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Planks come in all lengths, widths and finishes. basically, pretty much anything is possible

Multi Plank - What is it and what does it mean?

Multi plank is an engineered type of wooden flooring, most commonly used when installing plank floors (it is becoming more popular with parquet floors also).

Not often will you find solid wood plank floors, one due to cost of production and two, the wood would ‘work’ a lot during the seasons and with the environment of your home. It’s basically not as suitable and can be quite expensive.

Multi plank consists of layers of wood; solid oak (on top) with a thickness of 3 - 6mm and birch wood. The multi layered plywood is much stronger and overall the floor is much heavier making it strong, more stable and longer lasting - the going lifespan of a wooden floor is 7-10 years per mm and so 3mm of oak would give you an average life expectancy of up to 30 years. This figure is very dependant on the quality and type of wood used.

These pieces can come pre-finished with a protective coat of oil in the colour you desire, or as a raw floor in which we would have to treat once the floor has been installed. We can then use varnishes, invisible oils or unique oils which aren’t a standard at the factories in which the flooring is produced.

What Types Of Wooden Planks Are There?

There are many many different types of planks you can choose from for the desired floor style in your home. Below are a few examples with descriptions of come of the choices out there available to you:

Note: All of the below categories are of high quality and only the aesthetics of the wood changes due to the parts of the tree used.

*Styles depend on the choice of wood, mostly examples refer to Oak (Eiken) Planks.

Select ‘Elegance’ - This style of wooden plank is clean, very minimal knots and cracks, modern looking with very little colour variation. The parts of the tree used in this category of floorboards are selected with stricter valuables therefore less is usable making the product a more expensive option. (Note, the wood that isn’t used is passed on to another category and not just wasted)

Rustic A - Healthy knots (filled) up to a maximum size of 35mm - A little more colour variation but pretty much an equal floor with no end cracks allowed

Rustic A/B - A mix grade of Rustic A & B however no sapwood and end cracks allowed.

Rustic B - Healthy knots (filled) up to a maximum size of 60mm (dependant on board width choice) - Colour variation allowed & occasionally a little sapwood permitted with end cracks up to 100mm.

- See preview of categories below:

On top of the above you can have many more styles from Antique to ‘Shrunk’ - Antique being wooden planks from older trees with totally natural knots and cracks filled but not totally. The overall floor is smooth sanded but not entirely flat. Shrunk is similar however the levels on the floorboards range also meaning where each board connects, side and end, will not be the same level. This gives the overall floor a very organic aesthetic.