{"title":"Eco Flooring Systems Swish Oak Natura Herringbone 14\/3mm Engineered Oak Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eSwish Oak Natura Herringbone is the block version of Eco Flooring Systems' Natura engineered oak, in six of the range's colours: Ambient Sand, Danish White, Fiano Brown, French Carbon, French Ghost and French Natural. The block is 148 x 888mm, 14mm thick with a 3mm sawn oak wear layer over a cross-laminated core, with micro-bevelled edges and a tongue and groove profile. A pack of eight blocks covers 1.0514 m2 and weighs about 10kg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerringbone is glue down only. The pattern relies on every block being bonded to the subfloor, so it cannot be floated over underlay the way the Natura planks can. It is also a slower job to lay: the subfloor has to be flat and dry, the centre line is set out before the first block goes down, and the perimeter is cut and fitted by hand. Allow for a longer install and an installer who has laid pattern floors before. The 3mm face can be sanded and refinished later in the floor's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe same six colours, and ten more, come as straight 190 x 1900mm planks on the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/swish-oak-natura-14-3mm-engineered-timber\"\u003eSwish Oak Natura 14\/3mm\u003c\/a\u003e page, so a herringbone entry can run into a plank living room in one colour. Compare it with the other pattern ranges we stock on our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/herringbone-chevron-flooring\"\u003eherringbone and chevron flooring\u003c\/a\u003e page. Sydney supply and install, supply only, or bring your own installer.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"swish-oak-natura-herringbone-ambient-sand-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring","title":"Ambient Sand Herringbone - 14\/3mm Swish Oak Natura Engineered Oak Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite the warmth its name implies, Ambient Sand reads cool underfoot. The swatch is a pale oyster greige: a soft, washed grey-beige with almost no golden tone in it at all, and a faint chalky lime sitting in the open grain. It is the palest and the coolest of the six herringbone decors, noticeably greyer than French Ghost and a clear step lighter and flatter than Danish White, which despite its name is the warmer of the two pale options. If you want a herringbone floor that recedes and behaves almost like a neutral textile, this is the one; if you were expecting honey or biscuit tones from the word Sand, look at French Natural instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePale, low-contrast floors like this one do two useful things in a Sydney home. They bounce light around rooms that do not get much of it, and they make a herringbone pattern legible without shouting, because the eye reads the geometry rather than the grain. Ambient Sand suits cool interiors, white and off-white walls, stone benchtops, matte black or brushed nickel hardware, and it sits particularly well with the grey-toned joinery that dominates contemporary apartment fitouts. Be realistic about upkeep: a very light floor shows grit and pet hair sooner than a mid-brown, so it rewards a doormat and a regular sweep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA word on the installation, because it matters more here than with a straight plank floor. Herringbone is glue down only: the geometry relies on every block being bonded to the subfloor, and it cannot be floated over underlay under any circumstances. It is also a slower, more demanding job than laying planks. The subfloor has to be flat and dry, the centre line has to be set out precisely before the first block is bonded, and the perimeter needs cutting and fitting by hand. Budget for a longer install and an installer who has laid pattern floors before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/swish-oak-natura\"\u003eSwish Oak Natura\u003c\/a\u003e Herringbone is a 14\/3mm engineered oak block floor: a 3mm layer of real European oak bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, cut to 148 x 888mm blocks with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile. The engineered core is what makes a pattern floor of this size practical in an Australian climate, because it moves far less across the grain than a solid block of the same dimensions. Each pack covers 1.0514 m² across eight blocks and weighs around 10kg, and the range carries an E1 rating at less than 5ppm for formaldehyde emissions. Like every timber floor, engineered included, it must be delivered and left to acclimatise in the room it will live in before a single block goes down. Skipping that step is the most common cause of problems later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/eco-flooring-systems\"\u003eEco Flooring Systems\u003c\/a\u003e source their oak from responsibly managed forests, and the engineered build uses a great deal less slow-growing oak per square metre than a solid block floor of the same wear layer. Real timber also varies from block to block and will shift tone as it ages under light, which is the point of a natural floor rather than a fault in it. Always look at a physical sample in your own light rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrefer a straight plank? \u003ca href=\"\/products\/swish-oak-natura-ambient-sand-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring\"\u003eAmbient Sand in the 190 x 1900mm Natura plank\u003c\/a\u003e is the same oak and the same colour, and it can be floated as well as glued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Oak Natura Herringbone by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstruction: Engineered European oak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/3mm (3mm real oak wear layer over a stable engineered core)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlock size: 148 x 888mm herringbone\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 only (herringbone cannot be floated)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 1.0514 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack weight: approximately 10kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code prefix: SHO-\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122637054177,"sku":"14-3SHOAmbientSand","price":98.