Source Wood Floors

Source Wood Floors, wood flooring retailer in Diss (Suffolk)

Source Wood Floors is a high-quality flooring retailer operating from Diss, in Suffolk, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. The company was established in 2007 and has since focused on selling solid wood, engineered, laminate and LVT (luxury vinyl tile) flooring. Its catalogue is complemented by a wide range of accessories and installation and maintenance products.

Flooring and accessories catalogue

The company's offering spans several product families: engineered flooring, solid flooring, laminate, LVT and HDF. Alongside the floors, it sells a line of accessories including underlay, door thresholds and scotia trim, cleaning and maintenance products, flooring adhesive, and subfloor primers and levellers.

Among the items highlighted in the site's recommended products section are the following:

• Brooks APSLEY Oak Raw Matt Lacquered Herringbone H1015, at £42.95/m² excl. VAT.
• ELKA 14 mm Smoked & Hand Sawn Rural Oak, at £54.50/m² excl. VAT.
• Burano Deluxe 190 Oak Smoked, Antique Effect, Brushed & Oiled, at £47.95/m² excl. VAT.
• Lalegno LVT Herringbone (stick-down) Arezzo, at £26.95/m² excl. VAT.
• Source 20 mm Oak Natural Brushed and UV Oiled, at £42.50/m² excl. VAT (was £46.50/m²).
• Metropolitan Click 260 Oak Brushed & Oiled, at £48.95/m² excl. VAT.
• Source Versailles Invisible Brushed UV Oiled oak, at £54.95/m² excl. VAT.
• Furlong Emerald Multi 190 Coniston EM5, at £33.95/m² excl. VAT.
• Lalegno LVT (stick-down) Palermo, at £24.95/m² excl. VAT.
• Developer Click 180 mm Oak Clay Grey brushed & matt lacquered, at £47.50/m² excl. VAT.
• Source 15 mm Rockland Oak Brushed and UV Oiled Herringbone, at £32.95/m² excl. VAT (was £37.50/m²).
• Suffolk Solid Oak Golden Handscraped/distressed edges UV oiled 125 mm, at £37.95/m² excl. VAT.

The site allows you to view prices with and without VAT. The company also maintains a sale page with discounted products.

Free samples and technical advice

Source Wood Floors offers its customers up to four free samples from its range of wood, laminate and LVT flooring, so they can see how the product looks in their own home, under different lighting conditions and alongside their furniture. The company states that samples are dispatched the next day.

It also publishes an advice section with instructions on flooring installation and maintenance. Topics covered include laying solid and engineered wood floors over concrete, installing thresholds and fitting them at different floor levels, fixing 'cupped' hardwood flooring, the purpose of expansion gaps, installing scotia trim, choosing between floating or gluing, moisture content in subfloors, compatibility with underfloor heating, flooring grades, acclimatising your floor, calculating wastage, what "random length" means, and the purpose of a starter board. It also includes care and maintenance instructions.

Delivery and customer service

The company delivers throughout the UK and most orders are dispatched within 3–4 working days. Orders over £750 + VAT qualify for free delivery across mainland UK; for Scotland, including the Highlands and Islands, additional charges may apply.

The Source Wood Floors team presents itself as knowledgeable about all its products and offers free technical advice. The company has a dedicated page for trade enquiries and another for fitters.

Showroom in South Norfolk

Source Wood Floors has a showroom in South Norfolk with hundreds of flooring samples available to view and take away. The showroom is open Monday to Friday, 10:00–16:00, though the company recommends calling ahead to ensure staff are available. The company operates from Diss, in Suffolk, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border.

Location and contact

Diss Business Centre, Dark Lane, Diss, IP21 4HD · Phone: 01379 642 843