Wooden Floor Specialists in West Chiltington

Wooden floors restored & installed across West Chiltington's Wealden village & common.

From timber-framed & tile-hung cottages around The Hollow and Church Street to detached homes out across West Chiltington Common — bespoke hardwood, sympathetic restoration and skilled parquet.

40 minutes from our Bognor Regis workshop · Covering RH20

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About floors in West Chiltington

Solid wood floors installed in West Chiltington.

West Chiltington sits in the gap between Pulborough and Storrington on the northern edge of the South Downs, and it’s around forty minutes up the A29 and A283 from our Bognor Regis workshop — comfortably inside 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: timber-framed and tile-hung cottages around The Hollow and Church Street, the Norman St Mary’s church on its rise above the lane, the inter-war “Roundabout” estate around Mill Road and Coronation Gardens, and the cricket green at the centre of it all.

Out across West Chiltington Common and along the lanes toward Thakeham, Nutbourne and the Pulborough Brooks edge the work shifts toward detached 20th-century stock and rural extensions — engineered oak over underfloor heating in open-plan kitchens, herringbone parquet through long Edwardian hallways, and brushed wide-plank boards in former farm outbuildings opened up into living space. Different houses, same standard, regardless of how far up the A29 we’ve had to drive.

Timber-framed & tile-hung cottages around The Hollow & Church Street Norman St Mary’s Church & the West Chiltington conservation area Inter-war “Roundabout” estate & 20th-century detached stock on the Common

Why West Chiltington is different

Village & common floors reward a slower hand.

West Chiltington’s older stock around The Hollow and the lanes off the church sits on hand-cut joists with limited void clearance, and a fair amount of it is timber-framed under the render or the hung tile — we lift a discreet board at the survey before we quote so we’re not guessing what’s underneath. Where the original elm or pine boards are still in usable condition 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.

Several properties around the church and along Church Street are listed; where consent is needed we’ll work alongside the conservation officer on materials and method and put any subfloor or finish decisions in writing before anything goes ahead.

Out on the Common and toward Thakeham the spec is usually engineered oak over underfloor heating, brushed wide-plank boards through open-plan kitchens, or parquet revivals in the Edwardian and inter-war stock; 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 and grade can be matched to the room before any of it’s ordered.

Wood flooring services in West Chiltington

Solid wood, period & parquet floors in West Chiltington.

Timber-framed cottages around The Hollow and inter-war Roundabout-estate homes on the Common each want the right board — solid, period and parquet floors across West Chiltington and RH20.

Hardwood Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Period Property Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Floor Restoration in West Chiltington

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

Parquet & Herringbone Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Engineered Wood Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Commercial Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Restaurant & Café Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Pub & Inn Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Hotel & Hospitality Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Listed Building Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Manor House Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Underfloor Heating Wood Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Reclaimed Wood Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Wide-Plank Oak Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Wedding Venue Flooring in West Chiltington

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

Where we cover & around West Chiltington

The RH20 patch in detail.

Our work in West Chiltington is anchored by the RH20 postcode — Timber-framed & tile-hung cottages around The Hollow & Church Street all sit squarely inside it. Around 40 minutes up from the Bognor Regis workshop — same craftsman every visit, flat-rate quotes by the job not the mile.

Across RH20 the West Chiltington 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 Inter-war “Roundabout” estate & 20th-century detached stock on the Common 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

West Chiltington floor questions, answered.

Is forty minutes from the coast really workable for a West Chiltington project?

Yes — West Chiltington sits comfortably inside our service area and Pulborough, Storrington and Thakeham have been part of the patch for years. The A29 and A283 run is a familiar one and Darren handles the survey personally so you get a single point of contact end-to-end. We plan installs in solid stretches rather than back-and-forth day trips, and 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 timber-framed cottage on The Hollow?

Yes — older West Chiltington cottages around The Hollow and Church Street typically have original elm or pine 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 listed buildings in the West Chiltington conservation area?

We do — if a property is listed or sits inside the West Chiltington conservation area we’ll work alongside the conservation officer on materials and method, document the spec for the listed building consent process, and use period-appropriate finishes (Bona Naturale, Osmo Polyx 3032 or hardwax-oil rather than modern lacquers) where the build calls for it. 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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