Sutton Timber

Our engineered wood flooring is also available in a range of English and European species. The emphasis is to supply beautiful flooring of absolute stability for any room or workspace even when fitted over underfloor heating. Green or air dried oak, part of our building industry for centuries is renowned for great strength and durability. It's the natural choice for timber framed buildings and construction. We stock good supplies of structural oak and cut to your exact specifications. We buy only best quality joinery oak logs from sustainable forests in Britain and Europe.

Sutton Timber are independent hardwood timber merchants and suppliers. Specialising in wide boards for solid and engineered flooring, furniture and joinery grade sawn English and European hardwoods, and constructional fresh sawn oak beams. With Ben's extensive knowledge of the timber trade and conscientious team in support, the focus is squarely on providing a quality product and excellent customer service. Involved at every step of the process we take great care when selecting our timber for supply.

At Sutton Timber we offer both solid and engineered real wood flooring. Responsibly sourced from forests across the UK and Europe, you can be assured that our timber is an environmentally friendly option helping to reduce your carbon footprint. Real solid wood flooring is hard to beat, crammed with character and interesting grain it creates a stunning addition to any property. For a period home or a older property, solid flooring is the obvious choice. It not only retains the character and fits with the original features of the building, but it also adds value to your property.

Many clients select oak as their solid wood flooring because of its durability and tradition as a flooring wood. Oak tends to be a warm honey colour and depending on your finish gradually darkens a little with age. Ash is a popular solid wood flooring, particularly in a contemporary house. It's colour is generally white, or at least light in colour. It is a superb wood for using in a dark room or bedroom where the aim is to bring a light, clean feel to the room. English elm was once widely used in homes, particularly in halls and staircases as, like oak, it is very hardwearing.

Timber cladding is extremely popular with architects and designers. It ticks all the boxes; being a renewable, recyclable and a biodegradable product. Natural, durable and stable, there are several suitable species. We stock a range of hardwood timber cladding including oak, elm and sweet chestnut but also softwoods such as larch, Douglas fir and cedar. Sometimes referred to as weatherboarding cladding is attractive and environmentally friendly. Excellent for thermal insulation - in summer keeping the building cool and in winter preventing heat from escaping.

Our solid wood doors are produced by our specialist machinists and cabinet makers in our on site joinery shop. We offer a bespoke service catering for the every clients individual requirements. Hand made from the finest timber to the exact specifications and design to suit the style of the property. Solid hardwood doors not only contrast well with modern materials in high spec new build houses but equally suit older properties and barn conversions. The oak for the ledge and braced doors is selected by our team of experienced craftsmen.

At Sutton Timber we understand that Architectural and Design projects have specific requirements and specifications. We listen carefully to our clients, their architects and designers to ensure we provide the most suitable timber for the project. We have been part of many prestigious architectural projects over the years including the Royal Festival Hall, the Houses of Parliament and The Globe. More recently we supplied a fabulous solid elm floor for the new library at Rochester Cathedral. Our on site machine shop at Sotterley Sawmills allows us to offer a bespoke service where machine profiling is required.

Over the last twenty five years we have worked closely with specialist designers, and large furniture making companies throughout Great Britain. Many of the logs we have acquired and sawn have been breath taking and the resulting furniture produced is truly outstanding and unique. We understand that furniture and cabinet makers are looking for the very best quality wood and often the most diverse and unusual boards to create beautiful furniture. We seek out wood with the most interesting grain and colour.

We source standing trees from the private forests of Northern Europe and specialise in long lengths of oak for our sawn joinery timber. We buy veneer and first quality logs that produce a superb quality board. This is then air-dried for three years, ensuring that the structure of the board is not damaged by pre kilning. Our oak doors are hand made to a clients individual specification. We cater for the idiosyncrasies required in older properties as well as contrasting with modern materials in high spec new build properties and barn conversions.

Our solid wood flooring range is sustainably sourced from across the UK and selected personally by Ben Sutton. We seek out high quality logs which are then milled and kiln dried ready for sale. Specialising in long wide boards we stock oak, ash, elm, cherry and sweet chestnut to create a long lasting beautiful floor. Our engineered flooring is available in the same range of UK species as our solid range and is in fact a layer of hardwood timber on top of high quality birch ply. With a similar look to solid flooring it is more stable than a solid wood floor and it is excellent when used over underfloor heating.

We stock a range of English and European hardwoods suitable for creating bespoke beautifully crafted kitchens. Our range of pippy oak is very popular for kitchen cabinetry. Clients love the interesting grain and colour it brings to the room. Alternatively, choose ash for a clean lighter contemporary look or elm for its interesting and beautiful swirling grain which flows along the boards. Solid hardwood worktops are not only aesthetically pleasing but also hardwearing. Elm once traditionally used for bar tops is a popular choice.