Engineered timber is a popular choice of floor covering used in Adelaide homes as it is environmentally friendly, hard wearing, stable and quick to install. It combines the beauty and elegance of real timber with innovative engineering technology to provide an outstanding product at an economical price.
Engineered timber floating floors offer a great range of beautiful timbers and configurations while combining the natural look and characteristics of timber with engineered precision and minimal disruption to your Adelaide home.
AP Timber Floors carry the highly trusted and top quality range of Quickstep Readyflor engineered timber floating floors, along with other leading brand engineered floors designed to meet a range of budgets. This large range is made with the finest Australian and overseas hardwood timbers using environmentally friendly resources. A wide variety of species are available, including Blackbutt, Spotted Gum, Tasmanian Oak, Sydney Blue Gum, White Oak and Merbau.
These boards are engineered in layers - 4mm solid hardwood top layer, 8mm solid hardwood core and a 2mm timber bottom layer ensuring optimal dimensional stability. Engineered timber is a floating floor construction, meaning the floorboards lock together securely with the patented Uniclic profile to form a platform that simply sits over a sub floor under its own weight without the use of adhesive or nails.
As timber is hygroscopic it can be prone to expand or contract due to uptake or shedding of moisture due variations in humidity. Adelaide experiences huge seasonal variations in humidity, which can exacerbate timber movement, but due the construction of engineered timber any movement due to Adelaide's climatic extremes is greatly minimised.
Quickstep Readyflor Engineered Timber is factory pre-finished with 7 coats of tough S.R.T. UV cured, German made, urethane coatings, giving maximum resistance to wear and tear. Engineered timber can be re-sanded and re-finished as necessary, in the same way as traditional solid timber.
A special 2mm thick closed cell foam underlay with added vapour barrier is laid under the floating floor which helps absorbs sound and softens the feel to walk on. Quietstep acoustic underlay is also available which reduces sound even more.
Quickstep Readyflor is an innovative flooring solution that is backed by a Lifetime Structural Warranty and is also less expensive than traditional timber flooring, so it is the perfect choice for those on a budget.
At AP Timber Floors, with our own team of qualified installers, we are Adelaide's premium suppliers and installers of Quickstep quality engineered timber flooring. Call us now to arrange a free measure and quote. Call AP Timber Floors on 8333 2999.