Solid Oak Flooring It’s very difficult to visualise your finished floor from a small sample and you can’t always define the true quality from a piece that’s only about 100mm long. You see, as pointless as it may seem, some companies who send out samples actually choose and select the samples they send out in an effort to make the product appear better. I call this pointless because when it arrives on site and you the paying customer is not happy, it simply costs everyone involved time and money, and the only person happy at the end of it is the haulage contractor or courier who’s been paid for delivering it and then returning it. Worst of all, you’re now back at square 1 again, without a supplier.