Flooring FAQs - Broadleaf Timber

Broadleaf Insights

Next Generation Magnetic Wood Flooring in Workspace

Magnetree enables our beautiful wood floors to be fitted over magnetically receptive subfloors without adhesive. Say hello the future of wood flooring in workspace. Show less –

Broadleaf oak plank flooring in a large open plan restaurant. Caravan Manchester.

Project Spotlights

Simple, Natural Beauty at Caravan Manchester

A bespoke variation of our Nude Oak flooring was the perfect foundation for an aesthetic inspired by the Kiwi roots of this expanding restaurant group. Show less –

Broadleaf Insights

Use matching thresholds and steps to finish your wood floor perfectly.

Leonardo Da Vinci knew it and so do we, which is why we make steps, trims and beading to complement every one of our beautiful wood floors. Show less –

Broadleaf Flooring Design Studio Truro Cornwall

Broadleaf Insights

Broadleaf Flooring Design Studio Opens in Truro

We are delighted to announce the opening of our brand new Flooring Design Studio in the heart of Truro, Cornwall. Show less –

Engineered Broadleaf Metro Terra Fired Oak plank flooring.

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

Engineered Wood Flooring Explained

Engineered wood flooring is a popular choice, but there are so many options it can be difficult to navigate which is right one for you. Let our experts explain the basics. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

How to Choose a Family Friendly Wood Floor

Beautiful wood flooring, if chosen correctly, is a family friendly choice that will withstand the wear and tear of family life for years to come. Show less –

Natural oak plank Broadleaf flooring laid in a bedroom.

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

Is Wood Flooring Hard To Look After?

If you choose the right finish and use the right aftercare products, wood flooring is not a high maintenance choice. Find out how to choose a wood floor that needs minimum maintenance and will stay looking good… Read more + with just a little regular TLC. Show less –

Rustic Broadleaf oak plank floor laid in a library room with grey armchair and black bookshelves.

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

How to Choose the Right Wood Flooring: An Expert Guide

Choosing a wood floor for the first time can be daunting, but hopefully this simple guide will make choosing, fitting and looking after your Broadleaf floor straightforward and stress free. Show less –

Keith and Marj meet Ceri Rogers, Design Director at Broadleaf's factory in West Wales.

Project Spotlights

Our Welsh Chapel Dream Parquet Floor

Keith Brymer Jones and Marj Hogarth are on a quest to turn a 163-year-old chapel in North Wales into their forever home, and we had the pleasure of helping them find their dream parquet floor. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

Should I Choose Plank or Parquet Wood Flooring. ?

Struggling to choose between plank and parquet? Our Broadleaf experts discuss the different design possibilities that plank and parquet bring, and their different fitting implications, to help you make an informed decision. Show less –

Large oak parquet flooring laid in herringbone pattern in a North-facing room with turquoise sofa.

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

Which Wood Flooring for North Facing Rooms ?

Brightening a north-facing room can feel like quite the challenge. Here are some of our top tips for countering cool light with warm tones and beautiful real wood flooring. Show less –

Herringbone parquet blocks laid in a boot room with white bench and sage green built in storage.

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

Herringbone & Parquet: are they the same thing?

It’s a question we get asked time and time again. Find out more about the history and origins of parquet and why herringbone is not in fact the same thing, despite popular belief that it is. Show less –

Rich toned parquet flooring in a restaurant with terracotta walls and green chairs

Project Spotlights

Luxurious Chevron Parquet & Timeless Italian Design

Beautiful Italian design and rich-toned chevron parquet flooring come together to transform an empty purpose-built retail unit into a warm and atmospheric front-of-house dining area for Mayfair restaurant, Nipotina. Show less –

Rich toned real oak parquet flooring in a kitchen with burgundy and pink cabinets

Project Spotlights

Practical Parquet Flooring Perfect for a Family Home

From period property with ‘plenty of potential’ to a stunning spacious family home that’s loaded with personality. How Elise Whitfield created a fun and homely interior using our Rich Oak Vintage Parquet. Show less –

