Wide plank · Weybridge

260 mm oak plank from the front door to the garden

VitaStyle Pioneer Oak, 260 mm wide, supplied and fitted for Carly N in Weybridge. It runs through the hall, the kitchen, the dining area, the living room and the garden room, and under the kitchen units.

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The kitchen →The rooms
Looking down the kitchen towards the garden doors, the wide oak plank running the length of the room between the units and the island
Supplied and fitted by AK Hardwood · The kitchen, looking to the garden
Project
Carly NWeybridge
Floor
VitaStyle Pioneer Oak260 mm · 15 mm, 4 mm oak wear layer · character grade · colour 107
Area
124 m² fitted136 m² supplied
Base
9 mm plywoodTo build the level back up
Fixing
Fully bondedBona R848 adhesive
The hall at the foot of the stairs, the plank running to the front door, a coir mat set into the floor by the door
The hall · The mat at the front door
The job

One wide board through the ground floor.

The old flooring came up, including from under the kitchen units, and we supplied and fitted 124 m² of VitaStyle Pioneer Oak: an engineered oak plank 260 mm wide and 15 mm thick, with a 4 mm oak wear layer, in colour 107.

It's finished at the factory with a UV colour and natural oil, which means the colour and oil were cured under ultraviolet lamps on the production line. Every board has a small bevel on all four edges. At the front door, the coir mat sits in the floor, in a frame we built around it.

The kitchen

Under the units, not up to them.

The boards run underneath the kitchen units rather than stopping at the cabinet line. The kitchen's end panels sit on top of the floor, and the plinth goes on afterwards.

The old wood floor and its underlay turned out to be much thicker than expected once they came up, so we built the level back up with 9 mm plywood before the new floor went down. Every board is fully bonded: glued to the base across its whole underside with Bona R848, a hard-elastic adhesive that holds the floor firmly while allowing for the wood's natural movement.

The kitchen run on the left and the island on the right, the plank running under both, with a loose length of plinth at the foot of the units

The island's end panel sits on the floor. At the foot of the units, a length of plinth waits to go on.

The end of the stone-topped island and the tall oven units, with the plank running between them towards the hall

Between the island and the tall units.

The plank running from the kitchen through a doorway into the utility room

On through the doorway into the utility room.

The details

The board up close.

Close view of the plank under the dining table, showing the grain, knots and the joints between boards
Under the dining table260 mm wideAt 260 mm, each board shows a broad run of grain, with knots and natural marks left in. The four-sided bevel picks out every board in the floor.
The plank running up to an open glazed door onto the garden, with the skirting fitted
The garden roomTo the garden doorsThe same board carries on into the garden room and up to the glazed doors.
Finished

Around the ground floor.

The living room with a fireplace, sofas and a tufted ottoman on the plank floor

The living room.

Wicker dining chairs and an oak table on the plank floor

The dining area.

A coffee table and armchair in the garden room, glazed doors behind

The garden room.

Sofas and a tufted ottoman on the plank floor, fitted cupboards behind

The living room, looking back.

Questions about this floor

Q&A

Can a wood floor go under kitchen units?
Yes. Here the boards run underneath the kitchen units rather than stopping at the cabinet line. The end panels sit on top of the floor, and the plinth goes on afterwards.
What happens if the old floor turns out thicker than expected?
On this job, the old wood floor and its underlay were much thicker than expected once they came up, so we built the level back up with 9 mm plywood before the new floor went down.
How wide are the boards?
260 mm wide and 15 mm thick, with a 4 mm oak wear layer.
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