Prefinished flooring has become one of the hottest trends in bespoke wooden floors, both for the home and for business premises.

But what is it about this type of flooring that is winning over commercial interior designers and residential clients alike? There are numerous practical and aesthetic advantages of choosing a prefinished hardwood floor.

What is Prefinished Flooring?

Prefinished flooring is wooden flooring that has had treatments and surface finishes applied before it is delivered and installed. At Naturally Wood, we offer a full range of treatments designed to offer a wide range of colours and textures, including:

• Smoke or heat treatments

• Texture treatments such as brushing or distressing

• Coloured oil treatments.

• UV cured Oil

So why might prefinished flooring be an advantage for some projects?

1. Originality

One of the major advantages of opting for a bespoke prefinished floor is the ability to achieve a completely original result. While mass produced prefinished flooring has been available for some time, choice is often limited to the designs and shades the manufacturer has chosen to make available.

For many projects, this limitation is a problem. For example, in renovation projects it is often desirable to match the colour and finish of an existing floor, in order to achieve an authentic look. In other projects, the client may need an unusual combination of texture and colour in order to create a distinctive look for a particular space, such as a shop, a restaurant, or other commercial premises.

Our bespoke prefinishing service gives the convenience of a prefinished floor, but with the precise, and possibly unique appearance that your project needs.

2. Fast Installation

The other major advantage of prefinished floors is speed of installation.

Because our prefinished flooring has already been sanded, textured, coloured and UV oiled as required at our prefinishing unit, there is no need to bring any potentially messy stains, oils and lacquers on site. The flooring arrives ready to lay, and the area is ready to walk on as soon as the last plank is in place, with no drying or curing time to worry about.

This minimises disruption and reduces the length of time to install. This is especially valuable for organisations which depend on footfall, such as retail, leisure, or office buildings where it is important to keep businesses running. Of course, fast installation is also important to many residential customers with busy family and/or professional lives to consider.

The time taken to install flooring is often on the critical path for many construction and refurbishment projects, with many other tasks having to wait until flooring is in place and safe to walk on. So a fast installation time can also benefit overall project schedules, perhaps saving several days on a large commercial space.

3. Longevity

All hardwood flooring, when taken care of, can last for many decades, making it a true investment in your property or business. With Naturally Wood’s prefinished flooring it’s possible to attain an exceptional level of protection for your floor.

At our prefinishing workshop we use a UV cured oil system, a technique which gives superior colour stability and a more durable surface than a traditional hardwax oil. In practice, this means your floor will stay the same colour for longer, and will be more resistant to surface scratches. While this is an advantage for all clients, it is a particular benefit to commercial clients or where the floor is expected to withstand a high amount of traffic.

4. All the Advantages of any other type of Hardwood Floor

These advantages – especially speed of installation – were previously limited to factory made laminate flooring, or mass produced flooring ranges with very limited choice.

Our prefinished bespoke floors mean you no longer have to make a trade-off between having an authentically finished, beautiful bespoke floor, and the convenience of ready-to-lay flooring.

When you choose a prefinished engineered floor from Muchsee Wood, you have the convenience of a floor that is easy and quick to install, with all the advantages and appeal of conventional natural hardwood flooring. This includes the timeless beauty and character of solid wood, durability you can measure in decades, and the potential to refurbish and refinish your floor in the future as required.

The Range from Muchsee Wood

Our prefinished range of prefinished hardwood flooring includes traditional and fashionable shades and finishes. Our range includes a huge variety of colours, from light to dark.

We offer bespoke prefinishing for all our Fusion engineered plank and patterned floors.

Of particular interest to interior designers, architects and those with a particular colour in mind for their project, we also provide a colour sample service, which allows us to work with our clients to achieve the correct level of colouring and texturing.

All our prefinished flooring is checked for quality and consistency in our factory before it is delivered; and the contractor or client can see exactly what the end result will look like, before a single plank is laid – all helping to ensure customer satisfaction.