Is Spotted Gum expensive?

Is Spotted Gum expensive?

Higher Cost than other Hardwood Options With all this in mind, you probably won’t be surprised at the relatively expensive cost of spotted gum. Among hardwood options like merbau, jarrah, and blackbutt, spotted gum is usually the priciest option.

Is blackbutt or spotted gum better?

Spotted gum, like jarrah and blackbutt, is a good choice for bushfire prone areas. It has greater colour variations than blackbutt, ranging from a pale brown to chocolate brown. Spotted gum is a dense timber that shrinks very little compared with other timbers.

Is oak flooring expensive?

Oak Flooring One of the most popular types of hardwood flooring is oak wood. Red oak flooring will cost about $2 to $6 dollars per square foot, while white oak will cost about $5 to $8 dollars per square foot.

Which type of wooden flooring is best?

Here’s a quick look at the top five kinds of real wood used for hardwood flooring.

• Oak is the most common type of hardwood flooring.
• Cherry wood for a neat look.
• Maple is one of the toughest woods.
• Mahogany for the royal look and feel.
• Go with pine for its softness and affordability.

Is Silvertop ash sustainable?

Decking. Again silvertop ash is a sustainable timber suitable for building decking especially in bushfire prone areas.

What kind of wood is spotted gum flooring?

It is a timber that stains and polishes beautifully providing fora magnificent finish with stunning timber floors. Spotted gum flooring is available in Feature grade, Standard grade or Select grade, and it comes in several sizes including 80x19mm, 130x19mm and 180x21mm.

How big is a pack of spotted gum?

Spotted gum flooring is available in Feature grade, Standard grade or Select grade, and it comes in several sizes including 80x19mm, 130x19mm and 180x21mm. This hardwood timber flooring comes in packs with random lengths usually ranging from 0.9m through to approximately 5.0m.

What’s the colour of spotted gum in NSW?

The colour varies widely between pale straw to chocolate brown, sometimes having an olive green or red tinge. Not only visually impressive, spotted gum is extremely hardy. The NSW variety is a little browner and lighter on average.

What kind of flooring is 19mm solid?

This is equivalent to a ‘feature grade’, ‘high feature grade’ or ‘rustic grade’. 19mm solid strip floorboards are typically suitable for gluing and nailing over joist, battens, plywood, particleboard, or existing timber floors.