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Why choose Overlay flooring for your home?
It’s solid timber!
Because it’s solid timber, each board will be unique in colour and feature. A solid timber floor supports biophilic design outcomes. The raw finish timber flooring is supplied in allows you to add different finishes such as stains, oils, solvent and water base finishes to suit your design preferences. Should you choose to remove timber flooring, it can be repurposed or safely recycled.
Can be sanded and recoated multiple times
To give your solid timber floor a new look, it can be sanded and recoated multiple times. Check the set down of the tongue and groove on your overlay flooring, many profiles enable the same number of refinishes as structural timber strip flooring. Your timber floor will have a long service life and can be revitalised by completing a recoat during this.
More cost effective than 19mm solid strip timber flooring
Because it’s machined out of a smaller end section, overlay timber flooring typically comes in at a lower price than 19mm solid strip flooring.
Available Species include (all subject to availability at time of order):
American Oak
Similar in colour and appearance to European oak. The sapwood of American white oak is light coloured and the heartwood is light to dark brown.
Blackbutt
A commonly grown hardwood that has attractive colouring from cream to pale brown and an occasional tinge of subtle pink.
Brushbox
Sought after for its unique properties and aesthetic qualities. A fine and even texture varying from pale pinkish grey to rich reddish brown.
Flooded (Rose) Gum
Prized for its unique, soft rose tones varying from pale pink to soft reds and red browns. It has a straight grain and the occasional natural scribble pattern.
Ironbark
A stunning array of timber hues from pale brown to dark chocolate brown as well as dark red. The grain is usually interlocked, with a moderately coarse surface texture.
NSW Spotted Gum
Popular for its durability and colour variation, the timbers colour ranges from browns to reds in both light and dark hues.
QLD Spotted Gum
A darker species of the spotted gum family with deeper reds and rich browns.
Blue Gum
A well-known east coast timber. It has a straight grain that is sometimes interwoven. Its distinctive colour varies from soft pinks to dark pinks and red toned browns.
Tallowwood
An exceptionally durable hardwood with unique colour and grain structure. It is predominately yellowish brown with a tinge of olive green and beautiful growth rings visible.
Tasmanian Blackwood
Heartwood golden brown, often with narrow bands of darker colour indicative of the growth rings. Sometimes reddish streaks are also present.
Tassie Oak
Heartwood pale to light brown in colour with a pinkish tinge. Sapwood is pale yellow, usually distinguishable from the heartwood. Texture moderately coarse but even. Grain sometimes interlocked. Growth rings visible but not prominent. Gum veins are common.
Wormy Chestnut
Trees are affected by wildfires, years of drought and attack by insects. Deep red gum veins formed by fire, ambrosia beetle marks, pin holes and squiggly worm marks are all evident.
Available Sizes
Overlay Flooring is available in the following sizes:
- 80 x 13mm
- 80-85 x 12mm
- 80-85 x 14mm
- 130-135 x 12mm
- 130-135 x 14mm
- 180-190 x 14mm
(This will be dependent on the mill or supplier)
Overlay flooring is available in a range of timber grades. Each supplier names these grades differently, however we have outlined below the difference between each grade.
Timber Grades
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Select Grade / Prime
This grade is characterised by a clear, consistent appearance with minimal occurrences of natural features such as knots and gum veins.
This option is usually selected by those who are looking for a relatively uniform look with minimal colour variation.
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Standard Grade/ Standard and Better (Medium Feature)
This grade is the best of both worlds. It contains more natural features than the Select grade such as gum veins and knots but is still quite uniform in colour and grain.
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Feature Grade / Rustic Grade / Natural Grade / Classic (High Feature)
This grade has more character than the Select grade. It features more knots, gum veins, borer holes and a larger range of colour variations compared to the higher grades.
It is a more affordable flooring option and a popular choice for those who appreciate the natural beauty of timber.
Timber Flooring at Barwon Timber