Herringbone parquet floor visible through a bevelled glass door

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

Choose Your Perfect Wood floor With Our Flooring Visualiser

Choosing beautiful, British wood flooring for your projects has never been easier. Our flooring visualiser puts all the information you need to make your choice right at your fingertips. Show less –

Basketweave pattern parquet flooring in a penthouse

Design & Trends

Wood Flooring Trends 2025

Whilst short term trends shouldn’t be a focus for beautiful, long-term flooring, there are definitely some longer-term shifts in interior style that should be. Read about the styles and influences we think are here to stay. Show less –

Broadleaf Insights

Broadleaf in Cornwall and the South West

We are delighted to introduce Warren, our Sales & Projects Manager based in Cornwall with extensive experience working with architects, interior designers, private clients, builders and developers. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

Dealing with wood flooring at doorways

Many people worry about how to deal with different thicknesses of flooring between rooms or how to discreetly cover the expansion gap required around wood flooring at doorways. With our versatile range of thresholds there is no… Read more + need – it is simple to create a seamless transition between rooms. Show less –

Broadleaf Insights

The Hand Forged Difference

Handforged Ironmongery is a thing of beauty. Each piece is uniquely crafted using a traditional fire and anvil method and the result is weighty, tactile and completely individual. Show less –

Broadleaf Insights

Strata: Sustainable All-Oak Engineered Flooring

Our innovative Strata engineered boards are luxurious, dimensionally super stable and optimally sustainable. Show less –

Broadleaf Insights

Why should you visit a Broadleaf Showroom?

We always recommend visiting one of our showrooms. It’s much easier than trying to choose from a distance, and it’s by far the best way to appreciate the quality and craftsmanship of our floors. Show less –

Design & Trends

Light and Pale Wood Flooring

A white or pale wood floor is a fantastic way to create a sense of space, calm and natural luxury in interior design. Show less –

Rich vintage parquet floor in a family kitchen

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

Is Wood Flooring Practical in a Family Home?

Our real wood floors are undeniably beautiful and make an impressive design feature, but are they a practical choice to live with in a busy family home? Show less –

Dark wood floor in an office with contemporary furniture

Broadleaf Insights

Designing with Dark Wood Floors

Dark wood floors are a longstanding designer favourite used to create luxurious eye-catching interiors. Discover the qualities that give them such impact and how you can incorporate them succesfully in your own spaces. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

Parquet Flooring: Do they Need a Border?

Kitchens are increasingly used as the hub of modern homes. This has led to a real rethink about the best kitchen flooring and wood flooring becoming an increasingly popular choice. Show less –

Project Spotlights

An Edwardian Villa Restoration

This beautiful Edwardian Villa restoration by Ivy Lane Interiors uses our Worn Vintage Oak Parquet throughout the ground floor, and its beautiful bronze tones work wonderfully within the muted colour scheme to unify the space. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

How to use wood flooring samples

Find out more about how you can use our wood flooring samples to help you choose your perfect wood floor. Show less –

Textured wood flooring in interior design

Design & Trends

Using texture in interior design

Interiors are increasingly designed not just with the visual in mind, but also the tactile, as we look to create spaces which appeal to our senses in a multitude of ways and improve our well being. Show less –

Design & Trends

The designer choice

We asked Italian Interior Designer Martina Pardo, founder of international design consultancy A Designer At Heart, to share some insights about about how she chooses flooring for her projects. Show less –

Project Spotlights

A luxury rural retreat renovation

Once owned by HRH The Queen and Sandringham Estate The Workers Cottage has now been tastefully transformed into a luxurious rural holiday retreat by owners Jolene and Jason. Show less –

Broadleaf Insights

Busting the myths about engineered wood flooring

There are many myths about engineered wood flooring, many created by clever marketeers to persuade customers to choose it over solid wood flooring. Read on to discover what is myth and what is fact. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

What is sustainable wood flooring?

