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A timber floor can be designed or finished to achieve striking or subtle effects, depending on the result required. Its durability makes it well suited to heavy traffic areas such as hallways, entrance areas and family rooms.

Picasso Engineered Timber Flooring

From restaurants and retail stores to hotels and offices, Picasso engineered flooring is the ideal choice where timber flooring is required at an affordable price. Picasso flooring is an engineered floating timber floor system available as a single strip floor. Once installed, Picasso looks and feels like a solid timber floor, but without any of the downsides associated with solid timber installations. Being an engineered product, shrinkage and expansion are virtually eliminated meaning no need for on site acclimitisation. Also, as Picasso is pre-finished, in most cases an average sized room can be completed within one day with no smelly chemicals and no need to move out for three days as would be the case with a traditional polished floor.

Why Picasso Flooring?

We predominatnly use Australian native hardwoods so you will have peace of mind that your floor has been grown for our conditions. As opposed to some other engineered floors, Picasso has a full 3.6mm solid timber wear layer, which is laid up on 11mm structural plywood. Unlike most laminates, the extra thick wear layer means you can sand and re-coat for many years to come without fear of penetrating the substrate.

As timber is a natural product, you should always expect some movement in your floor as the natural environment changes. To minimise the effect of this movement, we have developed a very precise shadow line micro bevel, which not only adds to the beauty of the floor, but also helps to conceal this natural movement.

Picasso Colour Range

	Jarrah Premium joinery from Western Australia ideal for flooring for it's hardness and durability. Opulent reds will add warmth and charm to any room. Only available in 135mm cover.		Brush Box Basic colour theme of Brush Box is chocolate brown, however you will also find tones from pinkish grey through to rich reddish brown. Brush Box is the ideal choice when opulence is on the menu.
	Victorian Ash Slightly softer than the rest of the range, Vic Ash is a perfect match for Tasmanian Oak joinery and ideal where you need to make a small room look larger. Only available in 135mm cover.		Tasmanian Blackwood Colloquially known as "Tassie Blackwood" this species has tones of golden brown often with narrow bands of darker colour. Reddish streaks can sometimes be present making this flooring beautiful in any area. Available in 90mm cover
	Forest Red Gum Reddish brown tones are most prevalent in this species. Like most eucalypts, Red Gum is extremely hard and ideal for active families or even commercial applications. Pinhole and some gum vein are a feature of this species. Available in 90mm & 135mm cover.		Merbau Pale yellows to dark reddish browns with flecks of hellow in the poles of this timber give it a unique look all of its own. Available in 90mm cover
	Jatoba Jatoba completes the colour range with a variety of soft browns through to opulent reds, not dissimilar to Jarrah. Jatoa is hard enough to be used in high traffic areas but still providing the warmth and depth of a rich red floor.		Kempas A striking, distinctive looking floor ranging in colours from reddish browns to yellow pinkish through to tangerine browns. Be sure to see this floor to get the full effect of what this timber can do to any decor. Only available in 90mm & 135mm cover

Solid Timber Floors

Bretts also have an extensive range of solid timber floors available in 19mm for traditional installation over joists, battens or plywood. Standard ranges that are generally readily available include:

• Ironbark
• Australian Beech
• Brush Box
• Spotted Gum
• Blue Gum
• Recycled Hardwood
• Blackbutt
• Tasmanian Oak
• Jarrah
• Karri
• Hoop
• Mixed Reds

In addition to 19mm, they also manufacture a range of 15mm flooring specifically for direct adhesion to concrete slabs. Most timber species are not suitable for this application so the range is not as extensive. Species available include:

• Spotted Gum
• Red Gum
• Blackbutt
• Mixed Reds