

Underfloor heating underlay:  The wood flooring underlay products in this section are specifically designed to be used with under floor heating. The Quick Therm underlay is composed from very dense lightweight closed cell polyethylene foam. It is a unique perforated underlay which has been specially developed to offer maximum heat transfer.

                                                               

Please feel free to cinatct us with any queries: 01379  652613 or 08456 021781
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