As we all become more conscious of our impact on the environment sustainability happily comes up more and more often, but what is sustainable wood flooring and how do you know you are buying it? Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

Fitting wood flooring over underfloor heating

We have been successfully supplying wood flooring for use over underfloor heating for 20 years, so read on for simple answers from our expert team to the most common questions we are asked. Show less –

A selection of wooden flooring planks showing various wood grading.

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

What are wood flooring grades?

Wood flooring grades are used to describe the amount of natural variation and quantity and size of knots that should be expected in a wood floor, so it is important to understand them before you choose one. Show less –

Project Spotlights

A LONDON TOWNHOUSE TRANSFORMATION

If you needed any proof that a smaller property can be flamboyant and fabulous rather than ‘cosy’ then look no further. Show less –

Design & Trends

HYGGE YOUR HOME WITH BEAUTIFUL REAL WOOD

In this post we’ll teach you how to make your home a haven by using our beautiful real wood products to Hygge your space. Show less –

Project Spotlights

CREATING COOL URBAN STYLE WITH DARK OAK PARQUET

Discover how our Dark Oak Vintage Parquet flooring was used to help transform a dated C19th flat in London’s Whitechapel into this airy apartment that is the epitome of cool urban style. Show less –

Project Spotlights

WORN OAK: OUR CUSTOMERS’ FAVOURITE FINISH

When we first created our beautiful Worn Oak finish ago, we couldn’t have imagined how popular it would prove with our customers. Find out why this has become one of our customers’ favourite floors. Show less –

Project Spotlights

CREATIVE COTSWOLD KITCHEN EXTENSION WITH ESMERELDA OAK

The addition of an extension to this pretty 1930’s Cotswold home has filled it with light and made it possible to open up the previously separate kitchen into an airy open plan living space. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

IS WOOD FLOORING SUITABLE FOR A KITCHEN?

Kitchens are increasingly used as the hub of modern homes. This has led to a real rethink about the best kitchen flooring and wood flooring becoming an increasingly popular choice. Show less –

Project Spotlights

BESPOKE PARQUET FLOORING FOR THE PULMANS ST PANCRAS HOTEL

Conveniently situated in Kings Cross, London’s new centre of cool, the interiors of the St Pancras Pullman Hotel are elegantly designed with an inherently Cosmopolitan feel. Show less –

Broadleaf Insights

FLOORING: THE FOUNDATION OF INTERIOR DESIGN

If you get it right everything that follows will be more successful. Flooring is one of the largest features, will take the most wear over time and is integral to the atmosphere and acoustics of any room. Show less –

Design & Trends

MAKE AN ENTRANCE WITH BEAUTIFUL WOOD FLOORING

First impressions count. Putting a beautiful Broadleaf wood floor in the hallway of your home is guaranteed to make a good one. Show less –

A wooden plank flooring used in a commercial setting.

Project Spotlights

BROADLEAF FLOORS AT THE HAMMET HOUSE HOTEL

A spectacular refurbishment of luxury country house hotel Hammet House, Pembrokeshire, has used Broadleaf’s stunning Dark Brushed & Burned Oak flooring throughout the ground floor. Show less –

A modern set of table and chairs on a dark wood parquet, herringbone-patterned flooring.

Broadleaf Insights

WHY SHOULD I BUY A BROADLEAF WOOD FLOOR?

