{"title":"Swish Native Australian Hardwood Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eSwish Native is engineered flooring with a genuine Australian hardwood wear layer rather than European oak. Two species, Blackbutt and Spotted Gum, each offered in three grades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe grade names mislead almost everyone, so it is worth being precise. Natural, Neat and Select read like colour names and are nothing of the sort. They describe how much natural feature the boards carry, not what shade they are. Put a Neat pack beside a Natural pack and the colour family is identical. What differs is how much is going on in the timber.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatural is the ABCD grade with the full range of knots, gum vein and board-to-board variation, on a 189mm board. Neat is a cleaner ABC grade on a narrower 136mm board, with the heaviest gum vein and largest knots filtered out before the pack is made up. Both carry a 3mm hardwood wear layer. Select is the tidiest of the three and comes with a 2mm wear layer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne trade-off runs the opposite way to what people expect: a cleaner floor shows an individual scratch a little more plainly than a busy one, because there is less going on to absorb it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe engineered core is what lets Australian hardwood go over a concrete slab or into an apartment where a solid strip floor would be difficult, and it moves far less with seasonal humidity than solid hardwood of the same width. Micro-bevelled edges, tongue and groove, glued down or floated. E1 emissions under 5ppm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is still timber, so the boards must be delivered and acclimatised in the room before installation. Australian hardwoods deepen and warm over the first year or two. Sydney supply and install, supply only, or bring your own installer.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"swish-native-hardwood-blackbutt-natural-14-3mm-australian-hardwood-flooring","title":"Blackbutt Natural - 14\/3mm Swish Native Australian Hardwood Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eNatural is a grade, not a shade, and in Blackbutt it is the most feature-rich of the three. The swatch shows the colour you would expect from the species, a pale honey blonde with a soft pinkish-tan cast and fine, mostly straight grain, but at ABCD grade the boards are allowed to carry everything the tree gave them: tight knots, fine gum vein and visible differences in tone from one board to the next. Alongside Blackbutt Neat and Blackbutt Select the colour is broadly the same; what sets this one apart is that nothing has been filtered out. It is also the widest board in the range at 189mm, which shows that character off at scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrade is the single most important thing to understand in this range, and it is easy to miss because Natural, Neat and Select sound like colours. They are not. All three of a given species come from the same timber and land in much the same colour family; what changes is how much feature the boards are allowed to carry: knots, gum vein, colour variation between boards and small natural markings. Eco Flooring Systems publish this board as an ABCD grade veneer, which is the full-feature end of the range: nothing is screened out, so you get the whole spread of the species. Neat is published as a cleaner ABC grade, which excludes the busiest boards, and Select is the calmer, narrower option again. Choosing between them is choosing how loud you want the timber to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA full-feature floor is the practical choice for a house that gets used. Knots, vein and tonal variation do an excellent job of hiding the scratches, sand and scuffs that accumulate in hallways, kitchens and around pets and children, and Blackbutt's pale honey base keeps rooms feeling light while it does so. The 189mm width suits open-plan living and larger rooms, where a wide board makes the space read generously; in a narrow hallway or a small bedroom, the 136mm Neat or Select boards will look better proportioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is what you are actually buying. Swish Native Hardwood is an engineered board, not a solid one: a wear layer of Australian Blackbutt bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, which is why the specification is written as 14\/3mm (3mm hardwood wear layer) rather than as a single figure. This board runs 189mm wide by 1900mm long with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile, packs cover 2.155 m² over six boards, and it can be glued down or floated over underlay. The engineered core is the reason it can be laid over concrete slabs and in apartments where a solid strip floor would be difficult, and it moves far less with seasonal humidity than solid hardwood of the same width. It is still timber, though, so it must be delivered and acclimatised in the room before installation. That step is not optional on engineered boards any more than it is on solid ones. Emissions are rated E1 at less than 5ppm, and the supplier product code for this board is BB189NS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEco Flooring Systems source the timber for this range from responsibly managed forests, and using Australian species means the hardwood underfoot has not been shipped across the world before it reaches your floor. Engineering the board also stretches that hardwood a long way, concentrating it in the layer you actually walk on. Remember that every board of a natural timber floor is different and that all timber shifts tone as it ages under light. Australian hardwoods in particular tend to deepen and warm over the first year or two. That is the character you are paying for rather than a flaw, but it does mean you should hold a physical sample in your own room rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Native Hardwood by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour \/ grade: Blackbutt Natural\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Engineered timber floor with an Australian Blackbutt wear layer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/3mm (3mm hardwood wear layer)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard width: 189mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard length: 1900mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVeneer grade: ABCD grade (full feature)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdge