Engineered Timber Flooring NZ
Engineered oak flooring in twelve colours, on a 20mm board with a 6mm European oak wear layer. One rate across the range, so colour is a design decision rather than a budget one.
Engineered timber flooring in New Zealand
Engineered construction is what makes a wide oak board viable in a New Zealand project. A solid board of the same width moves with the seasons. A cross-laminated core holds its dimension through the humidity swings of NZ seasons, and takes underfloor heating without cupping. It is why engineered wood flooring has replaced solid boards in most New Zealand specifications.
The wear surface is solid European oak, a hardwood, over that engineered core. At 6mm it can be resanded four or five times across the life of the floor. Much of what is sold as engineered timber flooring in New Zealand carries 2mm to 4mm, which allows one or two sands before the veneer is gone. That difference is the difference between a floor you keep and a floor you replace.
Boards are 2200mm long and 240mm wide, glue-down direct stick, and available as straight-lay plank, herringbone, wall and ceiling board and stair nosing in the same colour and finish. Order samples free, or send us a plan and we can help with quantities.
Skara Brae, Christchurch
Lune oak through a house of schist and cedar
Cedar cladding and local schist carry from the exterior into the interior, and the oak is what holds the two together. Lune runs continuously through the kitchen, living and bedroom spaces in a single colour.
The colour
Lune is smoked before it is coloured
Smoking the oak first, then pre-colouring it, gives a depth that a surface stain cannot reach. Against black cabinetry and stone the floor reads soft rather than flat, and shifts through the day as the skylights move.
The finish
Nine coats of UV lacquer over European oak
Every colour in the range (except Vuitton) is finished in nine coats of UV lacquer. This ensures the European Oak stands up to the NZ climate.
The project
See how Lune was specified at Skara Brae
Christchurch, residential. Lune engineered European oak plank throughout.
View the project