French Oak Flooring Oak Tourbe
Tourbe is peat, and this is the deepest colour in the French oak range: a smoked brown-black with the damp, earthy weight of turf rather than the flatness of a black stain. At 7 1/4″ the board is wide enough to show the figure of the oak through the dark, which is the whole difference between a smoked floor and a painted one.
Light Rustic grade keeps knots and shade movement in. On the darkest colours this is what preserves the material: look along a board and the grain lifts out of the colour as the light crosses it.
It is finished in oil rather than lacquer — the finish bonds into the top fibres instead of forming a film, leaving a deep matte surface that can be refreshed and touched up locally. On a very dark floor an oil also reads richer than a lacquer, because there is no film between the eye and the wood. A 9/16″ engineered core carries a 4 mm wear layer.
Oak Tourbe is specified for libraries, panelled dining rooms, screening rooms and hospitality interiors where the floor is meant to be the deepest plane in the room and everything else lifts off it.
Full specification for French Oak Flooring Oak Tourbe is set out below, and samples of French Oak Flooring Oak Tourbe are dispatched from the VOGUE Parquet showroom for review before ordering.
Key Features:
– 7 1/4″ wide French oak boards in 78″ random lengths
– Light Rustic grade — grain stays visible through the dark
– Deep smoked peat brown-black
– Oil finish — bonds into the fibre and can be refreshed locally
– 4 mm wear layer on a 9/16″ engineered core
– Micro-beveled edges
Note: An oiled floor benefits from periodic refreshing rather than full refinishing. Every board takes colour in its own way. Screen colour is only ever a guide — request a physical sample and view it in the room it is intended for.
To judge French Oak Flooring Oak Tourbe properly, request a physical sample and view it in the room it is intended for. Our team can send full specification documentation for French Oak Flooring Oak Tourbe and advise on setting-out, subfloor preparation and installation. French Oak Flooring Oak Tourbe is available to view by appointment at the VOGUE Parquet showroom. French Oak Flooring Oak Tourbe forms part of the VOGUE Parquet luxury hardwood collection.
Matching trims are made in the same colour and finish as French Oak Flooring Oak Tourbe: square stair nosing, bullnose stair nosing and reducer.
