The EuroPlank Brand
EuroPlank are home to range of high-quality engineered timber flooring solutions, designed to bring your home or business environment to life, and precisely manufactured to ensure your satisfaction for decades.
EuroPlank’s constant focus towards product development, ensures that you can enjoy the very latest in design and interior styling in your home, office or retail space.
Our in-house interior designers will inform you of the latest design trends that will stand the test of time. When using natural wood you will add value to your home that will never wain.
In the EuroPlank Collection you will find a huge variety of different floors, each with their own unique characteristics, created by a combination of nature and our craftsmen.
Learn more about the key features and benefits of the EuroPlank range of wooden, pre-finished hardboards, available throughout New Zealand.
Visit our Auckland showroom to view samples today.
EuroPlank Certifications
Home is a place where you spend a lot of time; you sleep, raise kids and grow old. No matter at what stage in life you are we all want to feel safe, calm and be able to relax at home.
We offer a CE certified product (EN 14342, No. 277048) with a 30 year warranty.
The Unilin-Loc-System is easy to install with perfect results. It also has a stable multilayer construction with a 2 layer surface to provide even more strength and stability. By buying products with the FSC label you are supporting the growth of responsible forest management worldwide.
View RangeOne Strip Floor
The surface layer of every 1-strip board is sawn from a single piece of wood. The natural appearance of the wood, with knots and variations in the colour and grain, is truly reflected in 1-strip flooring.
However, for some of our 1-strip floors, we have especially selected wood to achieve little variation in colour and a minimum of knots, so that you can find a floor which suits your style.
Hard Facts
By their very nature, different wood species have different levels of hardness. The hardness is measured using the Brinell method. This involves pressing a 10mm diameter steel ball against the parquet surface with prescribed force and duration. The resultant indentation is then measured, and the Brinell value is calculated. The harder the wood, the higher the Brinell value. (The structure of wood means there can be variations, but the specified value is the average, taken from a large number of measurements.)
Which surface do you prefer?
Satin Matt Lacquer
Silk matt lacquer makes the floor very hardwearing and easier to clean. Our silk matt lacquer also complements the wood’s character by accentuating its natural living structure and natural beauty.
Matt Lacquer
Our matt lacquer almost gives the impression that the floor is completely untreated bare wood, or treated with natural oil. The soft-to-touch natural surface is incredibly tactile and pleasing underfoot. Matt lacquer is as hardwearing and easy to maintain as silk matt lacquer..
Bevel Edge
Bevelling the edges of a i-strip floorboard accentuates its plank shape quite dramatic, a stronger bevel on all edges is a design features that give the floor a rustic and distinct look.
Micro Bevel Edge
Bevelling the edges of a i-strip floorboard accentuates its plank shape. A micro-bevel edge gives a slight accentuation of the edge using sandpaper on all edges, which is a design features that give the floor a more distinct look.
Soft Brushed
Brushing the surface highlights the natural structure of the grain and creates additional texture. Brushing is usually accompanied by other surface treatments, such as a bevelled finish and a coloured stain or glaze.
Square Edge
Square edges will give the floor a very even and soft look, where the edges of the i-strip floor are barely visible.
Europlank Installation
Preparation
Store the boards in their packaging and open them as you need them. Read the instructions carefully before laying. EuroPlank-floorings parquet is laid as a floating floor without being attached to the subfloor. Glue is normally not used. The sub-floor must be dry, flat and firm. Remove fitted carpets.
Underfloor Heating
EuroPlank-flooring can be installed over radiant heat provided that the heating system gives an efficient and even heat distribution over the whole floor. The surface temperature of the floor must never exceed 27°C wherever you measure on the floor (under carpets, under furniture etc.).
Beech and Hard Maple parquet swells and shrinks more than other types of wood. Underfloor heating causes increased drying and this may result in extra shrinkage. If the climate is cold and dry, such as in Scandinavia, gaps between planks could occur.
Check the Sub-Floor is Level
This is easy to check with a straight edge with a measured length of 2 m or 0.25 m. Over a measured length of 2 m the deviation must not be larger than ± 3 mm.
If a 0.25 mm straight edge is used the maximum deviation should not exceed 1.2mm. Any deviation greater than the maximum quoted must be corrected before installation can take place.
Humidity Testing
The Relative Humidity in the room must not exceed 60 %. If the RH is less than 30 % there is an increased risk of the planks becoming concave. Both the room and the planks should be heated to at least 18°C.
