Wooden Floor Specialists in Dell Quay

Wooden floors restored & installed across Dell Quay's harbour-fringe cottages.

From cottages along Dell Quay Road to converted properties around the foreshore and the lanes through Apuldram parish — bespoke hardwood, sympathetic restoration and skilled parquet by a family team that knows the PO20 patch.

25 minutes from our Bognor Regis workshop · Covering PO20 · PO19

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About floors in Dell Quay

Wooden floors fitted around Dell Quay.

Dell Quay sits on the eastern shore of Chichester Harbour in the parish of Apuldram, two miles south-west of Chichester and twenty-five minutes from our Bognor Regis workshop. It's a small place — a working sailing club, the Crown & Anchor on the foreshore, the Salterns Way path running through, and a scatter of cottages along Dell Quay Road and the lanes through Apuldram — but it's squarely on our regular run around the Harbour AONB.

The work that lands here is mostly waterside: period cottages within yards of the foreshore, the odd boathouse conversion, and the older stock around Apuldram church and the lanes inland. Restoration of original boards is common, and installs lean toward engineered cores that handle the humidity swings off the channel without complaint. Different houses, same standard.

Period cottages along Dell Quay Road and the foreshore at the head of Chichester Channel Apuldram parish stock around St Mary's Church and the lanes inland Chichester Harbour AONB — Salterns Way path and waterside conversions

Why Dell Quay is different

Floors at Dell Quay need a coastal hand.

Dell Quay sits inside the Chichester Harbour AONB and most of the work here is within a short walk of the water. That matters for a wood floor. Salt humidity swings hard between summer and winter, and the harbour-fringe cottages along Dell Quay Road can pull damp through the subfloor if the void isn't ventilated. We lean toward engineered cores for installs within easy reach of the channel — they take humidity in their stride and don't need acclimatising — run a moisture-meter pass over every subfloor before quoting, and where solid wood is the right call we acclimatise the boards on-site first.

For period cottages we always survey the void below the boards before lifting anything, and we lean toward hardwax oils that stay easy to spot-repair after a wet sailing boot or a soggy retriever.

Wood flooring services in Dell Quay

Coastal hardwood & engineered floors around Dell Quay.

Period cottages along Dell Quay Road and the waterside conversions of the Chichester Harbour AONB call for moisture-wise floors — fitted and restored across Dell Quay and PO20.

Hardwood Flooring in Dell Quay

Solid oak, walnut, ash and maple boards — character grades and feature widths.

Engineered Wood Flooring in Dell Quay

Real-wood top layers on stable cores — engineered for UFH and open-plan rooms.

Floor Restoration in Dell Quay

Sanding, gap-filling, hand-finishing — tired boards brought back without losing the character.

Parquet & Herringbone Flooring in Dell Quay

Herringbone, chevron and Versailles panels — modern installs and period restoration.

Commercial Flooring in Dell Quay

Foyers, offices, retail and hospitality — traditional methods, delivered on schedule.

Restaurant & Café Flooring in Dell Quay

Overnight and weekend phasing — slip-rated matt finishes and food-safe sealers.

Pub & Inn Flooring in Dell Quay

Reclaimed boards and beer-tolerant finishes for country pubs, coaching inns and gastropubs.

Hotel & Hospitality Flooring in Dell Quay

Multi-room timber phased around occupancy — batch-matched corridor-to-bedroom, acoustic underlay.

Listed Building Flooring in Dell Quay

Grade I, II* and II floors — sympathetic species, reversible methods advised where a listing demands.

Period Property Flooring in Dell Quay

Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian houses — pitch pine, baltic deal, oak, sympathetic finishes.

Manor House Flooring in Dell Quay

Country estate programmes phased around residence — restoration and new install under one spec.

Underfloor Heating Wood Flooring in Dell Quay

Engineered oak properly specced for wet and electric UFH — written commissioning log on handover.

Reclaimed Wood Flooring in Dell Quay

French oak, English elm, antique pitch pine — sourced with provenance, laid with respect to age.

Wide-Plank Oak Flooring in Dell Quay

European white oak in 180mm–300mm+ planks, random lengths to 2.5m, hand-finished on site.

