Engineered Timber Flooring Construction

Every HARO floor begins with its core. Unlike solid timber, engineered boards are built from three bonded layers — and it is this construction that gives them their remarkable stability.

The top, or 'wear', layer is 3.5mm of hand-graded European oak, carefully selected and finished. Beneath it sits a middle layer of solid spruce, cross-bonded against the grain of the top and bottom layers. Spruce is exceptionally strong, and cross-bonding all but eliminates the swelling and shrinking that affects solid wood. A softwood backing balances the board so it stays flat.

The result is a floor that looks and feels exactly like solid oak, but is far better suited to Australian homes — dimensionally stable, compatible with underfloor heating, and ready to walk on the moment it is laid.