Hightech WOODS Flooring
WIDE Plank + super Sustainable
Hightech WOODS: Wide plank without issues. Large format (wide plank and long lengths) wood flooring planks constructed using real wood sawn veneers (single strip) laminated onto a proprietary by-product component ‘Hightech’ core. Available in 3 different widths (Classic, Wide, and Massive), each with a different, fixed corresponding length,
Through a series of cutting-edge manufacturing techniques that include the fabrication of the core, the bonding of the core to the real wood veneer and a unique finishing system, Hightech Woods offer durability and performance never seen in a real wood plank, enabling wide plank construction (with no stability issues) to be used. Suitable in the most rigorous environments (eg: corporate offices, hospitality and retail), the Hightech woods provide true beauty overlaid with literally unmatched durability.
Hightech Woods can be ‘floated’ or glued down, and are available in 10 different options, from a range of Oak hue variations to Natural Walnut and Ash.
Hightech WOODS Performance Explained
Hightech WOODS offers superior performance in a number of ways. Click ‘more info’ for additional information (see link below the chart for a downloadable PDF version)
Dent Resistance and Stability
Sustainability
Ease of Installation
CLASSIC
WIDE
MASSIVE
(*) Walnut and Smoked Walnut only available in WIDE
INSTALLATION GALLERY
Hightech Woods excels with dent resistance and relative hardness, which translates into less wear, less frequent maintenance, and lower life cycle cost.
One of the main innovations surrounding Hightech’s fusion construction is its’ densified composite wood core, the method used to attach the wood veneer to it, and how that affects the materials’ hardness. Using a ‘nano’ resin to bond the layers together, ensures that the core materials’ hardness is transferred to the wood veneer above. This microscopic fusion increases the woods’ Janka hardness, boosting the extremely important impact/dent/gouge resistance.
In real terms, the Hightech Woods have 3x the impact resistance (despite being almost twice as hard) when compared to traditional wood flooring of the same species. Intuitively, if a product shows less wear, it will look better for longer, and will less likely need to be refinished or replaced.
Hightech WOODS excel in the ‘sustainability’ category, and we believe it to be the posterchild of sustainability is and should be within the flooring category. Beyond its’ durability suitable in rigorous commercial applications, and its’ use of non-toxic adhesives and finishes, Hightech WOODS offers real wood with a yield of 10x that of solid wood. By using a veneer over a solid plank, and optimizing its’ thickness (as it relates to durability, stability, and refinish-ability), the yield from the harvested wood is ten times that of a solid flooring plank.
When you can extend the value of the forest, and do so without adding toxins in the process, you have a sustainability winner!
An important consideration when analyzing flooring (beyond that of its upfront cost, how long it will last, and how it impacts our environment – forest/carbon and the air we breathe), is its’ installation procedure. Installation matters in these ways:
- Speed of installation
- This directly correlates to ‘cost’ of installation (less labor equals less cost)
- No glue needed
- 100 sq.ft. can be installed in less than 5 min (* w/ professional installers)
- Ability to create a ‘sound’ finished surface
- Hightech’s locking mechanism ensures it is waterproof to topical moisture (* – for at least 24 hours of standing water) – mitigating against cupping/crowning (both a physical hazard and could require replacement).
- Hightech’s stability with movement ensures that gaps won’t open up (occurs in all ‘wideplank’ SOLID products)
- High levels of sound isolation on its own (STC/IIC -55db on 8” slab)
- Use flexibility
- Can be used On, above, or Below grade.
- Available also in a ‘clip-together’ wall installation system
Though many people only look at the upfront cost of the flooring product they are considering, this is a gross oversight. Cost is multi-faceted, and when you consider the environment, it is multi-dimensional. Carpets all end up in the landfill, and typically within several years in a commercial installation. Wood that typically easily dents, will require significant work it maintain it, and it too often gets replaced. Vinyl and PVC floors further exacerbate our reliance on fossil fuels, and lead to the continual cycle of introducing ‘forever’ toxins into our environment, and these chemical concoctions we’ll also likely find will be are cancer causing landmines (just waiting to attack our immune systems). Think about ‘true cost’ (life-cycle, carbon footprint, etc.) when making such an important (and lasting) decision.