Parquet floors should not be exposed to moisture and must be protected against moisture from the sub-floor with a moisture barrier. We recommend that a 0,2 mm thick age-resistant polythene sheet be installed with a 200 mm overlap on adjacent sheets.
It is essential that a vapour barrier is installed on sub-floors constructed of newly-cast concrete joists, lightweight concrete joists, concrete joists that bear directly on ground, crawl space foundation or underfloor heating systems. If the relative humidity is over 95%, flooring must not be installed.
Flooring Underlay
Lay an underlay on top of the vapour barrier to reduce the sound of footsteps. Use 2-3 mm, good quality polythene foam plastic or flooring paper. The intermediate layer is installed edge to edge with no overlap.
Expansion Gap
The floor should be installed along the length of the room. The floor will move as the humidity varies and an expansion gap must be provided between the wall and the floor. It must be at least 1.5 mm for each metre of floor width including any fixed objects (walls, door frames, pillars, stairs etc.).
Example: If your room is 10 m in width, the expansion gap should be at least 15 mm (10 x 1.5 = 15) all around the floor. Rooms up to 12 m in width and 36 m in length can be installed in one mass. Floors should be divided between rooms. Cover the expansion gap with a T moulding.
All skirting boards or other mouldings must be at least 50 % thicker than the expansion joint. Example: If you have calculated that you need an expansion gap of 10 mm you will need a skirting of at least 15 mm this will ensure that any shrinkage in the floor will not leave a gap between the floor and the skirting board.
Laying EuroPlank Flooring with the Uniclic System
Once you’ve chosen your dream EuroPlank floor, you’ll want it installed as quickly as possible and with as little hassle as possible. The uniclic system ensures this.
First calculate how many floor boards you will need in the width of the room. If the last row of boards will be narrower than 30 mm you should cut the first row to leave the start and finish boards at same width. When installing EuroPlank-flooring with mechanical joint, it is easiest to start the installation on the long-wall with the most doors. If there are doors on the short side of the room, begin each plank row at these. The boards can be laid from both left or right as well as backwards.
- Start in a corner and work from left to right with the long under-lip facing towards the room. It is easier to adjust the distance to the wall when 3 rows have been installed.
- Press the next floor plank at an angle against the first one and lay down. Continue in the same way along the length of the first row.
- Cut the last plank in the first row to the correct length and begin the next row with the piece that is left over. The planks end joints must be staggered by at least 500 mm.
- Press the floor plank at an angle against the plank in front. Tap lightly with a block while carefully pressing down the plank at the same time.
- Press in the next plank’s short end at an angle at the same time as you lift the previously laid board’s short end at least 25 mm (short end first and then longside).
- Tap lightly with the block at the same time as you hold the long side up to make the joint tight. Thereafter press gently on the boards at the same time as you tap, to make the board fall easier into place.
- It is sometimes easier to adjust the distance to the wall when 3 rows have been laid. Put spacers between the floor and the wall.
EuroPlank is Sustainable Timber Flooring
Our forest footprint is up to 10 times less than other engineered wood flooring manufacturers.
This is because 75% of the boards construction is made using fast growing hardwood, which translates into far less old-growth trees harvested per square meter of flooring that we produce.
visit our showroomPlantation Hardwood
Our fast-growing plantation hardwood trees, which are used to produce the core construction grow up to 25 meters tall within a 6-10 year harvest cycle. Most solid wood flooring products are constructed of 100% old-growth hardwood trees, which require 60-100 years per harvest cycle.
Plantation hardwoods are grown on tree farms, not at the expense of natural forest. Many of our plantations were originally developed as government mandated erosion-control programs and contribute to a more stable, enriched habitat and healthier air quality.
We actively support forestry management and illegal-logging ban initiatives in pursuit of protecting our industry from illegal and unfair business practices at the expense of one of earth’s most precious resources. We are members of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and our factory is FSC certified (certificate# SGS-COC-2901) to produce FSC certified flooring.
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Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing
As an ISO 14001 factory (Certificate # -SGS CH05/0169), we are among a very select group of wood flooring manufacturers which meet the most stringent environmental management standards.
Our factory undergoes annual independent audits which monitor our impact on surrounding habitats (air, water & land) and improvements thereof.
Quality Control
As an ISO 9001 factory (certificate #-SGS CN04/0077), we adhere to the quality standards and are constantly improving our product quality specifications and manufacturing processes, which are independently audited on an annual basis.
This translates into a more consistent product, lower defect rates, and less wasted material.
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