Beautiful wood flooring will transform any room, but not all wood floors are the same and a second best solution won’t look, feel or wear the same way. Here are 10 reasons to choose us. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

WOOD FLOOR FINISHES: THE BASICS

The range of finishes available for wood flooring can seem daunting at first glance. Here is a simple guide to the basics that should help you decide which wood finish will best suit your wood flooring. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

HOW TO KEEP YOUR WOOD FLOOR SHOWROOM BEAUTIFUL

Like a good bottle of wine, a beautiful wood floor should get better with age. Follow these top tips from the Broadleaf experts to keep your wood floor looking showroom beautiful. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

HOW TO APPLY A HARDWAX OIL WOOD FLOORING FINISH

Follow these simple instructions to successfully apply Broadleaf Hardwax Oil to your wood floor Show less –

Project Spotlights

A TRULY DESIGNER WOOD FLOOR

We were thrilled to be given the brief for this inspiring project – a truly designer floor for premier luxury fashion retailer Net A Porter at their stunning new HQ. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

WHAT IS A PRE-FINISHED FLOOR?

Most wood flooring is supplied pre-finished meaning it will arrive with a suitable finish already applied, so that it is ready to walk on the same day. However, this is not always the case… Show less –

Design & Trends

PARQUET FLOORING: THE BASICS

If you’d like to know more about this beautiful and increasingly popular type of wood flooring, read on… Show less –

Design & Trends

TREND LEADING SHADES OF GREY

Grey wood flooring has been growing in popularity for some time, especially amongst designers, and is surprisingly versatile and suits a fabulously wide range of interior styles. Show less –

Broadleaf Insights

BROADLEAF: PROUD UK MANFACTURERS

Broadleaf are proud to be UK designers and makers of wood flooring. We are pleased to buck the trend and make the majority of our wood flooring here in the Britain Show less –

Hard Wood Flooring with Fireplace and Green Walls

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

SIMPLE MAINTENANCE TIPS FOR YOUR WOOD FLOOR

Follow these simple steps to optimise the life of your wood floor finish and keep your Broadleaf wood flooring looking its best Show less –

Solid worn oak vintage parquet flooring in a bathroom

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

CAN I FIT WOOD FLOORING IN A BATHROOM?

Beautiful wood flooring ticks lots of boxes when it comes to creating the perfect space to relax in, but can it work in a bathroom? Show less –

Design & Trends

WOOD FLOORING TRENDS – NATURAL, RAW & ORGANIC

Raw, natural, pared back style is without doubt one of the strongest recent interior trends, reflecting our growing desire to balance the increasingly busy digital world in which we live with something more grounded. Show less –

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

DO I NEED ENGINEERED WOOD FLOORING?

For most of our clients this is one of the first questions that they ask. Most have been left confused by conflicting information from different sources. So, what is the answer? Show less –

Stacks of hardwood flooring blocks used for parquet designs by Broadleaf Timber.

Wood Flooring Advice & FAQs

ACCLIMATISING WOOD FLOORING: WHY IS IT ESSENTIAL?

In short, no – wood flooring needs to be acclimatised before it is fitted so that you don’t experience unusual movement after fitting. Show less –

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The Artisan Collection

The Brushed & Burned Collection

The Coastal & Country Collection

The Cotswold Collection

The Heritage Collection

The Metro Collection

The Nordic Collection

The Nuances Collection

The Nuances Textures Collection

The Old House Collection

The Original Vintage Parquet Collection

The Painted & Distressed Collection

The Pullman Vintage Collection

The Textured Vintage Collection

The Traditional Collection

White Wood Flooring

Grey Wood Flooring

Natural Wood Floors

Mid Toned Wood Floors

Dark Wood Flooring

Black Wood Flooring

Parquet Wood Flooring

Plank Wood Flooring

Engineered Floors

The Artisan Collection

The Brushed & Burned Collection

The Coastal & Country Collection

The Cotswold Collection

The Heritage Collection

The Metro Collection

The Nordic Collection

The Nuances Collection

The Nuances Textures Collection

The Old House Collection

The Painted & Distressed Collection

The Restoration Collection

The Traditional Collection

White Wood Flooring

Grey Wood Flooring

Natural Wood Floors

Mid Toned Wood Floors

Dark Wood Flooring

Black Wood Flooring

Parquet Wood Flooring

Plank Wood Flooring

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