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Our New Catalogue, Warranty & Sustainability Promise

Introducing our brand new 2021-2022 flooring catalogue, 100-year warranty, sustainability promise and products, along with our Woodpecker story.

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Transforming a 1950’s House into a Striking Modern Home

See how a couple from Leeds transformed their traditional 1950’s home into a modern & striking house with the help of our engineered chevron wood flooring.

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Wood Design, Vinyl, or Laminate – Which is right for you?

Laminate, Vinyl, or Stratex? We look into which type of flooring is right for you, your needs, and your home.

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Juniper Homes – Redlands Court Girls School

An exceptional landmark development introducing a collection of new build and exquisitely refurbished and architecturally unique homes set within landscaped grounds.

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What Is Smoking In Wood Floors?

Most of our wood floors are specially treated to further intensify their naturally beautiful colours. Using this process, we play with the tannins in the timber to enhance or invoke tones.
Read on to see how this process originated…!

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What Is Distressing In Wood Floors?

Distressed flooring is a particular style of flooring that undergoes certain processes to give it more character and to replicate an old, worn feel.
Distressed boards tend to come with a textured finish to enhance the grain of the wood.

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