Flooring Sydney
Adore Rugs & Flooring supplies and installs flooring across Sydney. Every job starts the same way: we come out, measure the space, look at what is under the existing floor, and quote on what the job actually needs rather than a rate per square metre with the hard parts left off. The measure and quote are free.
Who lays the floor
The same installers do our work week in and week out. They are not a rotating pool of whoever is available. Our lead flooring installer has laid every product we stock, including the ones most crews would rather not quote on: herringbone, glue-down engineered timber, and stairs. Carpet has its own dedicated installer, because carpet is a different trade with different tools and a different unit of measurement.
That matters more than it sounds. Most flooring complaints are not about the boards. They are about a subfloor nobody checked, a stair nosing that does not sit flat, or a transition into a tiled hallway that ends up a centimetre proud.
What actually happens on an install
1. Measure and subfloor assessment
We measure the rooms and check the substrate. On a concrete slab that means checking for moisture and for level. On timber or particleboard it means checking for movement and for squeaks that will still be there afterwards. A floor laid over a bad substrate will fail no matter what you paid for the boards.
2. Preparation
This is where the variation in a quote comes from. Old carpet and underlay have to come up. Tack strips have to come out. Where underlay has perished and bonded itself to the slab it has to be scraped off, which is slow, unglamorous work that many quotes quietly omit. Where the slab is out of level we self-level it. Where a new floor has to finish flush with existing tiles, we build the substrate up to meet them.
3. Laying
Floating floors go down over acoustic underlay with expansion gaps at every wall and fixed object. Glue-down engineered goes down in adhesive with a trowel notch matched to the board. Herringbone is set out from a centre line so the pattern lands square to the room rather than square to a wall that is not straight.
4. Trims and finishing
Scotia or new skirting to cover the expansion gap, door bars at transitions, stair nosings where the floor runs up a staircase. Old floor coverings and offcuts go with us.
A recent Sydney job
A customer wanted carpet replaced with hybrid plank through the downstairs of their home. Two of the downstairs rooms sat lower than the tiled corridor, so the subfloor in both had to be raised to finish flush rather than leaving a lip at every doorway. The old underlay had melted onto the slab and had to be scraped back before anything could be laid. The staircase was clad in the same plank so the timber runs continuously from the ground floor up. All of it was done around the customer's furniture rather than emptying the house.
Product used was EasiPlank Natural Blackbutt. The customer left us a five star review afterwards, which is the only performance measure that counts on a job like that one.
What we install
- Hybrid floating, from 6.5mm up to 10mm, including herringbone
- Laminate floating, 8mm and 12mm, including water-resistant ranges for kitchens and laundries
- Engineered timber, floating or glue-down, including herringbone and chevron
- Vinyl plank and vinyl tile, including looselay and glue-down
- Broadloom carpet, stretched over underlay or direct stick
- Carpet tiles, for offices, gyms and rental properties
We hold ranges from Belgotex, Godfrey Hirst, Preference Floors, HTT Flooring, Terra Mater, Bass Timber, Airlay, Eco Flooring Systems and StoneFloor, so a quote is rarely limited to one brand's answer to your problem.
Where we work
The showroom is at 111 Station Road, Auburn. That is a short run to Sydney Olympic Park and a straight line down Parramatta Road into the city.
We install right through the inner west and across the harbour: Concord, Five Dock, Abbotsford, Drummoyne, Haberfield, Strathfield, Burwood, Balmain, Rozelle, Leichhardt, Hunters Hill, Gladesville, Lane Cove, Mosman and Neutral Bay. Rhodes, Wentworth Point, Newington and Sydney Olympic Park are ten minutes from the showroom door. East of the city we work through Paddington, Surry Hills, Randwick and Kensington.
Our own end of town is covered as well: Auburn, Lidcombe, Granville, Parramatta, Merrylands, Bankstown and Fairfield.
We travel further for larger jobs and for builders we work with regularly. If you are outside that spread, call and ask.
Questions we get asked
How long does an install take?
A single room is usually a day. A standard three bedroom house in hybrid or laminate is two to three days. Add time for subfloor preparation, stairs, or herringbone, all of which are slower than a straight lay.
Do I have to move my furniture?
Not necessarily. We work around furniture regularly, moving it room by room. It adds time, so tell us at the measure and it goes in the quote rather than becoming a surprise on the day.
Do you remove the old floor?
Yes. Carpet uplift, underlay removal and disposal are all things we do and all things we quote for separately, because the effort varies enormously between a carpet that lifts cleanly and one that has bonded to the slab.
My floor is uneven. Is that a problem?
It is a problem if it is ignored. Floating floors need a substrate within tolerance or the boards will flex, the joints will open and the floor will click underfoot. We self-level where it is needed and price that into the quote.
Can you match a new floor to existing tiles?
Yes, by building the substrate up so the finished heights meet. It is the most common request we get in homes where only part of the ground floor is being redone.
Book a measure
Call 02 9166 3980, request a free measure online, or come into the Auburn showroom with your room dimensions and a photo of what is down now. Bring a photo of the room in daylight if you want help matching a colour. The measure and quote cost nothing and come with no obligation to book the work.