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/Ambient-Sand-Herringbone.jpg?v=1789427256"},{"product_id":"swish-oak-natura-herringbone-danish-white-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring","title":"Danish White Herringbone - 14\/3mm Swish Oak Natura Engineered Oak Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eDanish White is not a white floor, and it is worth knowing that before you order. The swatch shows a light-to-mid warm beige oak with clearly visible grain, occasional darker mineral streaking and a soft whitened wash sitting over the top rather than covering it. Against Ambient Sand it is warmer, deeper and busier; against French Ghost it is a touch more golden and shows more figure. Think Scandinavian pale rather than painted white. The timber is still doing the talking, and the knots and streaks are part of the look rather than something the finish has hidden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the most forgiving of the three pale decors in day-to-day use, because the underlying warmth and the natural variation in the grain disguise dust and light traffic marks better than a flat cool grey does. It works across open-plan living, hallways and bedrooms, and it pairs comfortably with both warm timber joinery and cooler stone. In a smaller apartment, running a single herringbone floor through the whole level makes the space read larger, because the pattern gives the eye something continuous to follow from room to room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA word on the installation, because it matters more here than with a straight plank floor. Herringbone is glue down only: the geometry relies on every block being bonded to the subfloor, and it cannot be floated over underlay under any circumstances. It is also a slower, more demanding job than laying planks. The subfloor has to be flat and dry, the centre line has to be set out precisely before the first block is bonded, and the perimeter needs cutting and fitting by hand. Budget for a longer install and an installer who has laid pattern floors before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/swish-oak-natura\"\u003eSwish Oak Natura\u003c\/a\u003e Herringbone is a 14\/3mm engineered oak block floor: a 3mm layer of real European oak bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, cut to 148 x 888mm blocks with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile. The engineered core is what makes a pattern floor of this size practical in an Australian climate, because it moves far less across the grain than a solid block of the same dimensions. Each pack covers 1.0514 m² across eight blocks and weighs around 10kg, and the range carries an E1 rating at less than 5ppm for formaldehyde emissions. Like every timber floor, engineered included, it must be delivered and left to acclimatise in the room it will live in before a single block goes down. Skipping that step is the most common cause of problems later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/eco-flooring-systems\"\u003eEco Flooring Systems\u003c\/a\u003e source their oak from responsibly managed forests, and the engineered build uses a great deal less slow-growing oak per square metre than a solid block floor of the same wear layer. Real timber also varies from block to block and will shift tone as it ages under light, which is the point of a natural floor rather than a fault in it. Always look at a physical sample in your own light rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrefer a straight plank? \u003ca href=\"\/products\/swish-oak-natura-danish-white-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring\"\u003eDanish White in the 190 x 1900mm Natura plank\u003c\/a\u003e is the same oak and the same colour, and it can be floated as well as glued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Oak Natura Herringbone by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstruction: Engineered European oak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/3mm (3mm real oak wear layer over a stable engineered core)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlock size: 148 x 888mm herringbone\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 only (herringbone cannot be floated)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 1.0514 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack weight: approximately 10kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code prefix: SHO-\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122637086945,"sku":"14-3SHODanishWhite","price":98.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/danish-white-herri-swatch.jpg?v=1789427257"},{"product_id":"swish-oak-natura-herringbone-fiano-brown-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring","title":"Fiano Brown Herringbone - 14\/3mm Swish Oak Natura Engineered Oak Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiano Brown is the warm mid-brown of the Natura Herringbone range, and the swatch backs the name up. It is a rich caramel-to-tobacco brown with strongly contrasting grain, darker knots and distinct amber lights running through the lighter boards. Set beside French Carbon it is obviously brown rather than charcoal, and set beside French Natural it is several shades deeper and less golden. Of the six decors this is the one with the most visible figure. The grain reads from across the room, which gives a herringbone layout real texture rather than just pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMid-to-dark browns are the practical