Beech Flooring – Floor Design & Restoration
At Naturally Wood Floors we can advise, supply and install beech flooring for your home or business premises. Our beech flooring comes in engineered strips, which have a 14/15mm width and a lacquered satin finish. Our fully trained staff will expertly lay your beech flooring for you, providing you with a hardwood floor that gives you many years of pleasure. We work with customers in Essex, Suffolk, Kent, London, Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
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Why Choose Beech Flooring
Beech floors can range in colour from a light cream to a medium tan. Many people choose beech flooring as it gives warmth to a room, as there is regularly a hint of orange or pink in the grain. In relation to other hardwoods, beech flooring may experience some colour alteration over a period of years. Our engineered 3 strip beech flooring is a steamed beech wood which, after drying, has the distinctive pink and orange hints associated with it. Unsteamed beech wood, used in our engineered 1 strip flooring tends to give you a blonde, tanned look.
Beech has a uniform exterior with a straight grain, which makes it ideal for both residential and commercial uses wherever you want to achieve a contemporary look. Beech wood floors are good at holding stain and ours have a lacquered satin finish. European Beech is commonly used to make distinctive furniture and with its fine grain and pale hue it is very popular for a modern appearance in the home.
Naturally Wood will supply and install engineered beech flooring for you. Engineered floors are a cost effective solution and are particularly advantageous when used in flats because they provide good sound reduction. Engineered beech flooring can be secret nailed to existing timber floors, glued to concrete floors or installed floating on underlay making extremely versatile. Another benefit of engineered beech flooring is that it is compatible with most underfloor heating systems.
About Beech Flooring
Beech trees are found in parts of Europe, Asia and North America. Our beech flooring originates from Europe and is one of the most popular hardwood species, especially celebrated for its versatility and durability. The European Beech has the Latin name, Fagus sylvatica and its wood is of a medium hardness and a light beige colour with a hint of pink.
Beech trees grow to an average height of 80 feet, though many can grow up to 100 feet or more. In it’s natural habitat the beech tree will grow straight and tall, reaching over other trees to find the sun. Beech trees have a smooth, light, blue or grey bark, which keeps its sleek texture even as the tree ages. It’s leaves start off as dark green in colour but change in autumn to yellow and brown.
When the beech tree flowers, the blooms are small and yellowish-green. The beech can produce either male or female flowers distinguished by their colours and flowering habits. Female beech flowers grow in pairs and tend to have red borders while the male flowers are yellow and bloom in the early spring. The edible fruit of the beech tree are called beechnuts, sometimes referred to as beech mast and have a bitter, astringent after taste.
Beech wood makes a superb firewood as it can be easily split and burns brightly for a long time. Chips of beech wood are used to brew beer both in America and in Europe, as when the logs are burned to dry the malts they give off a smoky quality to flavour the drink. Beech is also used in the production of smoked cheese.
Some drums can be made from beech, which has a musical tone usually considered to be between maple and birch and the pulp is used as the foundation for producing the textile fibre known as Modal.
About Naturally Wood
At Naturally Wood Floors we are proud of the lasting relationship we have built up with our suppliers and the dedication of our employees. We understand the value to our customers of quality and strive to maintain our standards. Our aim is to give you a complete flooring supply and installation package. Our biggest goal is to continue to widen the variety of our products and to preserve our reputation for quality and service.
The majority of our materials are produced to our specifications and sourced in Belgium, Germany & Holland. We frequently visit the factories to view the production methods and carry out quality control checks.
As part of our installation service we offer free home consultation. Our staff can give you expert advice on the right flooring for your needs. We can bring large sample panels to your home to be certain you make the right choice before purchasing your new floor. We then expertly lay the flooring for you, giving you an all round, fuss free service.
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