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Set the name aside. Ocean Breeze is a mid warm grey-brown, a smooth taupe with soft grain and low contrast, and there is nothing blue or coastal about it. Bass Timber lists the same board as Ossa. If a pale...
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Blackbutt in the 7mm range is a light to mid golden tan with fine straight grain and the dark gum vein streaks that mark the species, and it is a fair likeness: real blackbutt lays pale gold with a faint...
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Barcelona is a pale limed oak, a white-grey board with the grain pulled out in white and a cool, washed finish. It is the paler and more striated of the two whitewashed boards in the 7mm range; Paris is smoother...
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Spotted Gum carries the olive-gold ground and dark streaking that make the species recognisable: the highest-contrast timber look in the 8mm Bass Timber range, and the one with the most going on across a floor. Australians ask for spotted gum...
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Silk Road is the warmest board in the 8mm Bass Timber range: a light apricot-tan with a peachy cast that sets it clearly apart from the greiges and greys around it. It is worth being direct about that warmth, because...
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Ocean Breeze is a light warm sandy gold: a gentle blonde board with soft grain and a coastal cast, warmer than the greiges in the 8mm Bass Timber range without going as golden as Silk Road. Sandy neutrals are among...
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Misty Mountain is a pale cool grey-beige: soft and low in contrast, sitting between the warm neutrals and the true greys in the 8mm Bass Timber range. It is the most versatile of the pale boards here for that reason....
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Lunar Glow is a pale silvery grey with white striation pulled through the grain: the coolest and most distinctly limed-looking board in the 8mm Bass Timber range. The white grain is what gives it character. Where a flat pale grey...
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Glamis is a pale greige with a faint pink undertone: one of the softest boards in the 8mm Bass Timber range, with gentle grain and almost no contrast across the surface. The trace of pink is what separates it from...
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Edenwood is a pale greige-beige, soft, low in contrast and almost exactly balanced between warm and cool, which makes it the most neutral board in the 8mm Bass Timber range. Neutral is the point. A floor with no strong colour...
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Conwy is a mid warm brown with open knots and visible character: the most rustic board in the 8mm Bass Timber range, and the warmest. Knotted boards earn their place practically as much as visually. There is enough movement across...
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Cedar Ridge is a pale grey-white weathered board: one of the lightest in the 8mm Bass Timber range, with soft striation and very little colour, closer to driftwood than to any finished timber. Its job is brightness. A floor this...
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Blackbutt reproduces the pale golden tone of one of Australia's most-specified hardwoods, with a slight olive cast through the grain that gives it a softer, more contemporary reading than a straight honey oak. It is the brightest of the warm...
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Arcadia is the most dramatic board in the 8mm Bass Timber range: a very dark charcoal with a distinctly blue-black cast and strong grain running visibly through it. It is closer to weathered ironbark or smoked oak than to anything...
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Walnut is the darkest board in the 9mm Bass Timber range: a deep chocolate brown with rich grain and real warmth, the traditional choice for a room meant to feel considered rather than casual. Dark floors ground a space and...
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Spotted Gum in the 9mm range carries the olive-gold ground and dark gum veining that make the species unmistakable: the highest-contrast design in this tier, on the largest board we stock. Spotted gum is the timber Australians ask for most...
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Sonoma is a light golden blonde: clean, warm and evenly grained, the brightest of the warm boards in the 9mm Bass Timber range. Blonde floors came back strongly after a decade of grey, and they are more practical than they...
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Mesa is a light warm sandy tan: a gentle desert-toned board with soft grain, warmer than the greiges in the 9mm Bass Timber range and quieter than the golden Sonoma. Warm sandy neutrals are the least regretted floors. Light enough...
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Glamis in the 9mm range is a pale grey-greige: soft and low in contrast, the quietest of the cool-toned boards in this tier. Cool pale floors suit contemporary interiors and apartments: white or off-white walls, pale joinery, black or chrome...
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Conwy in the 9mm range is a mid-dark warm brown with open knots and pronounced grain, richer and deeper than the 8mm Conwy, and the most characterful board in this tier. Rustic mid-brown floors are the most forgiving you can...
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Blackbutt in the 9mm range gives you the pale golden tone of the Australian hardwood on the longest and widest board we stock: 1800 x 230mm. Board size matters more with a light timber look than people expect. Pale floors...
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Alcazar is a pale warm greige: soft, quiet and almost free of pattern, the most understated board in the 9mm Bass Timber range. Plain pale floors are underrated. In a room with patterned furnishings, artwork or busy joinery, a quiet...
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Viennese is the richest board in the 10mm Hybrid Plus range: a deep golden amber with real saturation and flowing grain, closer to oiled timber than to anything pale or greyed. It is the boldest colour choice in this tier...
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Robusta is a pale mauve-greige with a slightly deeper, more grounded tone than the other soft neutrals in the 10mm Hybrid Plus range, still light, but with a little more presence. That extra depth is useful. The very palest boards...
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