middle ground for a busy household. They do not show fine dust the way a pale floor does, and they do not show lint and footprints the way a very dark floor does. Fiano Brown suits period homes, warmer paint palettes and brass or aged-bronze hardware, and it holds its own in a room with a lot of natural light where a paler floor can wash out entirely. If you are running dark joinery, it is worth laying a sample against the cabinet door before committing, because two similar browns sitting side by side rarely flatter each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA word on the installation, because it matters more here than with a straight plank floor. Herringbone is glue down only: the geometry relies on every block being bonded to the subfloor, and it cannot be floated over underlay under any circumstances. It is also a slower, more demanding job than laying planks. The subfloor has to be flat and dry, the centre line has to be set out precisely before the first block is bonded, and the perimeter needs cutting and fitting by hand. Budget for a longer install and an installer who has laid pattern floors before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/swish-oak-natura\"\u003eSwish Oak Natura\u003c\/a\u003e Herringbone is a 14\/3mm engineered oak block floor: a 3mm layer of real European oak bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, cut to 148 x 888mm blocks with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile. The engineered core is what makes a pattern floor of this size practical in an Australian climate, because it moves far less across the grain than a solid block of the same dimensions. Each pack covers 1.0514 m² across eight blocks and weighs around 10kg, and the range carries an E1 rating at less than 5ppm for formaldehyde emissions. Like every timber floor, engineered included, it must be delivered and left to acclimatise in the room it will live in before a single block goes down. Skipping that step is the most common cause of problems later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/eco-flooring-systems\"\u003eEco Flooring Systems\u003c\/a\u003e source their oak from responsibly managed forests, and the engineered build uses a great deal less slow-growing oak per square metre than a solid block floor of the same wear layer. Real timber also varies from block to block and will shift tone as it ages under light, which is the point of a natural floor rather than a fault in it. Always look at a physical sample in your own light rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrefer a straight plank? \u003ca href=\"\/products\/swish-oak-natura-fiano-brown-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring\"\u003eFiano Brown in the 190 x 1900mm Natura plank\u003c\/a\u003e is the same oak and the same colour, and it can be floated as well as glued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Oak Natura Herringbone by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstruction: Engineered European oak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/3mm (3mm real oak wear layer over a stable engineered core)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlock size: 148 x 888mm herringbone\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 only (herringbone cannot be floated)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 1.0514 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack weight: approximately 10kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code prefix: SHO-\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122637119713,"sku":"14-3SHOFianoBrown","price":98.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/Fiona-Brown-H-Swatch.jpg?v=1789427257"},{"product_id":"swish-oak-natura-herringbone-french-carbon-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring","title":"French Carbon Herringbone - 14\/3mm Swish Oak Natura Engineered Oak Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eNothing else in this range goes as dark as French Carbon. The swatch is a smoky charcoal grey-brown that reads close to black in the shaded blocks and lifts to a deep gunmetal where the grain catches light, with a cool undertone that separates it clearly from the warm chocolate of Fiano Brown. The oak figure is still visible, but it is submerged rather than showcased, so what you notice first is the herringbone geometry and only afterwards the timber. It is the most dramatic decor of the six by a wide margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA floor this dark needs light to live with it. It is superb in rooms with generous glazing, high ceilings or pale walls, where the contrast does the work; in a small, north-facing room it will close the space down. It is also the least forgiving decor here for upkeep, dust, pet hair and footprints all show on a near-black matt surface, so it suits households willing to run a vacuum often. Where it excels is formal spaces, entries and anywhere you want the floor to be the architectural feature rather than the backdrop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA word on the installation, because it matters more here than with a straight plank floor. Herringbone is glue down only: the geometry relies on every block being bonded to the subfloor, and it cannot be floated over underlay under any circumstances. It is also a slower, more demanding job than laying planks. The subfloor has to be flat and dry, the centre line has to be set out precisely before the first block is bonded, and the perimeter needs cutting and fitting by hand. Budget for a longer install and an installer who has laid pattern floors before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/swish-oak-natura\"\u003eSwish Oak Natura\u003c\/a\u003e Herringbone is a 14\/3mm engineered oak block floor: a 3mm layer of real European oak bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, cut to 148 x 888mm blocks with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile. The