Premium Wood & Timber Flooring for Every Design Vision
Discover engineered timber flooring in a range of stunning styles - from classic plank to timeless herringbone and striking chevron patterns. For a truly unique space, our bespoke wood flooring solutions let you customize every detail.
Want to make a bold design statement? Extend your timber flooring vertically to walls or ceilings, creating seamless, high-end interiors with unmatched warmth and texture.
Wooden floors contribute to a healthy living environment for all of the family, including pets. It is important to keep pet claws trimmed to reduce any abrasion that these can cause. Maintenance products can be applied to all of our floors to reduce the appearance of minor scratches over time.
A properly installed and maintained wooden floor will last for many decades. The main factor in a floor’s lifespan is how thick the wear layer is. We offer flooring with wear layers up to 10mm thick. As a general rule, you can get one sand to every 0.8mm of wear layer. The only flooring that cannot be sanded and refinished is our Parky range. Some people choose to never sand and refinish their floor, which is absolutely fine, it will just show the wear and tear that has accumulated over the years. Every VidaSpace floor comes with VidaCare lifetime service, meaning we will do everything we can to make your floor last a lifetime.
An engineered board is, quite simply, a timber board which consists of more than one layer. By placing each layer so that the grain runs perpendicularly it becomes virtually impossible for the timber to swell or shrink with changes in humidity and so it dramatically increases the stability. The top layer of an engineered board (the lamella) is solid wood and obviously the thicker the surface layer the more times it can be sanded and refinished to remove the ravages of wear; the thickest wear layers are equivalent to those on solid timber boards. The lamella is securely bonded to one or two further layers – this may be a multi-layered plywood or a sandwich with either a softwood or hardwood core. Engineered boards should not be confused with laminate or veneer. Laminate uses an image of wood on its surface whilst veneer uses only a very thin layer of wood over a core of some type of composite wood product, usually fibreboard.Engineered timber is now the most common type of wood flooring used globally and the technology has enabled the production of much wider boards as well as the application of an enormous variety of interesting finishes.
A solid wooden floor is milled form a single piece of wood and is uniform throughout. An engineered floor has a hardwood top layer with cross-laminated layers of timber beneath to add structural stability. This reduces movement and increases stability under exposure to varying temperature and humidity in the environment.
No matter how well seasoned, oiled, waxed or lacquered it may be, wood remains hydroscopic. This means that when the humidity is high it will absorb some of that moisture, swell and rise or ‘crown’ in the middle. If that same piece of timber is placed in a dry environment – as happens when using heating or air conditioning – it will release its moisture, dry out and shrink. Lay pieces of timber side by side in a confined space and those changes in humidity, over time, may well result in them bowing, warping, cupping or gapping – gaps between the planks. This is what can happen with a solid wood floor, wall or ceiling.
Engineered boards are like solid timber planks with lots of benefits:
Timber is a classic and durable material that makes for an excellent floor in any home. It does however have some limitations and you should know that water is its number one enemy. To protect your hardwood flooring and keep it looking great does not have to take over your life. However, making wise decisions about what to install and where to install it, as well as maintaining a level of awareness and diligence once installed, can go a long way towards protecting your investment and preserving the beautiful appearance that drew you to wood flooring in the first place.
Learn more about how to protect your wood floor from water damage
Sunlight and UV exposure is always a concern for any natural products, especially here in New Zealand, where our sun is extremely harsh. Everything inside your home, from the timber floors to the carpet, and the sofa, these are all subject to fading and changing with UV exposure. However, this does not mean we have to shy away from using these products, we learn how to protect them and care for them.
Learn more about Ultraviolet & Heat Exposure Concerns with Timber Flooring
Smoked timber refers to wood that has been subjected to a smoking process, that penetrates the surface of the wood, providing a natural form of preservation by inhibiting the growth of fungi and other microorganisms that cause wood rot. Additionally, smoking can impart unique colours and patterns to the wood, resulting in visually striking pieces with rich, warm tones and interesting grain patterns.