Wedding Venue Flooring in Dell Quay

Barn weddings, country-house venues and marquee dance floors — Bona commercial-wear lacquer, seasonal install windows.

Where we cover & around Dell Quay

The PO20 · PO19 patch in detail.

Our work in Dell Quay is anchored by the PO20 postcode — Period cottages along Dell Quay Road and the foreshore at the head of Chichester Channel all sit squarely inside it, with regular jobs reaching out into the neighbouring PO19 where Apuldram parish stock around St Mary's Church and the lanes inland keep us busy. Around 25 minutes up from the Bognor Regis workshop — same craftsman every visit, flat-rate quotes by the job not the mile.

Whether the address reads PO20 or PO19, the Dell Quay brief is the same: Darren surveys on-site, sample boards stay with you for a fortnight under your own lighting, and the install runs in a single solid stretch rather than back-and-forth day trips. It matters in places like Chichester Harbour AONB — Salterns Way path and waterside conversions where the subfloors and the building fabric earn a slower pass. Family team since 1997, working across West Sussex from the same coastal base. Around 0.4k residents in the town centre, and we’ve quoted on hundreds of the homes within walking distance of it.

Our wood flooring collection

Hardwood, engineered & parquet flooring options.

Every wood flooring pattern, character finish and construction Darren installs — solid hardwood, engineered oak, herringbone and parquet — laid out edge-to-edge so you can see real grain, real colour, real texture.

Wide-plank European oak floor — Pattern Wide Plank120–240mm · solid or engineered

Herringbone parquet in smoked oak — Pattern Herringbone500×90mm typical

Chevron parquet floor in light oak — Pattern Chevron45° or 60° angle

Versailles design panel floor in oak — Pattern Versailles Panels600 / 800 / 900mm panels

Mosaic basketweave parquet floor — Pattern Mosaic Panels480 / 580mm squares

End grain wood block floor in oak — Pattern End Grain Blocks50mm thick blocks

Solid tongue and groove wood blocks — Pattern Solid Wood Blocks300/350 × 70mm

Tumbled aged wood blocks with worn edges — Pattern Tumbled BlocksHand-aged on every block

Clean light oak contemporary floor — Finish ContemporaryClear matt oil or lacquer

Deep smoked fumed dark oak floor — Finish Smoked & FumedChamber-fumed European oak

Aged distressed character oak floor — Finish Aged & DistressedHand-scraped, knots filled

Time worn weathered herringbone parquet — Finish Time WornLime-washed, soft texture

Genuine reclaimed antique oak parquet — Finish Genuine ReclaimedAntique oak & pitch pine

Bespoke colour stained oak floor — Finish Bespoke ColourTwo-step reactive stain

Frequently asked

Dell Quay homeowners often ask.

Will damp from Chichester Harbour be a problem for a wood floor at Dell Quay?

It can be, but it's managed. We survey the subfloor first on any property close to the channel — checking ventilation, joist condition and moisture readings. For installs within easy reach of the water we lean toward engineered cores, which take humidity swings far better than solid boards and don't need acclimatising; where solid wood is the right call, we acclimatise the boards on-site first. We'll talk you through what your specific floor needs at the survey.

Do you work on period cottages around Dell Quay and Apuldram?

Yes — a good share of our work in this corner of the Harbour is inside older stock along Dell Quay Road and the lanes through Apuldram parish. We source species sympathetic to the original build, use period-appropriate finishes, and survey the subfloor void before lifting any boards. Always best to involve us early if you're planning a restoration.

Will you visit before quoting in Dell Quay?

Always. A free survey at Dell Quay usually means a 30–40 minute visit — Darren brings sample boards, checks the subfloor, and walks you through finishes. A written quote follows within 72 hours.

How long does a typical Dell Quay install or restoration take?

A single reception room of original boards — lifted, gap-filled, sanded and refinished — typically runs 4–7 working days. A new engineered oak install in a kitchen-diner with underfloor heating is usually a week to ten days, including acclimatisation. We give you a written schedule before any work starts so you can plan around it.

Ready to start?

Book a free survey at Dell Quay.

Darren will visit, measure up and walk you through species, finishes and lead times. No pressure, no hard sell — just specialist advice.

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