http://www.realoakfloors.co.uk/teak_solid_wooden.php About Teak Wood Flooring Teak Wood Flooring comes from the Tectona grandis tree; a hardwood of the family Verbenaceae. Teak is said to be indigenous to India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina and Java. It has been extensively planted for wood or as an ornamental within its natural range and throughout the tropical regions of the world, including East and West Africa, as well as Cuba and the Caribbean, and South America from Panama to Brazil. Teak is a well-known and very good general-purpose wood. Its favourable properties make it suitable for a wide variety of purposes. For the export market Teak is recommended for interior and exterior joinery (windows, solid panel doors, framing) and is used for flooring exposed to light to moderate pedestrian traffic. Teak is a medium-weight timber which is rather soft and has a very characteristic appearance. The heartwood is often dull yellowish when freshly cut but it turns golden brown or sometimes dark greyish-brown after exposure, often streaked greyish or blackish; the sapwood is yellowish-white or pale yellowish-brown and up to 50 mm thick. The wood is oily to the touch, and when freshly cut it has a smell reminiscent of leather. The grain of the wood is straight, wavy or slightly interlocked. Teak is not a wood from tropical rain forests, and indeed, teak cannot grow in rain forests - it is a deciduous tree which grows particularly well in the dry, hilly terrain typical of plantation forests in Southeast Asia. When plantation grown, the tree will attain a height of up to 45m [150ft] with a diameter 1 - 1.5m [3 - 5ft]. It will be ready for harvesting at around 50 - 60 years. If well maintained the tree can produce a clear stem of up to 30m in length giving a high timber yield. The Teak Tree has annual growth rings. It grows quickly in the right conditions and puts on nearly one inch of growth in diameter in four to five years. It can grow up to a height of 45m and a girth of about 4 to 5m in nearly 100 years when its wood is considered fully mature and suitable for any use where along with strength, good looks of the finished product are the main requirement. Teak Wood is considered to be one of the best timbers available anywhere. It weights nearly 20 kg to a cubic foot and its grains show beautiful patterns. It planes easily and takes varnish and polish very well. Teak has many other uses in addition to being an excellent timber. Its wood contains a kind of scented oil which renders any teak product repellent to insects. Real Oak Floors stock and supply a variety of beautiful Solid, Engineered and Laminated flooring options in a range of finishes. Please browse this section and, if there is a product that you need that is not shown here then please contact us (0844 848 6840) as we are able to source more products than we can show here. You may also be interested in real oak floors range of engineered teak flooring. Real Oak Floors 2006 http://realoakfloors.co.uk/media/thumbs/713_Lacquered_Rustic_Oak_Narrow_Plank.jpg http://www.realoakfloors.co.uk/teak_solid_wooden.php http://realoakfloors.co.uk/parquet_blocks_rhodesian_teak.php Individual Parquet blocks pre-sanded but unfinished. Ready to glue down to the subfloor, no sanding required, simply apply the finish of your choice. Dimensions: 228 x 76 x 18mm infor@realoakfloors.co.uk, (Real Oak Floors) http://realoakfloors.co.uk/parquet_blocks_rhodesian_teak.php Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:01:17 +0200 http://realoakfloors.co.uk/solid_zimbabwe_teak_flooring.php Zimbabwe Teak Solid Flooring Zimbabwe Teak solid flooring, unfinished Tandamp;G available in Brown or Savannah. Dimensions 18mm x 100mm x 300 - 1500mm Note As this product is special order only it is sold per pallet and will take between 6-8 weeks for delivery. The mixing of decking and solid flooring in one container is acceptable. infor@realoakfloors.co.uk, (Real Oak Floors) http://realoakfloors.co.uk/solid_zimbabwe_teak_flooring.php Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:04:51 +0200