engineered core is what makes a pattern floor of this size practical in an Australian climate, because it moves far less across the grain than a solid block of the same dimensions. Each pack covers 1.0514 m² across eight blocks and weighs around 10kg, and the range carries an E1 rating at less than 5ppm for formaldehyde emissions. Like every timber floor, engineered included, it must be delivered and left to acclimatise in the room it will live in before a single block goes down. Skipping that step is the most common cause of problems later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/eco-flooring-systems\"\u003eEco Flooring Systems\u003c\/a\u003e source their oak from responsibly managed forests, and the engineered build uses a great deal less slow-growing oak per square metre than a solid block floor of the same wear layer. Real timber also varies from block to block and will shift tone as it ages under light, which is the point of a natural floor rather than a fault in it. Always look at a physical sample in your own light rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrefer a straight plank? \u003ca href=\"\/products\/swish-oak-natura-french-carbon-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring\"\u003eFrench Carbon in the 190 x 1900mm Natura plank\u003c\/a\u003e is the same oak and the same colour, and it can be floated as well as glued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Oak Natura Herringbone by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstruction: Engineered European oak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/3mm (3mm real oak wear layer over a stable engineered core)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlock size: 148 x 888mm herringbone\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 only (herringbone cannot be floated)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 1.0514 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack weight: approximately 10kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code prefix: SHO-\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122637152481,"sku":"14-3SHOFrenchCarbon","price":98.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/french-carbon-herringbone.jpg?v=1789427258"},{"product_id":"swish-oak-natura-herringbone-french-ghost-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring","title":"French Ghost Herringbone - 14\/3mm Swish Oak Natura Engineered Oak Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrench Ghost leans warmer than its name suggests. Rather than the bleached, ghostly white you might picture, the swatch is a light taupe-tan with a soft grey-brown wash over it, gentle board-to-board variation and the occasional small dark knot. It sits between Ambient Sand and Danish White in the pale end of the range: warmer and slightly deeper than the cool greige of Ambient Sand, quieter and less golden than Danish White. Of the three light decors it is the most genuinely neutral. It does not commit to cool or warm, which is exactly why it is the safest pale choice when the rest of the room is not yet decided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeutrality is the practical argument for this one. A light taupe floor takes instruction from whatever surrounds it, so it works under warm oak joinery and under cool grey stone, and it will still look right if you repaint in three years. The herringbone pattern adds enough interest that the room does not feel bland despite the restrained colour. In open-plan living where the floor runs continuously from kitchen to lounge, this is the kind of tone that lets rugs, art and furniture carry the scheme instead of competing with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA word on the installation, because it matters more here than with a straight plank floor. Herringbone is glue down only: the geometry relies on every block being bonded to the subfloor, and it cannot be floated over underlay under any circumstances. It is also a slower, more demanding job than laying planks. The subfloor has to be flat and dry, the centre line has to be set out precisely before the first block is bonded, and the perimeter needs cutting and fitting by hand. Budget for a longer install and an installer who has laid pattern floors before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/swish-oak-natura\"\u003eSwish Oak Natura\u003c\/a\u003e Herringbone is a 14\/3mm engineered oak block floor: a 3mm layer of real European oak bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, cut to 148 x 888mm blocks with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile. The engineered core is what makes a pattern floor of this size practical in an Australian climate, because it moves far less across the grain than a solid block of the same dimensions. Each pack covers 1.0514 m² across eight blocks and weighs around 10kg, and the range carries an E1 rating at less than 5ppm for formaldehyde emissions. Like every timber floor, engineered included, it must be delivered and left to acclimatise in the room it will live in before a single block goes down. Skipping that step is the most common cause of problems later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/eco-flooring-systems\"\u003eEco Flooring Systems\u003c\/a\u003e source their oak from responsibly managed forests, and the engineered build uses a great deal less slow-growing oak per square metre than a solid block floor of the same wear layer. Real timber also varies from block to block and will shift tone as it ages under light, which is the point of a natural floor rather than a fault in it. Always look at a physical sample in your own light rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrefer a straight plank? \u003ca href=\"\/products\/swish-oak-natura-french-ghost-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring\"\u003eFrench Ghost in the 190 x 1900mm Natura plank\u003c\/a\u003e is the same oak and the same colour, and it can be floated as well as glued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Oak Natura Herringbone by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstruction: Engineered European oak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/3mm (3mm real oak wear layer over a stable engineered core)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlock size: 148 x 888mm herringbone\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 only (herringbone cannot be floated)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 1.0514 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack weight: approximately 10kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code prefix: SHO-\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122637185249,"sku":"14-3SHOFrenchGhost","price":98.