Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Apr 13, 2016 4:41 pm Hi everyone, I am new to this board and so far have found it so helpful. Just having major dilemma's in choosing timber flooring, tossing up tallowwood, turpentine or spotted gum. Looking at doing strip flooring, not sure of board size yet, we have never had a timber floor so a big change from tiles but always wanted a timber floor. If anyone has had these timbers laid, would love to hear from them about their experiences and photos please? Re: which species of timber flooring, spotted gum, tall or t 4Sep 22, 2016 8:45 pm Spotted gum is so sexy looking!! Qld spotted gum has more colours and variation than the NSW spotted gum - Go for the thicker size - 130mm not 85mm Spotted gum is also a lot stronger than those other 2 u listed Re: which species of timber flooring, spotted gum, tall or t 5Sep 23, 2016 10:41 am We have QLD spotted gum in a room and hallway and jarrah in the rest of the house. I love the jarrah but the spotted gum is far more visually interesting with all the different colours, and the lighter colours glow golden when the sun hits them. Just beautiful. Re: which species of timber flooring, spotted gum, tall or t 6Sep 23, 2016 11:25 am Janka ratings Turpentine 12.0 Spotted Gum 11.0 Tallowwood 8.6 The Janka hardness test measures the hardness of wood. It involves measuring the force required to embed an 11.28 mm (0.444 in) steel ball into wood to half its diameter. This method was chosen so that the result would leave an indention 100 mm² (0.16 sq in) in size. It is one of the best measures of the ability of a wood species to withstand denting and wear. The higher the Janka Rating, the harder the timber is. Re: which species of timber flooring, spotted gum, tall or t 7Oct 10, 2016 2:49 pm Yeah...Spotted gum has my vote Hi We have Hybrid Spotted Gum Hp0995 from carpet call. It turned out to be very dark and rough. Is there any polish or product we can use to make it shinier ? 0 9174 If you're in a flood zone, not only are you dealing with the importation of fill and laying it down in 150 lifts to achieve compaction, you're going to have to consider… 4 5517 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15839 |