Tasmanian Oak

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Tasmanian Oak Flooring

Origin: Tasmania
Durability: 3
Suitability:
  • Flooring

Tasmanian Oak Flooring

Eucalyptus Obliqua

Tasmanian Oak flooring has a reputation in Australia and internationally as a durable, stable and attractive product. Tasmanian
Oak is a warm, dense and resilient timber. As a flooring choice, Tasmanian Oak is without peer.

Harvested from the sustainably-managed and PEFC certified temperate forests of the north-west region of the state, Tasmanian Oak’s light shades of pale straw to light brown make it a favourite with architects, builders and designers who are looking to inject a modern, crisp feel to their building and design projects.

Tasmanian Oak flooring is machined and dried at Britton’s state-of-the-art Tasmanian mill to ensure hard-wearing and high impact resistance which makes it particularly suitable where durability and strength are paramount.

Board Widths

Up to 160mm (wider boards on request)

Covers

12mm Overlay – 65×12,85×12,108×12,133×12

Secret Nailing, End-Matched

65×19,65×21,85×19,108×19,133×19,160×19

Suitability:

  • Flooring
Density (kg/m3 dry)780
Specific Gravity0.78
Modulus of Rupture (MPa dry)118
Modulus of Elasticity (GPa dry)15
Radial Shrinkage % 3.5
Tangential Shrinkage %6.5
Hardness (Janka) (kN)7
FinishGood
StabilityGood
Sapwood Lyctid SusceptibleYes
MachiningGood
Resistance to Split in NailingGood
Resistance to Split in ScrewingGood
GluingGood
Growing Regiontas
AvailabilityWidely

Tasmanian Oak

Origin: Tasmania
Durability: 3
Suitability:
  • Cabinets
  • Flooring
  • Furniture
  • Joinery
  • Staircase

Tasmanian Oak

Eucalyptus Obliqua

Heartwood pale to light brown in colour with a pinkish tinge. Sapwood is pale yellow, usually distinguishable from the heartwood.

Texture moderately coarse but even. Grain sometimes interlocked.

Growth rings visible but not prominent. Gum veins are common.

Also known as Messmate

Suitability:

  • Cabinets
  • Flooring
  • Furniture
  • Joinery
  • Staircase
Density (kg/m3 dry)780
Specific Gravity0.78
Modulus of Rupture (MPa dry)118
Modulus of Elasticity (GPa dry)15
Radial Shrinkage % 3.5
Tangential Shrinkage %6.5
Hardness (Janka) (kN)7
FinishGood
StabilityGood
DurableNo
Sapwood Lyctid SusceptibleYes
MachiningGood
Resistance to Split in NailingGood
Resistance to Split in ScrewingGood
GluingGood
Growing Regiontas
AvailabilityWidely