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/french-ghost-herring-swatch.jpg?v=1789427258"},{"product_id":"swish-oak-natura-herringbone-french-natural-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring","title":"French Natural Herringbone - 14\/3mm Swish Oak Natura Engineered Oak Flooring","description":"\u003cp\u003eGolden, amber and unmistakably oak, French Natural is the most traditional colour in the herringbone range. The swatch shows a warm honey tone with strong natural figure, cathedral grain running through the wider blocks and a handful of sound knots left visible. It is by far the warmest decor of the six: where Ambient Sand is cool and washed and French Ghost is deliberately neutral, this one is frankly golden. If you have ever admired a classic European parquet floor in a period apartment, this is the tone you were looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm golden oak is the easiest decor here to build a room around, because almost every traditional palette was designed with it in mind: white or cream walls, timber or painted joinery, wool rugs, brass fittings. It is also a sensible choice for rooms that already run cool, such as south-facing living areas and spaces with a lot of stone or tile, because it puts warmth back into them. Practically, the mid-tone and the active grain hide everyday marks well, which makes it a fair pick for family living rather than show rooms only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA word on the installation, because it matters more here than with a straight plank floor. Herringbone is glue down only: the geometry relies on every block being bonded to the subfloor, and it cannot be floated over underlay under any circumstances. It is also a slower, more demanding job than laying planks. The subfloor has to be flat and dry, the centre line has to be set out precisely before the first block is bonded, and the perimeter needs cutting and fitting by hand. Budget for a longer install and an installer who has laid pattern floors before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/swish-oak-natura\"\u003eSwish Oak Natura\u003c\/a\u003e Herringbone is a 14\/3mm engineered oak block floor: a 3mm layer of real European oak bonded to a cross-laminated engineered core, cut to 148 x 888mm blocks with a micro-bevelled edge and a tongue and groove profile. The engineered core is what makes a pattern floor of this size practical in an Australian climate, because it moves far less across the grain than a solid block of the same dimensions. Each pack covers 1.0514 m² across eight blocks and weighs around 10kg, and the range carries an E1 rating at less than 5ppm for formaldehyde emissions. Like every timber floor, engineered included, it must be delivered and left to acclimatise in the room it will live in before a single block goes down. Skipping that step is the most common cause of problems later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/eco-flooring-systems\"\u003eEco Flooring Systems\u003c\/a\u003e source their oak from responsibly managed forests, and the engineered build uses a great deal less slow-growing oak per square metre than a solid block floor of the same wear layer. Real timber also varies from block to block and will shift tone as it ages under light, which is the point of a natural floor rather than a fault in it. Always look at a physical sample in your own light rather than judging colour from a screen. Supply and install available across Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrefer a straight plank? \u003ca href=\"\/products\/swish-oak-natura-french-natural-14-3mm-engineered-oak-flooring\"\u003eFrench Natural in the 190 x 1900mm Natura plank\u003c\/a\u003e is the same oak and the same colour, and it can be floated as well as glued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRange: Swish Oak Natura Herringbone by Eco Flooring Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstruction: Engineered European oak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 14\/3mm (3mm real oak wear layer over a stable engineered core)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlock size: 148 x 888mm herringbone\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 only (herringbone cannot be floated)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack coverage: 1.0514 m² per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoards per pack: 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack weight: approximately 10kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmissions: VOC rating E1, \u0026lt;5ppm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplier product code prefix: SHO-\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eco Flooring Systems","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122637218017,"sku":"14-3SHOFrenchNatural","price":98.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/6139\/3830\/files\/french-natural-herringbone.jpg?v=1789427259"}],"url":"https:\/\/adorerugs.com.au\/collections\/swish-oak-natura-herringbone-14-3mm-engineered-timber.oembed","provider":"Adore Rugs \u0026 Flooring","version":"1.0","type":"link"}