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Oiled Engineered Wood Flooring Samples

Find Your Perfect Oiled Engineered Wood Flooring With Our Free Samples

Can’t choose between oiled engineered wood flooring or lacquered engineered wood flooring? Don’t worry. At Flooring365, we offer unlimited free samples, allowing you to order as many as you need to help with your decision.

How To Order Your Free Engineered Wood Flooring Samples

To take advantage of our complimentary sample service, it's best to select several floors for side-by-side evaluation. This will make the decision process much easier, and since our samples are unlimited, there will be no additional charges. Once you have decided, you can add them to your basket by clicking ‘Order FREE Sample’. This will add them to your cart for you where you can proceed with the order completely free of charge. We even include free delivery, so there are no hidden surprises at checkout.

Quick & Easy Delivery

We dispatch all our samples through Royal Mail, and they typically arrive within 2-3 days. Don't worry, there's no need for you to sign upon delivery so you won't need to wait at home.

Oiled Engineered Wood Flooring FAQ's

What Is Oiled Engineered Wood Flooring?

Oiled engineered wood flooring combines the natural beauty of real wood with the stability and durability of engineered layers. It features a top layer of wood veneer treated with natural oils to enhance the grain and aesthetic appeal, providing a warm and inviting finish. Beneath this, is a core made from layers of plywood, HDF, or softwood arranged in a cross-grain pattern. This design enhances the flooring's resistance to humidity and temperature changes, making it suitable for various environments, including those with underfloor heating. Although it requires more maintenance, such as regular oiling, this type of flooring is valued for its natural appearance as well as its ability to be repaired in small areas without the need for extensive refinishing.

How To Clean Oiled Engineered Wood Flooring?

Regular cleaning and maintenance are key to preserving the unique character and natural beauty of your flooring. For oiled engineered wood flooring, this includes regular sweeping or vacuuming to keep the surface free of any debris as well as an occasional mop. After mopping, we recommend that you dry the floor with a clean, dry, and soft cloth or towel to prevent liquid from seeping into the wood.

Depending on the level of foot traffic and wear, your oiled engineered wood floor may also require periodic maintenance oiling to replenish the protective oil finish and restore the wood’s natural lustre. As flooring experts, we recommend doing this approximately every 6-12 months, depending on your traffic levels.

For more information on how to correctly care for oiled engineered wood flooring, visit our maintenance centre.

Does Oiled Engineered Wood Flooring Scratch Easily?

Oiled engineered wood flooring is known for its natural appearance and ability to hide minor scratches and scuffs. This is because the oil penetrates the wood, enhancing its durability and resistance to wear. However, like all wood floors, it can still scratch under certain conditions, such as sharp objects or heavy furniture. Nonetheless, a significant advantage of oiled engineered wood flooring is its refinishing capabilities. When the wear layer is at least 3mm thick, it can be sanded and refinished, extending its lifespan even further. Not only that, but it’s also much easier to spot repair than some of the other finishes available, including lacquer.

For more information on how to care for your engineered wood flooring, visit our engineered wood maintenance guide.

Is Engineered Wood Flooring Waterproof?

Engineered wood flooring is not waterproof, but it is more resistant to moisture and humidity changes than solid wood. Therefore, it’s important to avoid installing engineered wood in areas where water is frequently present, such as bathrooms. If you're looking for flooring that is completely waterproof and suitable for bathrooms, we highly recommend LVT flooring.

How Long Does Engineered Wood Flooring Need to Acclimatise?

Engineered wood flooring needs to acclimatise for a minimum of 48-72 hours before installation. This process allows the wood to adjust to the temperature and humidity levels of its new environment, ensuring a more stable and durable installation. To effectively acclimatise your floors, you should lay them flat in the room where you plan to do the installation. For more information on how to acclimatise your flooring, visit our guide.

Engineered Wood Flooring Thickness

Board Thickness

If you plan on resanding and refinishing your flooring in the future, then you may want to opt for thicker boards with a thicker veneer. This will allow you more opportunities to do so as only the veneer (aka the wear layer) can be sanded down. As well as this, thicker boards are usually more suited to higher traffic areas, where they can withstand greater use. However, they are often more expensive to show for this, so ultimately it comes down to budget and personal preference.

Wood Species

Oak

Oak is the most popular choice when it comes to wood flooring, and our oiled engineered wood flooring is no exception. Engineered oak flooring offers the exact appearance of a hardwood oak floor, thanks to the veneer layer of solid wood. Our oak engineered flooring can cope with heat, humidity, and heavy foot traffic much better than your average oak floor. Whether you prefer red or white oak, our engineered oak flooring range offers plenty of choice with a huge range of products available in various colours and styles. Oak floors also have a much tighter grain variation, resulting in less difference in grains and texture between each board. If this is something that appeals to you, then you should consider looking at our prime-grade oak flooring options too.

Walnut

Oiled walnut engineered wood flooring is the less popular option of the two and this is mostly because it's a rarer product that is harder to source and therefore more expensive to buy. However, for those seeking a luxurious touch to their flooring design, our engineered walnut floors are the perfect choice. With a rich and elegant appearance, walnut flooring is ideal for grand entrances and large living rooms. Walnut flooring features vibrant colours and wider grains compared to oak, giving it a unique and striking character. However, walnut floors do tend to have more variation from plank to plank, so if you're looking for a more uniform appearance, then walnut floors may not be for you.

Wear Layer

Wear layer refers to the top, aesthetic, surface layer of real wood, which gives the engineered flooring its look. Thicker wear layers, whilst usually more expensive, offer greater durability and the option to sand more frequently, meaning flooring can be refreshed more times before replacing.

Most engineered wood floors, regardless of the thickness of the wear layer, will provide years of use, maintaining their impressive appearance.

Sanding Guide

In most cases, sanding the top layer of engineered wood flooring will remove up to 1MM of surface, with a minimum of 1MM needed left for protection. As a rough guide, here’s the number of times a floor can be sanded, based on the initial wear layer thickness:

3mm: 1-2 times

4mm: 2-3 times

5mm: 3-4 times

6mm: 4-5 times

(Please note: Sanding times is a guide only, the number of times a floor can be sanded will vary on an individual basis.)

Engineered Wood Flooring Installation Methods

Tongue & Groove

Tongue and groove is the most traditional method for installing engineered wood flooring; compatible boards fit together and hold in place with glue. The glue means tongue and groove flooring is free of nails, making it visually appealing and safe to walk barefoot.

Floating Floor

You can install tongue and groove flooring onto a layer of underlay as a floating floor. Underlay has many benefits, such as providing sound dampening and protecting your flooring from moisture and temperature changes.

Glue Installation

If you have a suitable subfloor (flat and sturdy surface such as concrete with a damp-proof membrane), you can glue your flooring to it with a strong adhesive. Glued installation creates a very stable and sturdy floor that will not shift under the pressures of daily life.

Click Lok System

Click Lok flooring allows for easy DIY installations with a profiled edge and interlocking system that doesn't require any adhesive or nails.

If you’re considering Click Lok it’s important to think about the underlying surface on which your new engineered flooring will be laid. Uneven surfaces make Click Lok much more difficult to fit and keep in place, which often means the need for levelling underlay.