detail: Micro-bevelled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfile: Tongue \u0026amp; Groove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstallation: Glue down or floating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 2.155 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code: BB189NS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122640330977,"sku":"SNHWBlackbuttNatural","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/Blackbutt-136x14-3-Swatch-scaled.jpg?v=1789427461"},{"product_id":"swish-native-hardwood-blackbutt-neat-14-3mm-australian-hardwood-flooring","title":"Blackbutt Neat - 14\/3mm Swish Native Australian Hardwood Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eNeat is the middle grade of the Swish Native Hardwood range, and choosing it over Blackbutt Natural is a decision about feature rather than colour. The swatch shows the same pale honey blonde with its soft warm-pink undertone and fine straight grain, but the overall read is calmer: fewer and smaller knots, less gum vein and noticeably less tonal jump from board to board. Put a Neat pack next to a Natural pack and the colour family is identical. What differs is how much is going on. It also comes on a narrower 136mm board than Natural's 189mm, which tightens the look further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is worth being precise about what Neat means, because Natural, Neat and Select read like colour names and are nothing of the sort. They are grades: a description of how much natural feature the boards carry, not what shade they are. Eco Flooring Systems publish Neat as a clean ABC grade veneer, one step tidier than the ABCD grade used for Natural. In practice that means the boards with the heaviest gum vein, the largest knots and the strongest colour swings are filtered out before the pack is made up. The timber is the same species and broadly the same colour family; you are simply turning the volume down on the feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the grade to choose when you want a timber floor that behaves like a background rather than a feature. Calm blonde hardwood on a 136mm board suits apartments, smaller rooms, hallways and any interior where joinery, stone or art is meant to carry the scheme. It still carries the full 3mm hardwood wear layer that Natural does, so you are not trading durability for tidiness, only feature. The trade-off worth knowing is the other way round: a cleaner floor shows individual scratches a little more plainly than a busy one does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is what you are actually buying. Swish Native Hardwood is an engineered board, not a solid one: a wear layer of Australian Blackbutt bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, which is why the specification is written as 14\/3mm (3mm hardwood wear layer) rather than as a single figure. This board runs 136mm wide by 1900mm long with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile, packs cover 1.55 m² over six boards, and it can be glued down or floated over underlay. The engineered core is the reason it can be laid over concrete slabs and in apartments where a solid strip floor would be difficult, and it moves far less with seasonal humidity than solid hardwood of the same width. It is still timber, though, so it must be delivered and acclimatised in the room before installation. That step is not optional on engineered boards any more than it is on solid ones. Emissions are rated E1 at less than 5ppm, and the supplier product code for this board is BB136N143.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEco Flooring Systems source the timber for this range from responsibly managed forests, and using Australian species means the hardwood underfoot has not been shipped across the world before it reaches your floor. Engineering the board also stretches that hardwood a long way, concentrating it in the layer you actually walk on. Remember that every board of a natural timber floor is different and that all timber shifts tone as it ages under light. Australian hardwoods in particular tend to deepen and warm over the first year or two. That is the character you are paying for rather than a flaw, but it does mean you should hold a physical sample in your own room rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Native Hardwood by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour \/ grade: Blackbutt Neat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Engineered timber floor with an Australian Blackbutt wear layer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/3mm (3mm hardwood wear layer)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard width: 136mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard length: 1900mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVeneer grade: Clean ABC grade (reduced feature)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdge detail: Micro-bevelled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfile: Tongue \u0026amp; Groove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstallation: Glue down or floating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 1.55 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code: BB136N143\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122640363745,"sku":"SNHWBlackbuttNeat","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/Blackbutt-136x14-3-Swatch-scaled_fcb79d4b-53fb-4202-90f7-e96f27b5eda2.jpg?v=1789427462"},{"product_id":"swish-native-hardwood-blackbutt-select-14-2mm-australian-hardwood-flooring","title":"Blackbutt Select - 14\/2mm Swish Native Australian Hardwood Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eLook past the word Select and check the specification, because in this range it signals two things at once. On colour, the swatch is the familiar Blackbutt palette, warm blonde with a pinkish-tan cast and fine straight grain, with a light scattering of fine gum vein and gentle board-to-board variation, sitting at the calmer end of the range alongside Blackbutt Neat rather than the full-feature Blackbutt Natural. On construction, this is the only Blackbutt board here built as 14\/2mm rather than 14\/3mm, so the hardwood wear layer is 2mm instead of 3mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo things change when you move to Select, and only one of them is grade. Natural, Neat and Select are grades rather than colours. They describe how much knot, gum vein and board-to-board colour variation the floor carries, not what shade it is. Select sits at the calmer end