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Contents
- Recycled Native Flooring
- Recycled NZ Kauri Flooring
- New NZ Kauri Flooring
- NZ Swamp Kauri Flooring
- Fijian Kauri Flooring
- Rimu Flooring
- Matai Flooring
- Other Recycled Timbers
- New Imported Timbers
- Tongue and Groove or Overlay?
- What is Original Flooring?
Recycled Native Flooring
Recycled native flooring is sourced from old weatherboards, floor joists, or other structural timber found in both residential and commercial demolition sites around New Zealand. Kauri Warehouse machines the recycled timber into flooring - either tongue and groove (T&G) or overlay. Recycled flooring is primarily characterized by nail holes or other defects. It is impossible to say what frequency of nail holes will appear, and the photos below should be used only as an example. Below are prices for our most common recycled natives in the common sizes. Other sizes are available, call us for pricing and availability.
All prices exclude GST and are subject to change without notice.
Discounts may be available for orders with large quantities. Please contact Joe to discuss.
Different computer monitors will show colours differently. To see the real thing, come view these timbers laid in our office floor.
Recycled NZ Kauri Flooring
New Zealand's most famous timber was traditionally found in pre-1920 houses. Golden coloured kauri flooring is always a warm choice.
| 135mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 100mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 85mm x 20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 135mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre | |
| 85mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre |
New NZ Kauri Flooring
| 135mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 85mm x 20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 135mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre | |
| 85mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre |
NZ Swamp Kauri Flooring
Swamp kauri is sourced from ancient logs. It typically has a darker tinge to regular kauri.
| 135mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 100mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 85mm x 20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 135mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre | |
| 85mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre |
Fijian Kauri Flooring
Fijian kauri flooring is a great alternative to NZ kauri, especially if you're looking for a cheaper option. Fijian kauri typically has a pale golden colour, but will be more variable than NZ kauri.
| 150mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 135mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 85mm x 20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 150mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre | |
| 135mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre |
Recycled Rimu Flooring
A beautiful grained timber a rimu floor is the most economical of the recycled natives. Historically, rimu flooring is the most common floor in NZ houses and colour varies from light to dark reddish brown.
| 135mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 100mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 85mm x 20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 135mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre | |
| 85mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre | |
| Wider sizes may be available, call Joe for availability and pricing. | ||
Matai Flooring
With its deep red colour matai flooring is a very popular choice. Recycled matai can be in short supply, but this is supplemented with New Matai sourced from salvaged logs.
| Recycled Matai | ||
| 135mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 100mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 85mm x 20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 135mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre | |
| 85mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre | |
| New Matai | ||
| 135mm x20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
| 85mm x 20mm T&G | POA per square metre | POA lineal metre |
| 135mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre | |
| 85mm x 9mm D4S overlay | POA per square metre | |
Tawa
Recycled tawa is whitish in color and is sold as original flooring. Generally the sizes available range from 80mm x 19mm up to 83mm x 19mm.
| Original flooring | POA per square metre | POA per lineal metre |
Other Recycled Timbers
Railway Sleeper Flooring
Recycled sleeper flooring is available in 2 predominant colours - Reddish brown or Yellowish brown. It is characterized by its rich colouring and very obvious recycled appearance. The flooring is machined out of old railway sleepers into a 14mm overlay, with the profile being either tongue and groove or dressed-four-sides, your choice. During the machining process bolt holes are plugged and during installation cracks and other small holes are filled. Railway sleeper flooring must be laid onto a subfloor, for example concrete, plywood, or particle board .Boards are typically 200mm x 14mm T&G or D4S, and are 2.1 metres long. When ordering, please specify your preference for red or yellow sleepers. The photo on the left shows the red sleeper, as does image one and two. Image three shows the red and yellow sleeper alternating.
Other examples: image one, image two, image three.
| 200mm x 14mm | POA per square metre |
Oregon
Oregon is a North American timber that was imported early last century for use in commercial buildings around Auckland. The timber is characterized by its heavy grain and knotty appearance and often used in North American floors. The picture shows oregon laid into a parquet pattern, but is generally sold in long planks.
| 135mm x 20mm T&G | POA per square metre |
New Imported Timbers
American Oak
American Oak is a very popular floor in North America. It is medium brown in colour with a heavy grain, and of course is well known for being very hard. We sell 2 grades of American Oak: Prime grade and Knotty. Prime grade is mostly clear with occasional knots. Knotty Oak has many large and small knots throughout. The picture on the left shows Knotty Oak.
| Prime Grade | ||
| 180mm x 19mm T&G | POA per square metre | |
| 130mm x 19mm T&G | POA per square metre | |
| 180mm x 9mm D4S | POA per square metre | |
| 130mm x 9mm D4S | POA per square metre | |
| Knotty Oak | ||
| 180mm x 19mm T&G | POA per square metre | |
| 130mm x 19mm T&G | POA per square metre | |
Other timbers are available. Please contact us for more information.
Tongue and Groove or Overlay?
Kauri Warehouse can supply 2 styles of floorboards:
Tongue and Groove
Tongue and Groove is the method used for flooring laid over floor joists. The board is 20mm thick and the tongue and groove stops the individual boards flexing between the floor joists.
Overlay
An overlay floor is installed directly to a concrete or particleboard sub-floor and the boards are glued down directly. Traditionally a 12mm T&G board was used for overlay floors. Kauri Warehouse recommends using a 9mm thick Dressed-Four-Sides (D4S) overlay board. There are several benefits of the 9mm board:
- The 9mm D4S board should last longer than the 12mm T&G board. In future sandings a 12mm T&G board will only have 3-4mm of sanding thickness before reaching the T&G. This is not a problem with the D4S board as there is no T&G to reach, in theory you could sand almost right down to the sub-floor.
- 12mm T&G boards are very delicate. The tongues and grooves break easily.
What is Original Flooring?
Original flooring is a floor board that has been lifted from an existing floor. It has the original tongue and groove and has not been "cleaned up" in any way. Each batch of original flooring is priced individually, because each batch is in variable condition.
