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Engineered Timber Flooring
Engineered timber floors bring the sophistication and warmth of real timber to a home in a range of unique timber species.
Engineered flooring is designed with a multi-layer construction, providing a durable and stable timber floor that can be easily installed over many surfaces. Available in a range of species including spotted gum, ironbark and oak, engineered flooring is an environmentally sustainable way to achieve the look and feel of solid timber flooring.
Why should you choose engineered flooring for your home?
There are many benefits of installing an engineered timber floor, including:
- It can be glued or ‘floated’ over a level subfloor such as a concrete slab, particleboard or plywood.
- It has similar thickness of ‘wear’ layer as solid flooring.
- It has better dimensional stability compared to solid flooring. The three dimensional setup drastically reduces swelling and shrinking with humidity changes.
- It is ready to use once installed, no on-site finishing necessary.
- It has a great choice of different species, qualities, finishes and colours available.
- It is available in different thicknesses suitable for most build height scenarios.
- Factory applied top coats of up to 7 layers with superior evenness and hardness.
Engineered flooring is available in a range of species, including:
Visit our Showroom to see our full range of flooring options on display. Our Geelong showroom is one of the largest timber flooring showrooms in Victoria.
Natural colours of yellow and light browns, complemented by dark oak grains.
A soft mottled colour that varies from pale grey browns and soft creams to rich chocolate brown.
Engineered timber floors substitute the majority of real wood with stable and affordable plywood, while still maintaining the beautiful appearance and strong protective coat as solid timber.
Overall, engineered timber flooring is a durable, stable, and attractive flooring option that’s eco-friendly and easy to install.
Bosk engineered timber flooring adds warmth and character to your home. This flooring option is exclusive to Barwon Timber and available in two colour options:
- Ryrie: A light-coloured coating and the European Oak grain is a prominent feature.
- Malop: A rich, warm brown coloured coating which shows off the beautiful European Oak grain.
At Barwon Timber, we offer a variety of engineered timber flooring options. You have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of timber colors including light, medium, and dark tones in warm or cool shades. We also provide different widths and thicknesses to suit your budget.
Our engineered flooring can be installed in the traditional plank formation or in stylish patterns such as parquetry or herringbone designs. We recommend visiting our Geelong showroom to see our large range of engineered timber flooring on display.
FAQs
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Engineered timber flooring is made up of a top veneer of solid hardwood, a middle layer of cross glued timber and a back veneer layer, alternatively a base of plywood. The construction of engineered timber makes it more stable than solid timber flooring and less prone to dimensional reaction to moisture.
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Yes. The top layer of an engineered timber board (the lamella or wear layer) is genuine solid wood, usually hardwood, and may be anything from 0.6 to 6mm thick. This means that yes, engineered timber flooring is genuine real timber and will look no different to traditional solid timber flooring.
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Engineered timber flooring comes with a tongue and groove system or a locking system. It is generally glued down to the underfloor but can be installed as a floating floor on a foam or cork underlay.
Engineered timber flooring is generally finished with a factory applied coating and requires no on-site work after installation.
We recommend the installation by a qualified installer.
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Yes. engineered timber flooring is genuine timber and all genuine finished timber is susceptible to scratching, denting and marking. Ask our sales staff to learn how to best maintain your timber flooring for a long life.
For cleaning we recommend a soft broom or microfiber mop to remove dust, and occasional moist mopping with a suitable timber cleaning soap. Do not steam clean or clean with too much water.
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• It is more stable than solid timber flooring, and can even be installed over underfloor heating.
• there are plenty of options to choose from including different thicknesses, making it suitable for areas with height restrictions.
• It uses less of the precious hardwood material.
• It is generally already factory coated and does not require any work after installation.
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Generally, the wear layer of an engineered timber flooring is around 3.5 – 4 mm (although there are plenty of other options), and therefore provides a wear layer not much different to that of a solid floor. Provided the floor was installed glued down, there is no reason why it cannot be sanded back multiple times. It must be noted that a lot of timber floors have bevelled edges or brushed surfaces, which will be lost in the process of sanding.
A lot of the scratches happening over time in a timber floor are sitting in the coating more than the timber itself and a polish may be another option to revive the floor if it looks worn.