alongside Neat rather than at the full-feature end where Natural sits. The second change is construction: Select is built as a 14\/2mm board, with a 2mm hardwood wear layer, where both Natural and Neat carry 3mm. That makes Select the entry point into the range. The surface is the same genuine Australian hardwood, but a thinner wear layer can be resanded fewer times over the life of the floor, and we are not going to quote a number for that because it depends entirely on the installer and how much material each pass removes. In fairness, one note on the supplier's own published grade text for Select: it duplicates the wording used for Neat, so we have described the grade from the specification and the physical swatch rather than repeat a line we cannot stand behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most homes that distinction matters less than it sounds. A 2mm Australian hardwood surface on a 136mm board wears the same way day to day, takes the same care and looks the same underfoot; the difference only shows up if and when a future owner wants the floor machine-sanded back. If you expect to resand more than occasionally over the decades, Neat or Natural with their 3mm layers are the better long-term buy. If you want genuine Australian Blackbutt in a quiet grade and a well-proportioned width, this is the sensible starting point in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is what you are actually buying. Swish Native Hardwood is an engineered board, not a solid one: a wear layer of Australian Blackbutt bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, which is why the specification is written as 14\/2mm (2mm hardwood wear layer) rather than as a single figure. This board runs 136mm wide by 1900mm long with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile, packs cover 1.55 m² over six boards, and it can be glued down or floated over underlay. The engineered core is the reason it can be laid over concrete slabs and in apartments where a solid strip floor would be difficult, and it moves far less with seasonal humidity than solid hardwood of the same width. It is still timber, though, so it must be delivered and acclimatised in the room before installation. That step is not optional on engineered boards any more than it is on solid ones. Emissions are rated E1 at less than 5ppm, and the supplier product code for this board is BB136F142.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEco Flooring Systems source the timber for this range from responsibly managed forests, and using Australian species means the hardwood underfoot has not been shipped across the world before it reaches your floor. Engineering the board also stretches that hardwood a long way, concentrating it in the layer you actually walk on. Remember that every board of a natural timber floor is different and that all timber shifts tone as it ages under light. Australian hardwoods in particular tend to deepen and warm over the first year or two. That is the character you are paying for rather than a flaw, but it does mean you should hold a physical sample in your own room rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Native Hardwood by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour \/ grade: Blackbutt Select\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Engineered timber floor with an Australian Blackbutt wear layer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/2mm (2mm hardwood wear layer)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard width: 136mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard length: 1900mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVeneer grade: Cleaner, low-feature grade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdge detail: Micro-bevelled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfile: Tongue \u0026amp; Groove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstallation: Glue down or floating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 1.55 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code: BB136F142\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122640396513,"sku":"SNHWBlackbuttSelect","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/Blackbutt-136x14-2-Swatch-scaled.jpg?v=1789427462"},{"product_id":"swish-native-hardwood-spotted-gum-natural-14-3mm-australian-hardwood-flooring","title":"Spotted Gum Natural - 14\/3mm Swish Native Australian Hardwood Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpotted Gum is the most colour-variable timber in this range, and the Natural grade lets every bit of that variation through. The swatch is a warm mid golden-brown with strong caramel and orange lights, streaks of near-chocolate running through some boards and a genuinely wide spread of tone from one board to the next, far more movement than any of the Blackbutt options show. At ABCD grade the gum vein, knots and darker heartwood boards are all present rather than filtered out. On the 189mm width, that variation reads as a rich, restless floor with real depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrade is the single most important thing to understand in this range, and it is easy to miss because Natural, Neat and Select sound like colours. They are not. All three of a given species come from the same timber and land in much the same colour family; what changes is how much feature the boards are allowed to carry: knots, gum vein, colour variation between boards and small natural markings. Eco Flooring Systems publish this board as an ABCD grade veneer, which is the full-feature end of the range: nothing is screened out, so you get the whole spread of the species. Neat is published as a cleaner ABC grade, which excludes the busiest boards, and Select is the calmer, narrower option again. Choosing between them is choosing how loud you want the timber to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a floor with opinions, so give it room. Wide, high-variation Spotted Gum looks magnificent in large open-plan living areas, extensions and homes with plenty of natural light, where there is enough floor for the colour movement to resolve into a pattern rather than look random. It pairs strongly with white and off-white walls, black steel, stone and leather. In a small room, or under heavily figured joinery, it can compete. Spotted Gum Neat on the narrower 136mm board is the calmer answer there. The busy surface does hide everyday wear exceptionally well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is what you are actually buying. Swish Native Hardwood is an engineered board, not a solid