Wooden Floor Specialists in Loxwood

Wooden floors restored & installed across Loxwood's Wealden cottages.

From tile-hung cottages around the High Street to canal-side properties at Loxwood Wharf and converted farm buildings out toward Plaistow and Ifold — bespoke hardwood, sympathetic restoration and skilled parquet.

65 minutes from our Bognor Regis workshop · Covering RH14

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About floors in Loxwood

Wood floors on the Wealden edge in Loxwood.

Loxwood sits on the West Sussex / Surrey border, alongside the restored Wey & Arun Canal, and it’s an hour and five minutes up the A29 and B2133 from our Bognor Regis workshop — toward the top end of the one-and-a-half-hour patch we cover. The village itself is small but the housing stock is the kind we know inside out: tile-hung and timber-framed cottages strung along the High Street and Vicarage Hill, brick-and-tile farmhouses in the lanes off Plaistow Road, and the canal-side properties grouped around Loxwood Wharf and the Onslow Arms.

Out toward Plaistow, Ifold, Alfold Crossways and Tisman’s Common the work shifts toward conversions and rural extensions — former Wealden farm buildings opened up into kitchen-diners, dairies relaid in wide-plank or reclaimed oak, and engineered boards over underfloor heating in modern extensions tucked behind period fronts. The drive’s a long one but the patch is the patch, and the standard doesn’t change because of the postcode.

Tile-hung & timber-framed cottages along the High Street & Vicarage Hill Wey & Arun Canal-side properties at Loxwood Wharf & the Onslow Arms Converted Wealden farm buildings out toward Plaistow, Ifold & Alfold Crossways

Why Loxwood is different

Village floors reward a slower hand.

Loxwood’s older village stock around the High Street tends to sit on hand-cut joists with limited void clearance, and a fair number of cottages are timber-framed under the render — we lift a discreet board at the survey before we quote so we’re not guessing what’s underneath. Where original pine or elm boards are still in usable shape we lean toward gentle gap-filling with traditional slivers and a satin hardwax-oil finish, so the floor reads as original to the building and ages with it.

The canal-side properties at the Wharf need a more careful subfloor pass than the average village house — we run a moisture-meter check across the slab or void before any boards go down, and where we’re working close to water-table ground we’ll specify a finish from the Bona or Osmo Polyx 3032 ranges that copes well with seasonal movement.

For the converted farm buildings and barn conversions out toward Plaistow and Ifold the spec is usually wide-plank or reclaimed oak over a screed; solid boards get acclimatised on site for seven to ten days before they’re laid, and we bring sample boards to every survey so the species can be matched to the room before any of it’s ordered.

Wood flooring services in Loxwood

Solid hardwood, period & reclaimed floors in Loxwood.

Tile-hung cottages on the High Street and canal-side homes at Loxwood Wharf suit traditional boards — hardwood, period and reclaimed floors laid across Loxwood and RH14.

Hardwood Flooring in Loxwood

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

Period Property Flooring in Loxwood

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

Floor Restoration in Loxwood

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

Reclaimed Wood Flooring in Loxwood

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

Engineered Wood Flooring in Loxwood

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

Parquet & Herringbone Flooring in Loxwood

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

Commercial Flooring in Loxwood

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

Restaurant & Café Flooring in Loxwood

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

Pub & Inn Flooring in Loxwood

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

Hotel & Hospitality Flooring in Loxwood

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

Listed Building Flooring in Loxwood

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

Manor House Flooring in Loxwood

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

Underfloor Heating Wood Flooring in Loxwood

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

Wide-Plank Oak Flooring in Loxwood

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

Wedding Venue Flooring in Loxwood

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

Where we cover & around Loxwood

The RH14 patch in detail.

Our work in Loxwood is anchored by the RH14 postcode — Tile-hung & timber-framed cottages along the High Street & Vicarage Hill all sit squarely inside it. Around 65 minutes up from the Bognor Regis workshop — same craftsman every visit, flat-rate quotes by the job not the mile.

Across RH14 the Loxwood brief stays 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 Converted Wealden farm buildings out toward Plaistow, Ifold & Alfold Crossways where the subfloors and the building fabric earn a slower pass. Family team since 1997, working across West Sussex from the same coastal base.

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

What Loxwood homeowners ask.

Is sixty-five minutes from the coast really workable for a Loxwood project?

Yes — Loxwood sits at the top end of our service area, but Plaistow, Ifold and Alfold Crossways have been part of the patch for years and the run up the A29 and B2133 is a familiar one. Darren handles the survey personally so you get a single point of contact end-to-end, and we plan installs in solid stretches rather than day-tripping back and forth. The travel doesn’t change the price — quotes are flat-rate by the job, not by the mile.

Can you restore original boards in a tile-hung cottage on the High Street?

Yes — older Loxwood cottages typically have original pine or elm boards over hand-cut joists, and that’s exactly the kind of restoration we’re set up for. Boards lifted carefully, gap-filled with traditional slivers, sanded back and hand-finished in satin hardwax oil so the floor stays sympathetic to the period of the building. Darren brings restoration samples to every survey so you can see what’s achievable before committing.

Do you work on canal-side properties at Loxwood Wharf?

We do — properties close to the Wey & Arun Canal need a more careful subfloor pass than the average village house, so we run a moisture-meter check across the slab or void before any boards go down and specify finishes that cope well with seasonal movement. If a property is listed or sits in the Loxwood conservation area we’ll work alongside the conservation officer on materials and method; nothing goes ahead until you’re comfortable with the spec.

How long until I get a written quote?

Within 72 hours of the survey. Darren visits in person, lifts a board where it’s appropriate, talks you through species, grade and finish options, and then puts everything in writing — scope, materials, schedule and a flat-rate price. No follow-up phone calls, no estimates that drift, no surprises on the invoice.

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