Local Advice · 3 min read
Looking for a Ted Todd Flooring Alternative?
Reviewed by our team, led by Adam Williams, Managing Director
Ted Todd is a premium British brand known for characterful, heritage-style engineered wood, including antique and reclaimed looks. It is also priced accordingly. If you love the look but want to spend less, our own GF engineered oak is the closest alternative we sell. You can see it at full scale in our Altrincham Wood Room.
In this article
We supply and fit Ted Todd as well, so this is not a page about avoiding the brand. It is about knowing your options before you commit.
Matching the Ted Todd Look
The Ted Todd character comes from grade, colour and surface. A rustic grade with knots and colour variation, a smoked or dark-stained finish and a brushed surface that shows the grain all add age to a floor. GF covers those notes across its 76 designs:
Our Ted Todd vs GF comparison goes through the construction side by side.
Where Ted Todd Still Wins
Some Ted Todd floors are made from reclaimed or genuinely antique timber. Nothing new can copy that history exactly. If a specific Ted Todd board is the one you want, buy it. We can quote for it and fit it. Our Ted Todd guide and Ted Todd prices guide cover the brand in detail.
See GF in the Wood Room
The Wood Room at our Altrincham showroom has GF laid out full size, so you can stand on a rustic or smoked board in daylight. Kahrs and Parador are on display in the showroom too. It is open 24/7 and the door code arrives straight away. GF samples are free and posted to you if you want to try one at home first.
Next Steps
Visit the Wood Room, order a few GF samples or send us an enquiry with your rooms and the Ted Todd look you like. For a fitted floor, Blake Williams, our Operations Director, will survey the rooms and quote for GF, Ted Todd or both.
Who leads our guides
Managing Director, Grosvenor Flooring
Adam Williams is Managing Director of Grosvenor Flooring in Altrincham. He sets the standards our guides are written to and guides the team that reviews them, so the advice matches the floors we supply, the manufacturers' specifications and the way the fitters we work with install them.
More about Adam →Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a good alternative to Ted Todd?
Our own GF engineered oak is the closest we sell. It covers rustic, distressed and smoked looks for less.
Do you sell Ted Todd?
Yes. We can quote for any Ted Todd board and fit it, although none is on display in our showroom.
Can I see the GF alternative in person?
Yes. GF is laid out at full scale in the Wood Room at our Altrincham showroom, open 24/7 with a door code.
Which GF boards look most like Ted Todd?
The rustic, distressed and smoked designs, such as Bowdon, Bollington and Dee Oak. Samples are free.
