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| Wood Species | Oak |
|---|---|
| Stave Construction | Standard Stave |
Farmhouse Oak is De Terra's value door into solid timber: a full 3m x 635 x 40mm board of real European oak at a price that undercuts every plank of laminate pretending to be it. One size, honestly priced, genuinely solid.
These worktops arrive sanded and unoiled. They must be oiled before they go in - every face, every cut edge and the underside, because a sealed edge is what keeps water out of the timber around a sink.
Allow two to three coats and one 500ml tin per 3m board, every face. Osmo TopOil from GBP 24. Full instructions: installation and aftercare guide.
The Farmhouse line asks a simple question: what does it take to put real solid oak in a kitchen at the lowest possible price? The answer is focus - one 3-metre board, 635mm deep, a full 40mm thick, in honest farmhouse-character oak. The construction is the same 40mm stave build as every De Terra board, and the surface sands and re-oils like oak always has.
One size covers most straight runs: 3m of length at 635mm deep in 40mm thickness. Boards arrive sanded and un-oiled. If your kitchen needs breakfast bars, deeper boards or multiple thicknesses, step up to the main Oak range - if it needs a straight run of real oak at the best price, this is it.
The honest question: this or laminate?
At this price the choice stops being oak versus budget. Laminate can only photograph oak; this is the tree itself - it will outlast the kitchen around it and sand back to new when asked.
| Material | Farmhouse character solid European oak |
| Construction | Solid staves - 40mm nominal width (38-42mm range) |
| Hardness | Janka approx. 1,360 lbf (6,000 N) - full solid oak |
| Thickness | 40mm |
| Edge Profile | Square edge |
| Surface | Sanded to 120 grit - supplied un-oiled |
| Widths | 635mm worktops |
| Weight | 57.2 kg to 57.2 kg per board |
| Brand | De Terra |
| Delivery | GBP 30 two-man delivery to mainland UK, or free Click & Collect from Burnley |
2-3 coats of food-safe worktop oil on every face, edge and cut-out - value price, full oiling discipline. Never fit a bare board.
Drop water on the surface every few months: beading means protected, soaking means re-oil. First year needs oiling every 3-6 months, then twice yearly.
Wipe standing water promptly and keep end grain around cut-outs well oiled - the same rules as every solid timber top.
Trivets under pans, boards under knives. The saving is in the range structure, not the timber - treat it like the solid oak it is.
Sands and re-oils back to new like any De Terra oak. A Farmhouse board fitted today can be showroom-fresh in 2036 for the price of sandpaper and an afternoon.
Storage, oiling, expansion gaps, fixings, cut-outs, joints and everyday care, step by step: read the installation and aftercare guide.
Focus, not corner-cutting. One board size manufactured and shipped at volume costs less than a full size matrix, and the farmhouse character grade uses more of each tree. The stave construction, thickness and hardness match the main range.
Yes - solid European oak staves the full 40mm through. No chipboard core, no veneer, no oak-effect print. Sand any edge and you find more oak.
Boards join edge-to-edge with standard worktop bolts and biscuits like any solid timber. For L-shapes and long runs, farmhouse boards join to each other - or to main-range oak boards - invisibly once oiled.
It arrives sanded and unoiled: apply 2-3 coats of food-safe worktop oil to every face and edge before fitting, then re-oil the work areas every 3-6 months in the first year.
Yes - one 3m board cuts down to any straight run up to 3m, and sink or hob cut-outs are routine with standard tools. Oil every fresh cut edge twice.
Farmhouse if the entry price on a straight 3m run decides it. Rustic if you want deeper character, 720mm-deep boards, 4m lengths or breakfast bars - it is the full-range character option.
