Wickham Hardwood Flooring Red Oak Solid Hardwood

Solid hardwood is the one floor you sand and refinish instead of replacing, which is why a good one can outlast everything else in the room.

In simple terms: Wickham Hardwood Flooring Red Oak is real solid wood, the kind of floor you refinish instead of replacing. It belongs in dry, above-grade living areas, bedrooms, and hallways, and our own crew nails it down.

It is red oak, the North American benchmark, with a warm tone and open grain that takes stain well. On the Janka hardness scale Red Oak sits around 1290, which is about the industry benchmark for dent resistance. At a full 3/4 inch, it is solid wood all the way through, which means it can be sanded back and refinished several times over its life and recoloured if your style changes, a floor that can outlast the rest of the room. Plank widths run from 2 1/4 inch up to 4 1/4 inch, so you can keep it traditional and narrow or go wide-plank and contemporary. It is available in Select and Better through to more characterful grades, so you can choose a clean, uniform look or more natural colour and knot variation. It has a low-sheen matte finish that hides dust and footprints. Colours in the range include Wheat, Walnut, Vine, Sierra, and Nevada.

The honest limitation: this is real wood, so humidity matters. It is not made for basements, full bathrooms, or most radiant heat, and it acclimates to your home before install. Where moisture is a factor, engineered hardwood is the stable choice.

Decision line: Wickham Red Oak sits in the practical middle for hardness, which is why oak and maple floors like it are the default for most main-floor living areas.

Installation is in-house and never subcontracted, across the Toronto and Mississauga area up to Barrie and Simcoe County. We acclimate the boards, test the subfloor, nail it down, and finish the trim. Browse our projects for finished floors, or read the hardwood installation page.

Wood is worth seeing before you commit. Visit either showroom for Wickham Red Oak, contact us to confirm stock, and see more across the hardwood flooring range.