THE FINEST OAK
English Oak is an exceptional variety and is revered for being the finest oak in this species.
Due to being wilder, more naturally grown, this wood features an incredible natural grain pattern throughout the logs. These pedunculate logs are very different to the tall sensile Oaks from commercial forests.
It’s also slowly grown, meaning that the growth rings inside are much tighter than in quicker grown woods, with the hue being richer in colour as a result too.
This wood is amongst the densest oaks available, making it an incredibly durable choice for your floor.
TRADITIONALLY SAWN
We saw our English Oak logs in the same manner which they have done for hundreds of years. This method is known as quarter sawing.
By doing this you get a little less usable wood from each log, but the wood has the best stability as quarter sawn Oak mainly moves in its thickness and not in its width.
By quarter sawing this English Oak you also get the most wonderful grain patterns throughout the wood, wonderfully thick medullary rays, sometimes wild and wondering grain patterns and all pulled together with a rich, warm tones that are unique to English Oak.
The result is a stunning wood floor that is seldom seen today.
EXTRA LARGE PLANKS
Our English Oak planks are dimensionally impressive and amongst the largest in our Woodworks collections.
Provided as random width floor, the different widths add interest to the floor, which was how floors were always made pre-20th century. The narrower widths adding scale and proportion to the wider boards.
With long lengths of up to 4m, and with widths from 100mm to 280mm, this is an exceptional floor.
We make these floors with an extra thick 8mm hardwood wear layer. This is a floor designed to last many lifetimes even in the most demanding environments.
NATURALLY UNDULATING
Undulating woods have the most movement and natural feeling of all wood flooring.
In Galion, our engineered English Oak floor, we have created undulations that emulates and pays homage to the feeling that would feature throughout old English homes.
The edge detail, which is worked by hand in our workshops, helps to further emphasise the vertical movement in the planks.
This texture may also be described a distressed but is smooth, refined and painstakingly original such is the feeling it produces underfoot.
ENGLISH OAK PROJECT INSPIRATION
