The Solid Wood Flooring Compan Wood Flooring

About The Solid Wood Flooring Compan

The Solid Wood Flooring Company manufactures unique hardwood flooring products with the best managed forest timber products. We will not purchase or machine any timber from the rain forests, such as Teak etc. A good managed forest will plant more trees than it harvests and in North America, parts of Russia and even China this is very much the case. We do not have many of our deciduous forests left now so oak in the UK is in short supply. All our products are unique to us as they are made to our exacting specification and are British quality controlled.

We now have three main manufacturing facilities specialising in our solid and engineered flooring range. The two main facilities are FSC certified to ensure that all our products are sourced ethically with the environment in mind. The third facility is for the manufacture of Bamboo which is harvested every 5 to 6 years from managed plantations. As this is a product of the grass family there is no FSC requirement and it is the greenest of our flooring options helping the environment more than trees.

Wooden flooring products are just like us, every tree is individual and unique as this is how nature works. The grain and colour variation on any single species of tree will be different, just like every human being is different. Even identical twins will have personality differences even though they may look alike. The seasons and climate changes will have an impact on trees and can alter their hue, colour and structure.

We pride ourselves on the service we offer and being a family company work on the principles of high quality products, good service and competitive pricing. Martyn Ryder established the company after extensive research into the flooring marketing and in particular wood flooring. In general the quality of cheap imports and lack of home grown products meant there was an opportunity to develop high quality hardwood flooring jointly with interior designers and Architects.

The research started in 2001 when Martyn was refurbishing a large Victorian country house and realised there was no wood flooring competitively priced that would meet what was needed to ensure the integrity of the conversion was in keeping with the era. Having completed many developments before this was the first where hardwood flooring was used extensively. It took 3 years to complete the research and development of the first 10 lines of solid wood and engineered floors which then became the top quality engineered hardwood flooring you now see in our range. There is a limitless range of finishes and colours available using either our prefinished floors or the WOCA or Blanchon oils to create a unique floor.

A large proportion of our wood floors have been designed and manufactured to exacting specifications created by Architects and interior designers. We only use the best machines, adhesives and finishes and are always striving to continually develop our products and increase the range of wood flooring options.

The team at the solid wood flooring company, including our fitters across the country have more experience than any other company and this can be seen by the amount of technical advice on the web site. We ensure all our staff are fully trained and endeavour to offer the best, friendly and professional service in such a diverse industry.

This is why it is our philosophy not to have a web site where you can buy online. The purchase of a wood floor is a high ticket item and corners should not be cut for the sake of a few pounds. Neither should people go into such a purchase, blind to the consequences of buying a wood floor that has not been properly manufactured, and then fitted badly. We have horrendous stories of people filling their basket on a web site only to find that the floors lifts, buckles and twist just a few weeks after being fitted all for the sake of a few pounds.

You can call our office number and help line any time and we always welcome feedback and contributions to the web site and also our product lines. We realise we do not have exclusivity on new ideas but we do pride ourselves on our commitment to help the environment by providing sustainable products for our homes, hotels, museum and offices. Only pure wool carpets are sustainable, laminates, other types of carpet, vinyl’s etc use fossil fuels and we know what they do to our planet.

Advantages of our Product Range
Over a period of years we have developed and extended our range of wooden flooring, many at the bequest of our Architect and Interior Designer clients. We place the most emphasis on quality and functionality and with no middlemen so you receive a top quality product at a reasonable price.
We are proud to offer you one of the largest ranges of solid and engineered wooden flooring in the UK market today.

Functionality and Under Floor Heating
All our flooring is hard wearing and can be used in the home and commercially. We regularly test our products for use with underfloor heating (UFH), installation in the home, pubs, club, office, retail outlets and hotels in fact anywhere where there is a floor. All our engineered boards are suitable for use with UFH systems.

Expert Advice
We are here to help and offer free friendly advice on all aspects of wooden flooring. We offer a survey service and help to enable you to choose the appropriate flooring for your environment. There are hundreds of documents and links on the web site to allow you to investigate every aspect of wooden flooring including help on any problems you may have with an existing floor.

Environment – We are FSC registered and a member of the Timber Trade Association
This is very important to us and all our products come from sustainable sources with a chain of custody. Wood Flooring is a renewable source unlike carpets, vinyls, laminates etc which are man made invariably from fossil fuels. When buying from us you know you are helping the environment and buying the best wooden flooring available.

Environmental Policy
The Owners and Directors of The Solid Wood Flooring Company have made it a policy to only source from well managed legal sustainable forests and be responsible not only to the environment but also our clients, staff and contractors. We unreservedly condemn illegal logging and will not manufacture some exotic species as we believe that a lot are from questionable sources. With modern oiled finishes there are so many options that it seems a shame for companies to still sell flooring that comes from our ever reducing rain forest.
We only manufacture our own wooden flooring and can therefore control the sources of our raw material unlike a large number of our competitors who buy from traders, or where traders sell direct. We hold large stocks for immediate delivery.

We are members of The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) with a chain of custody certificate which means that all our FSC certified flooring can be traced back to the forest where it was harvested which ensures that it is properly managed. Further details can be found on the web site http://www.fsc.org/

We are also committed members of the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and implement their Environmental Code of Practice and responsible purchasing policy (RPP). The RPP is a key issue in the timber industry today as it will ensure that all forests will eventually become totally sustainable, and over time the rain forest will get replanted. Further information can be obtained directly from the TTF web site at www.ttf.co.uk.
By following this policy we can ensure that for every tree harvested there will be more than one replanted. Never buy cheap wood flooring as it will invariably come from illegal logging operations where there is no management and locals cutting down trees and selling the raw material cheaply, in well managed forests only the best and oldest timber is selected, allowing younger trees to prosper for future use.

The USA for example has always had a sustainable Forest Initiative as it has used timber in its house building and flooring in the early days of its evolution. The US has a regulatory framework enforces its good forestry practise throughout the US and Canada which is where our American White Oak, Walnut and Maple are sourced from.

We are also very ecological in our manufacturing using off-cuts of Oak and walnut to manufacture our Sandwich Engineered Oak and fine line flooring. This means less wastage from the timber harvested.

Timber is one of the major renewable sources in the building industry; bricks use a tremendous amount of energy and are not renewable, as are fossil fuel products like carpets, underlays, paints etc. Properly managed forests mean that more trees are planted than harvested which gives us an infinite supply of a fantastic building and flooring material. With clever use of our resources in manufacturing we can ensure that we use the oldest trees that have served their useful life in taking carbon dioxide out of the air and replacing it with Oxygen with younger trees whose growth will help reduce global warming.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, comments are always welcome as we are continually trying to improve our range and client experience.

If you always do what you always did you will always get what you always got. Try The Solid Wood Flooring company for the best service and Best products.


Yours sincerely


Martyn Ryder

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