When it comes to kitchen flooring, homeowners often seek a balance between style and functionality. Engineered timber flooring has emerged as a leading choice for those looking to infuse their kitchens with the natural beauty of wood without compromising on durability and stability. Here's why an engineered timber floor might be the perfect fit for your kitchen.
Enhanced Stability
New Zealand kitchen spaces often experience changes in humidity and temperature. However, engineered timber flooring combats this with a plank construction that resists warping and expansion. Its top layer of natural wood, supported by layers of plywood or high density fibreboard, provides an authentic wood surface with a more stable coreboard. This construction method helps prevent the instability issues, usually associated with traditional solid wood floors, and lets you achieve a beautiful floor with a natural timber surface.
Design Versatility
Engineered timber flooring comes in various styles, such as differing timber grades, colour stains, plank length and width, and wood species like Oak and Eucalyptus. This wide variety of timber flooring style choices gives you the freedom to customise the appearance of your kitchen space.
Cost-Effective and Hassle-Free
Engineered timber flooring offers a hassle-free alternative to traditional solid wood floors. The planks come prefinished, allowing you to walk on your new floor right after installation—no waiting for stains or lacquers to dry.
This process cuts down on time and reduces costs associated with the lengthy finishing process required for traditional solid wood floors. Additionally, engineered timber planks are individually coated within a clean and modern factory, ensuring a perfect finish without the common dust contamination issues that can occur when polyurethane is applied on-site during a home renovation or new build.
The latest timber floor technology
Our newest collections, such as Faro, Amato, Cascada, and Harstena, boast the latest in flooring technology. These ranges offer easy-to-clean coatings and watertight timber surfaces, with a 15-year warranty for wet areas—perfect for kitchens and laundries as they tick the E3/AS1 New Zealand building code requirements for wet areas.
Durability for Daily Use
The kitchen is one of the busiest areas in a home, and quality engineered timber flooring is up to the task. It's surface is designed to endure the daily foot traffic and comes with tough finishes like UV-cured polyurethane for added scratch and stain protection.
Simplified Installation
Engineered timber flooring simplifies installation with user-friendly options like click-lock floating floor systems and glue-down methods. It works well with different subfloors, such as concrete and ply, offering flexibility for any home renovation or new build.
If you opt for a floating floor system, our engineered timber floors can be installed after your kitchen is in place. For glue-down installations, our engineered timber floor will go down before the new kitchen is installed. To ensure a smooth process, we recommend that you contact us first to select your engineered timber floor. We can then coordinate our installation directly with your kitchen maker for the best results and a hassle-free process.
Sustainable Living
Engineered timber flooring uses less solid wood than traditional hardwood floors, making it a more environmentally conscious choice. By choosing one of our engineered timbers, you're opting for a sustainable product that helps preserve our forests.
Key Takeaways
Stable: Resists warping and expansion in humid conditions.
Versatile: Wide range of styles and prefinished options.
Innovative: Watertight surfaces and easy-clean coatings.
Durable: Withstands heavy foot traffic and coatings are resist scratches and stains.
Efficient: Easier to install over various subfloors.
Sustainable: Uses less solid wood, conserving forest resources.
For personalised assistance with selecting the right engineered timber flooring for your kitchen space, contact us at Floorboards or visit our showroom. We are specialists in hard surface flooring and offer supply and installation services for homes in Waikato and the Bay of Plenty.
Hamilton & Waikato
Phone 07 959 1861
Tauranga & Bay of Plenty
Phone 021 977 548
