Our customers often ask.
What is the best timber?
Good question.What is the best car?
My wife says Volkswagon beetle,
My neighbour drives Porsche,
I love Toyota Land cruiser.
Every timber floor is different. One is dark, one is wide in size, and the other one is pale or has a honey colour. Buy what pleases you.
YOU will live in your house, YOU will enjoy your new floor.
What you may consider is:
USE
Where do you want to install the timber floor? Is the new floor going to be in a unit, house, office, shop or gym? What will be the traffic on the floor?
Will there be noise transfer concerns? Will you be better off using a floating floor or solid floor?
COLOUR
Lighter timber will bring more light into your house, brown may match better with your furniture, otherwise black or a stained floor is lately very much “in”, that is why you adore it.
SIZE
Wide boards (130mm) will suit better to large rooms but they usually shrink more than narrower boards (80mm), therefore you may experience more pronounced opening and closing of gaps in between planks due to a change in humidity.
GRADE
Select grade looks spotless but some people do not like it. For example, you may ask;
“Karl it is too plain, I would like something with more character” therefore
Natural grade shows more character but again some people do not like it:
"Karl, this gum vein is awful, can you putty it up, please? “ This is a very personal decision according to your taste and liking.
Please respect it. Timber is timber!
TERMITE RESISTANCE
There are species which are more resistant than others, for example;
Red Bloodwood, Cypress pine, Grey Box, Forest Gum, Ironbark, White Mahogany,
Red Mahogany, Gympie Messmate, Tallowwood, Blackbutt, Spotted Gum and, White Stringy bark.
The harder is better…
