New England Blackbutt - 8mm Aspire RCB Hybrid Flooring
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Screen colours vary between devices and our descriptions are a guide only. Slight variation between production batches is normal, so we recommend ordering all material for a job at once.
Aspire New England Blackbutt is a mid warm tan with a distinct salmon cast, smooth, with fine straight grain and little variation between boards. Of the two blackbutt decors in the range it is the lighter and the more even, but it is pinker than the species rather than paler. Blackbutt in a solid floor lays pale gold with olive in it; this reads as a warm apricot oak.
That warmth has a place. A rear living room under a deep verandah, or a south-facing bedroom that never sees direct sun, will feel less cold with this underfoot than with any grey in the range. It pairs with cream and warm white walls, rattan, linen and pale timber. Cool grey cabinetry will fight it.
The board is 1800mm long and 8mm thick: a 6.5mm rigid composite core with 1.5mm of IXPE acoustic underlay already attached, and a 0.7mm wear layer on top. Widths are 178mm or 223mm. The click profile is Valinge and the edges carry a micro bevel.
Aspire tested at AAAC 5 Star for impact noise, L'nTw 43 dB, on a 200mm slab with a suspended ceiling. The core is free of respirable crystalline silica by X-ray diffraction test. Residential installations are covered by a 25 year structural warranty and a 20 year wear warranty; the floor is water resistant rather than waterproof and is not for bathrooms or laundries.
Specifications
- Type: RCB hybrid flooring (rigid composite board core)
- Construction: 8.0mm total: 6.5mm rigid core plus 1.5mm attached IXPE acoustic underlay
- Wear layer: 0.7mm
- Silica: Contains no respirable crystalline silica (XRD test)
- Plank formats: Classic 1800 x 178 x 8mm, 5 planks / 1.602m2 per carton; Super 1800 x 223 x 8mm, 4 planks / 1.606m2 per carton
- Finish: Embossed matte, micro bevel edges
- Profile: Valinge click, floating installation
- Acoustic: AAAC 5 Star, L'nTw 43 dB, FIIC 68 (Feb 2018 test, 200mm concrete slab with suspended plasterboard ceiling)
- Slip resistance: P3, wet pendulum test to AS 4586:2013; oil-wet ramp test also on file
- Fire test: Classic width CHF 7.5 kW/m2, smoke 157% min; Super width CHF 10.1 kW/m2, smoke 102% min
- Water: Interior water resistant; not for wet areas such as bathrooms and laundries
- Underfloor heating: In-slab hydronic only
- Warranty: 25 year structural and 20 year wear (residential), 5 year wear (commercial)