one: a wear layer of Australian Spotted Gum bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, which is why the specification is written as 14\/3mm (3mm hardwood wear layer) rather than as a single figure. This board runs 189mm wide by 1900mm long with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile, packs cover 2.155 m² over six boards, and it can be glued down or floated over underlay. The engineered core is the reason it can be laid over concrete slabs and in apartments where a solid strip floor would be difficult, and it moves far less with seasonal humidity than solid hardwood of the same width. It is still timber, though, so it must be delivered and acclimatised in the room before installation. That step is not optional on engineered boards any more than it is on solid ones. Emissions are rated E1 at less than 5ppm, and the supplier product code for this board is SG1889NS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEco Flooring Systems source the timber for this range from responsibly managed forests, and using Australian species means the hardwood underfoot has not been shipped across the world before it reaches your floor. Engineering the board also stretches that hardwood a long way, concentrating it in the layer you actually walk on. Remember that every board of a natural timber floor is different and that all timber shifts tone as it ages under light. Australian hardwoods in particular tend to deepen and warm over the first year or two. That is the character you are paying for rather than a flaw, but it does mean you should hold a physical sample in your own room rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Native Hardwood by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour \/ grade: Spotted Gum Natural\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Engineered timber floor with an Australian Spotted Gum wear layer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/3mm (3mm hardwood wear layer)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard width: 189mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard length: 1900mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVeneer grade: ABCD grade (full feature)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdge detail: Micro-bevelled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfile: Tongue \u0026amp; Groove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstallation: Glue down or floating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 2.155 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code: SG1889NS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122640429281,"sku":"SNHWSpottedGumNatural","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/SPG-189x14-3-Swatch-scaled.jpg?v=1789427463"},{"product_id":"swish-native-hardwood-spotted-gum-neat-14-3mm-australian-hardwood-flooring","title":"Spotted Gum Neat - 14\/3mm Swish Native Australian Hardwood Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf Spotted Gum appeals but the full ABCD spread feels too busy, Neat is the answer. The swatch keeps the species' warm golden-brown character and its caramel lights, but the extremes are pulled in: fewer near-chocolate boards, less gum vein and a much narrower colour range from board to board than Spotted Gum Natural shows. It is still obviously Spotted Gum and still considerably warmer and more golden than any of the Blackbutt decors. It simply behaves itself. The 136mm board width reinforces that, giving a tidier, more regular floor than the 189mm Natural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is worth being precise about what Neat means, because Natural, Neat and Select read like colour names and are nothing of the sort. They are grades: a description of how much natural feature the boards carry, not what shade they are. Eco Flooring Systems publish Neat as a clean ABC grade veneer, one step tidier than the ABCD grade used for Natural. In practice that means the boards with the heaviest gum vein, the largest knots and the strongest colour swings are filtered out before the pack is made up. The timber is the same species and broadly the same colour family; you are simply turning the volume down on the feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalmer Spotted Gum is a good fit for apartments, hallways, bedrooms and any room where the floor needs to bring warmth without dominating. It works with warm neutral walls, brass and bronze fittings, linen and wool, and it is a sound match for homes that already have older Australian hardwood elsewhere, since it sits in a similar tonal family without shouting over it. Like Blackbutt Neat, it carries the full 3mm hardwood wear layer, so the tidier grade costs you nothing in longevity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is what you are actually buying. Swish Native Hardwood is an engineered board, not a solid one: a wear layer of Australian Spotted Gum bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, which is why the specification is written as 14\/3mm (3mm hardwood wear layer) rather than as a single figure. This board runs 136mm wide by 1900mm long with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile, packs cover 1.55 m² over six boards, and it can be glued down or floated over underlay. The engineered core is the reason it can be laid over concrete slabs and in apartments where a solid strip floor would be difficult, and it moves far less with seasonal humidity than solid hardwood of the same width. It is still timber, though, so it must be delivered and acclimatised in the room before installation. That step is not optional on engineered boards any more than it is on solid ones. Emissions are rated E1 at less than 5ppm, and the supplier product code for this board is SG136N143.