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All of our solid oak door are supplied pre-sanded and unfinished. This offers you the opportunity to choose your desired finish and treat your new doors accordingly with a suitable wood treatment. But what if you’re not exactly a DIY whizz and simply want to sit back, relax and admire the elegance and beauty of your new oak doors? Our in-house oiling service makes it possible for you to save time, effort and a whole lot of mess by letting us do the hard work for you. Our trained oiling specialists use tried and tested methods along with industry leading oils and specific oiling equipment to create a finished product which will leave you breathless and your visitors envious.

We’ve been searching Pinterest to find some of our favourite Halloween door finishes and you can find some of the best below. Hopefully these will provide you with all the inspiration you’ll need this Halloween but if you’ve done something completely different, we’d love to see it!

As a homeowner, one of the first things you’ll want to be aware of when putting together a new home improvement plan such as updating your internal and external doors is the overall cost of the entire job. When you start out it can be easy to see the cost as something to worry about later, but when you need to buy 4-5 solid oak doors for just one area of the house (or a room) then the entire bill that you expected to be paying can shoot up quite dramatically. This is why  budgeting is a super important factor and why here at UK Oak Doors we make every effort to pass across savings to our customers, by offering free delivery on all orders over £500 for example.

Thinking of oiling your new oak doors yourself or would you like to skip the hassle and the doors to arrive pre-finished? The time has come to take the plunge and buy new oak doors. You’ve chosen your favourite style, and you’ve opted for stunning solid oak. But one final decision remains. Should you choose untreated or pre-finished oak doors? Here’s how to tackle that last question, with four simple points for your consideration.

If you want to keep your solid oak doors in stunning condition, oak door treatments are essential. From the moment your door is delivered, you need to know why, when and how to apply treatment to your doors. This essential guide provides everything you need to know.

Veneer is a thin layer of wood, used to sandwich a thicker, more readily available piece of wood such as plywood. Veneer became popular during the Second World War, when certain types of wood - including oak - were in short supply. As an alternative, thin layers of oak were used to give the appearance of solid wood but without the associated cost and raw material requirement.

If you’re buying new doors for your home, it’s time to pause and think about what you really need. Should you opt for stunning solid oak? Or would oak veneer be a worthy alternative at a lesser cost? To help you make the decision, we’ve put together five must-ask questions to reveal all you need to know.

Helping your local bird population can be as rewarding for you as it is for them! Anyone can help birds, whatever their age - it’s a great way of teaching children about wildlife from a young age. We have compiled a guide of the top things you can do, all year round to help birds.

Looking to make a bit of extra money around the house? This is for you… If you’ve got a little bit of money spare – perhaps you’ve been saving up for the right investment – then something that simply has to be considered is going green around the home. Did you know that instead of getting energy bills each month, you could be sending out energy bills to suppliers? Not literally, but if you’re generating your own energy at home then you are able to sell it back to the electrical grid, rather than you having to fork out to use theirs.

Providing our customers with beautiful solid oak doors is what we're all here to do. Whilst it might seem straightforward, we actually have a busy team behind the scenes who work tirelessly to ensure that our prices and products are the best around and that customers are able to find the answers to any questions they might have.

Despite there being more than 20,000 species of edible plants in the world, less than 20 of these provide around 90% of the plant food we eat. This means that if you ever find yourself stranded in the wilderness, if you know what to look for and what to avoid, you should able to find plenty of nutritious (though not necessarily delicious...) food sources to keep you going until you find civilisation.

Is there a material more versatile and beautiful than wood? All manner of amazing furnishings, sculptures, and accessories have been crafted from wood; from masks to bicycles, footballs to amplifiers, and of course, lots of very lovely doors! And our favourite thing about wood? When sourced responsibly, it's completely sustainable.

1. Wooden Bicycle This wooden bicycle was hand-carved from beech and ash by Dutch woodworker Arnolt van der Sman. It looks the part – so good, in fact, that you wouldn’t want to ride it. 2. Bicycle Rack Having bought a bicycle, you’ll want somewhere to store it. Enter this endearing rack from Peri. 3. King Ghidorah   Toho fans will appreciate this model of Godzilla’s most notorious adversary – provided they have space to accommodate it. 4. iPhone amp This wooden cone amplifies an iPhone’s puny built-in speaker to listenable levels. 5. Wooden Football Paint FC is a collaborative project between artists of many different sorts, whose work should probably not be kicked. 6. Oree Board For those whose office has begun to seem a little drab, this wooden computer keyboard from Oree comes in a variety of styles, and retails for a mere... 150 Euros. 7. Wooden Bear Rug Plucked from the imagination of Lithuanian sculptor Andrius Erminas, this ‘rug’ would make a terrifying addition to any living room. 8. Foldable Coffee Table We’re all familiar with the idea of a folding chair, but we’ve yet to come across a table quite as foldable as this one, courtesy of Dutch designer Robert van Embricqs 9. Steampunk Table Lamp Rarely is a table lamp modelled after a mechanical spider, but this one is.  Not suitable for arachnophobes. 10. Human Sculptures 11. Wooden PS4 Case This wooden PS4 case is stylish enough that we’ll ignore the heat-dispersion issues which might result from its installation... 12. Plague Doctor's Mask In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries some doctors wore masks, very much like the above, that were said to protect them from the plague. 13. Hanging Cube This exhibit from Anila Quayyum Agha consists of a hanging cube which casts all manner of spectacular shadows across the surrounding room. 14. Melting Bookcase This Dali-esque bookcase was made by South-Carolina based design company Woodcurve. Its merits and drawbacks are obvious. Impractical? Absolutely. Striking? Certainly. 15. Interlocking Wooden Hearts What at first appears to be a large pretzel is actually a pair of interlocking love hearts. You can find out how to make them here. 16. Wooden Staircase 17. Wooden Slide In a rush? Take the wooden slide instead. 18. Cityscape This cityscape was created by husband and wife team James and Stephanie McNabb, using only scrap wood and a bandsaw. 19. Horse This driftwood sculpture of a horse, courtesy of sculptor Heather Jansch, is beautiful for entirely different reasons. 20. Bathtub Carved from solid oak, this gorgeous bathtub is definitely our favourite. Take a look at more wooden bathtub designs here.

Ever been stumped by complicated technical terminology or DIY jargon? Not to worry - we've tackled those technical terms and delved into the DIY jargon to bring you our BIG guide to the meaning behind all that tricky lingo! Just click the image below to explore our illustrated guide to DIY jargon, or scroll down for the text version. For more jargon-busting, check out our guide to door jargon.

If you've always wanted to decorate the outside of your house but just haven’t known where to start, door decoration is a nice place to begin! The front door is the focal point of the outside of your house. It’s usually the most eye-catching feature and even if it’s not, whoever approaches your home to enter it will be greeted with the festive cheer of your decorations.

Yes, we’re finding it hard to believe, too. It’s November and Christmas is less than 2 months away; where did 2014 go?! Although the arrival of winter means that we’re going to have to once again suffer the cold and miserable weather, it cannot be denied that this time of year is full of fun due to the holiday celebrations and partying!

To continue our series of posts celebrating National Tree Week, we wanted to share some useful information about tree diseases and why it is so important to manage them. In the UK trees and woodlands provide an ecosystem that’s valuable to the economy, society and wildlife. There are many threats to our tree population and tree diseases are just one of these perils that we can help to manage.

All the trees listed in this post are on the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) list. Be aware of these restrictions when buying furniture or home improvements made out of these woods. Whilst the trade of these species may not always be illegal, they all have restrictions to their trade.