Rimu Floor Finishes
A 60 s house with old worn carpet and dated lino which upon further investigation covered a beautiful native rimu timber floor.
Rimu floor finishes. The classic new zealand timber floor. A new zealand made extremely concentrated grain fill slip resistant floor and joinery finish. Bearers were generally 4 x 3 100 x 75 mm and typically installed on the edge. With double the spread rate of normal oils this finish is excellent value.
A lounge with a gorgeous rimu floor finished with a gloss polyurethane. Timber flooring locally sourced indigenous and exotic timbers and hardwoods as well as imported engineered european oak hardwood extend our range of timbers providing a variety of aesthetics and artisan finishes with our beautiful natural timbercare oil. Where bearers were. This project involved careful removal of the asbestos lino and carpet extensive.
Most available and economic. Individual boards may vary in heart content from 30 70 depending on visual appearance. Rimu floor end matched about to have mirrotone finish applied. The tried and true techniques are easy low budget means of quickly transforming furniture walls floors ceilings and nearly any other wood surfaces you can think of.
Also good stocks of original floorboards ex 4 and ex 6. Rimu floor restoration david 2019 07 03t15 35 09 12 00. A lounge with an immaculate rimu floor exposed from beneath old carpet finished with low sheen polyurethane to lessen any scratches showing from the owners dog. Colour rimu is graded to give an average of 50 heart and 50 sap on one face.
We always have good stocks of recycled rimu timber to make into floorboards and overlays. Home finishing sanding rimu floor restoration. The end result is a stunning floor for life. Heart rimu with a particularly high resin content was referred to as shaky heart rimu and was recognised for the additional durability bestowed by the resin.
Before during and after photos of a bedroom with a rimu floor. Floor framing subfloor framing timber included heart rimu miro matai and red beech. Heartwood ideally suites exterior joinery and flooring applications. Rimu wood and matai timber supply.
Regardless of what trends come and go whitewashing and pickling have always been go to ways to add rustic cozy charm to a space. Colour and sap is ideal for furniture and internal finishing s like panelling and moulding. A durable rich satin finish made from plant oils tree resins and waxes high solid timber oil is an easy to apply two to three coat system.