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEco Flooring Systems source the timber for this range from responsibly managed forests, and using Australian species means the hardwood underfoot has not been shipped across the world before it reaches your floor. Engineering the board also stretches that hardwood a long way, concentrating it in the layer you actually walk on. Remember that every board of a natural timber floor is different and that all timber shifts tone as it ages under light. Australian hardwoods in particular tend to deepen and warm over the first year or two. That is the character you are paying for rather than a flaw, but it does mean you should hold a physical sample in your own room rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Native Hardwood by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour \/ grade: Spotted Gum Neat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Engineered timber floor with an Australian Spotted Gum wear layer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/3mm (3mm hardwood wear layer)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard width: 136mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard length: 1900mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVeneer grade: Clean ABC grade (reduced feature)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdge detail: Micro-bevelled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfile: Tongue \u0026amp; Groove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstallation: Glue down or floating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 1.55 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code: SG136N143\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122640462049,"sku":"SNHWSpottedGumNeat","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/SPG-136x14-3_Swatch-scaled.jpg?v=1789427464"},{"product_id":"swish-native-hardwood-spotted-gum-select-14-2mm-australian-hardwood-flooring","title":"Spotted Gum Select - 14\/2mm Swish Native Australian Hardwood Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eSelect is the entry point into the Swish Native Hardwood range: a 2mm hardwood wear layer on a 136mm board. On the swatch it is also the most saturated of the three Spotted Gum options: a deep caramel-orange golden brown with warm amber lights and clear contrast between the lighter and darker boards, though the overall grade sits at the calmer end rather than the full-feature end where Spotted Gum Natural lives. Remember that Natural, Neat and Select describe how much feature the timber carries, not what colour it is; all three come from the same species and the same warm palette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo things change when you move to Select, and only one of them is grade. Natural, Neat and Select are grades rather than colours. They describe how much knot, gum vein and board-to-board colour variation the floor carries, not what shade it is. Select sits at the calmer end alongside Neat rather than at the full-feature end where Natural sits. The second change is construction: Select is built as a 14\/2mm board, with a 2mm hardwood wear layer, where both Natural and Neat carry 3mm. That makes Select the entry point into the range. The surface is the same genuine Australian hardwood, but a thinner wear layer can be resanded fewer times over the life of the floor, and we are not going to quote a number for that because it depends entirely on the installer and how much material each pass removes. In fairness, one note on the supplier's own published grade text for Select: it duplicates the wording used for Neat, so we have described the grade from the specification and the physical swatch rather than repeat a line we cannot stand behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn everyday use a 2mm Australian hardwood surface behaves exactly like a 3mm one. It takes the same cleaning, the same protective felts under furniture and the same care around water, and it looks identical underfoot. The difference appears only at the far end of the floor's life, when a thinner wear layer allows fewer full machine sandbacks than the 3mm boards used for Spotted Gum Neat and Spotted Gum Natural. For most Sydney homes that is a fair trade for genuine Australian hardwood in a warm, rich colour on a well-proportioned board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is what you are actually buying. Swish Native Hardwood is an engineered board, not a solid one: a wear layer of Australian Spotted Gum bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, which is why the specification is written as 14\/2mm (2mm hardwood wear layer) rather than as a single figure. This board runs 136mm wide by 1900mm long with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile, packs cover 1.55 m² over six boards, and it can be glued down or floated over underlay. The engineered core is the reason it can be laid over concrete slabs and in apartments where a solid strip floor would be difficult, and it moves far less with seasonal humidity than solid hardwood of the same width. It is still timber, though, so it must be delivered and acclimatised in the room before installation. That step is not optional on engineered boards any more than it is on solid ones. Emissions are rated E1 at less than 5ppm, and the supplier product code for this board is SG136F142.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEco Flooring Systems source the timber for this range from responsibly managed forests, and using Australian species means the hardwood underfoot has not been shipped across the world before it reaches your floor. Engineering the board also stretches that hardwood a long way, concentrating it in the layer you actually walk on. Remember that every board of a natural timber floor is different and that all timber shifts tone as it ages under light. Australian hardwoods in particular tend to deepen and warm over the first year or two. That is the character you are paying for rather than a flaw, but it does mean you should hold a physical sample in your own room rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Native Hardwood by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour \/ grade: Spotted Gum Select\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Engineered timber floor with an Australian Spotted Gum wear layer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/2mm (2mm hardwood wear layer)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard width: 136mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard length: 1900mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVeneer grade: Cleaner, low-feature grade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdge detail: Micro-bevelled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfile: Tongue \u0026amp; Groove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstallation: Glue down or floating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 1.55 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code: SG136F142\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122640494817,"sku":"SNHWSpottedGumSelect","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/SPG-136x14-2-Swatch-scaled.jpg?v=1789427464"}],"url":"https:\/\/adorerugs.com.au\/collections\/swish-native-australian-hardwood.oembed","provider":"Adore Rugs \u0026 Flooring","version":"1.0","type":"link"}