Palgrave Brown

Info:  Has established itself as the UK’s leading supplier of timber engineered products, offering customers an award winning service that strives to deliver complete on time, every time. With a national distribution network of 17 sites, including dedicated design centres, customers have access to a comprehensive range of products including Roof Trusses, Silktrim MDF mouldings, Staircases, I-Joists, Posi-Joists, Doors and Wooden Door Canopies. The latest addition is the new timber frame SIP Panel System.

Timber is natural, renewable, biodegradable, non-toxic and recyclable. Timber gives excellent levels of natural thermal insulation. When sourced from certified well-managed forests, there is no better building material in terms of impact upon the environment. Within Palgrave Brown a quantity of timber waste is used for heat and power. Wood shavings are extracted, filtered, stored and then sold on. Palgrave Brown’s environmental commitment also runs through site management. Where possible, a quantity of timber waste is used for heat and power, while wood shavings are extracted, filtered and then sold on for re-use to help minimise wastage.

Panda Flooring Company

Info:  Panda Bamboo Flooring is a high quality hardwood floor, which is both beautiful and hardwearing. The wooden flooring has the qualities of a natural appearance and soft colour, which adds a unique ambiance by giving warmth in the winter, coolness in the summer and an elegance which will enhance your home or business, being suitable for use anywhere in the home. With seven top coats and three UV coatings, it provides a smooth, dust free surface, which is very easy to maintain and is ideal for allergy and hay fever sufferers. Panda Bamboo Flooring is extremely durable and more hard wearing than most other wooden floors.

Alternatives to timber as a construction material have been promoted to reduce dependence on hardwoods. With its physical characteristics and ability to self generate rapidly, bamboo is one of the best means to replace hardwoods while providing similar properties and attractiveness. Panda Mao Bamboo also benefits the environment in which it grows; for example, its broad root structure helps to stabilize the soil and prevent erosion.

Real Oak Floors

Info:  Are UK importers and specialist suppliers of wide plank oak boards, hardwood floors and oak flooring throughout the UK and Europe. Their quality products and fresh attitude to domestic and commercial trade have made them one of the fastest growing distributors of real wood flooring sales in the UK today. Their wide range of timber products include solid wood flooring, engineered wood flooring, parquet flooring, solid oak flooring, engineered oak flooring and wooden laminate flooring from a number of high-profile, companies such as Junckers, Boen and Kahrs. Brands they stock include Junckers, Boen, Barlinek, Ekowood, Kahrs, French woods. They also have many solid wood mouldings, solid oak flooring, wood doors including internal and external oak doors. They can supply you or your company with real wood flooring made from all major forestry species such as Oak, Walnut, Pine, Maple and Beech.

Simply Bamboo

Info:  Has been selling bamboo products word-wide for the past 12 years. They are one of the very few companies that only sell Bamboo and they are the Sole Agents for the world’s best bamboo flooring. Their manufacturer was the first company ever to produce bamboo flooring and have been doing so since 1991. They are the patent holders for the bamboo floor making process and are the only bamboo flooring manufacturer that is ISO9002 Certified. Their products are made only from environmentally friendly, renewable bamboo that is harvested from forests that are monitored by the Chinese Department of Forestry.

They are the experts in bamboo flooring and since they are working directly with the manufacturer, they are able to provide the highest quality product and a very, very competitive price. They have the widest selection of colours pattern and sizes in Europe together with a full compliment of accessories (skirting boards, stair nosings etc). Since they work so closely with their manufacturer, they are able to ensure a high quality product and colour consistency.

The Bamboo Flooring Company

Info:  Supplies premium grade bamboo flooring and accessories at competitive prices. Due to their extensive stocks, they can supply their complete range of flooring and accessories on a next working day delivery basis. They import direct from the factory in China, so they miss the ‘middle man’, which means you can enjoy a better price and service.

Bamboo flooring is one of the hardest natural materials available for flooring and is an excellent alternative to hard wood flooring. Bamboo has a higher fibre rating than any hard wood, which gives it exceptional hard wearing qualities. This natural bamboo flooring solution is available in six different styles, which will compliment any interior design. From ultra contemporary chic through to a more traditional classic style, natural bamboo flooring will give you a truly unique look. Because bamboo is a rapid growing grass and not wood, it can be harvested every 3-5 years, unlike 15-25 years for most wood. This makes bamboo a very environmentally friendly product for flooring.

The Green-Wood Company

Info:  Based in the South East of England, it specialises in Laminated Sweet Chestnut and finger jointed products, and in particular laminated sweet chestnut windows and doors. We are working with a number of our suppliers to ensure that the materials we use are obtained from sustainable and managed sources.

One such area is the use of locally grown Sweet Chestnut. Since Roman times, the Sweet Chestnut has been grown in large volumes in Southern England using the coppice method. There are currently around 18,000 ha of sweet chestnut woods in Southern England, which until recently had been used mainly for fencing and hop poles. These markets have declined in recent years but with the technological advances in adhesives and machinery, it is now possible to use this species, dried, laminated and finger jointed to larger sections for joinery production providing attractive, durable and highly sustainable products, such as the orangery featured on this page. Only a small proportion of the annual increment growth is taken from the woods and with coppicing, the tree regrows from the same rootstock and is not 'killed', thus maintaining a highly sustainable historic silvicultural system.

TongLing Bamboo Flooring

Info:  Is a high quality hardwood floor combining beauty with exceptional hard-wearing characteristics, suitable with underfloor heating. Its natural appearance and soft colour add a unique ambience by giving warmth in winter and coolness in summer, bringing elegance to hallways, kitchens, bathrooms and lounges.

Bamboo is probably the most environmentally sensible flooring available, offering a dependable alternative to hardwood. Bamboo is technically a grass and it can be harvested in about five years. Recognized as the fastest-growing plant on earth, bamboo offers 25 times the yield of hardwood and is much more sustainable and renewable. It can be harvested and replenished with virtually no impact to the environment. Harvesting does not kill the plant, because it constantly regenerates itself by sending out runners that result in new canes. Bamboo can be grown in soil damaged by overgrazing and poor agricultural techniques, and topsoil is not damaged when the cane is harvested. Not only does the topsoil stay in place, but the plant’s dense leaf cover actually improves the soil over time.