Products - Flooring
Enjoy the warmth of a wooden floor
Austral Plywoods offer a Hoop Pine plywood flooring suitable for clear finishing. The face veneer is a selected “A” grade 2.5mm Hoop Pine veneer. The plywood is manufactured to the AS/NZS 2269-2004 standard and complies with the EWPAA-JAS-ANZ Quality Control Programme.
Hoop Pine flooring has superior strength and stiffness relative to weight, and is easily installed by one person. This enables the floor to be laid efficiently and is very cost effective for those looking for the comfortable feel of a natural plywood floor.
Flooring can be supplied either tongue and grooved, as used in a traditional floor, or square edge for stair treads.
Please note: Do not use appearance grade plywood flooring as a platform during construction. If exposed to the weather, checking of the face will occur. For best results the floor should be laid just prior to finishing. Consult your chosen supplier for expert advice to ensure best results are achieved.
The following table shows the minimum allowable plywood thicknesses for residential flooring applications.
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Important
Oil based stains are not recommended on plywood where the finished job will be subject to close scrutiny. Oil based stains tend to penetrate the face veneer of the plywood and strongly highlight the natural figure in the timber, darkening it considerably. In many applications this may not be desirable. Oil based stains also tend to swell the grain of the surface veneer, again potentially disfiguring the plywood.