When you invest in a new wood floor, you know you’ve made a good decision. Making sure that your decision stays good for the long term relies on the right maintenance. There is no getting away from the fact that a wood floor that’s well looked after will stay looking good for longer, so what…
Underfloor heating is a way of heating homes and offices that’s growing in popularity. An efficient way of heating your rooms without the need for radiators, when you choose underfloor heating you do need to choose your flooring carefully. We’ve already published an article about a whole range of different flooring options and how well…
It won’t take a genius to work out that at Wood and Beyond we’re passionate about what we do. We pretty much live and breathe everything that’s wood flooring, decking and wood worktop orientated. And it’s not just some of us, the whole gang at Wood and Beyond is not only knowledgeable about what…
Underfloor heating is a way of heating your home, office or commercial space that has grown significantly in popularity in recent years. Hailed as an environmentally friendly as well as foot-friendly way of heating your home, you can see how this way of staying cosy is so popular. Apart from the fact that heat rises…
If you’ve decided that you want a natural looking wooden floor that is lacquer-free, then the likelihood is that you’ve chosen oil as your way of protecting your wood and making your floor look great at the same time. Oil for wood flooring comes in various forms and is a great way of making…
Bona Hardwax Oil is arguably one of the most popular hardwax oils on the market and while some oils might have their own peculiarities when it comes to application, the broad principles of application remain largely the same across the board. In this guide to How to Apply Bona Hardwax Oil, we’ll give you…
At Wood and Beyond we’ve seen a real trend towards grey and white flooring over the past few years and it’s for this reason that we’ve worked our socks off to source some great examples. For a long time, everyone chose wood flooring that was almost orange. Thankfully those days are over and while…
Many years ago, if we’d been asked to recommend wood flooring for sheds we’d have thought that the customer had mistaken the date for April 1st, but today, more and more people are asking this question. And it’s for good reason, because one thing that has changed significantly in recent years is the common…
Engineered wood flooring is a highly popular and sought after wood flooring solution these days and in it’s easy to see why. At Wood and Beyond, we’re often asked about the benefits of engineered wood flooring and we love a challenge, so we got the team together over a coffee in the office and set…
If you’ve got your head into wood flooring research mode, it’s highly likely that you’ve come across the term quarter sawn wood flooring. A common question we get asked is “What does quarter sawn wood flooring mean and is the sawing method used important to me?” As we all know, wood comes from trees that…
Acclimatisation, according to Wikipedia is “the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a gradual change in its environment (such as a change in temperature, humidity…)”. In other words, it is concerned with allowing something that has come from a different environment to adjust to a new environment and to adapt to that environment. …
Engineered wood flooring is not only a really popular flooring solution these days; it’s also highly practical and a convincing alternative to solid wood flooring. That said, there are still people who wouldn’t consider anything but solid wood, because they don’t feel they’re getting real wood unless it’s solid. In order to help you decide…