Oaklore Bianco

Oaklore Bianco is the white in the Oaklore range, a limewashed oak with the grain still showing through, matte textured, six random faces per design. Planks are 8 x 48 inches in glazed ceramic at 9 to 9.5 mm, a carton of 5 covering 12.91 sq ft at 25 kg. White is the tone to reach for in a windowless bathroom, a basement or a narrow hallway, where a mid or dark floor takes light out of a room that has none to spare. The matte texture gives grip and stops the white reading as a bathroom slab. It sits with pale walls, blond wood and linen.

• What comes in a box of Oaklore Bianco?

  Oaklore Bianco comes in 8 x 48 inch planks, 5 to a box. One box covers 12.91 sq ft and weighs about 55 lb.

• How many boxes of Oaklore Bianco do I need for a 12 x 15 ft family room?

  A 12 x 15 ft room is 180 sq ft. With 10 percent added for cuts and breakage that is 198 sq ft, or 16 boxes at 12.91 sq ft each.

• Can Oaklore Bianco go over radiant floor heating?

  Yes. It is a glazed ceramic plank 9 to 9.5 mm thick, so it does not gap, cup or split as the floor warms, and it has no 80°F (27°C) surface limit the way engineered wood does.

• What grout joint does Oaklore Bianco need?

  Oaklore Bianco is a curve-edge plank, not rectified, so plan on a joint of 3 to 5 mm, about 1/8 to 3/16 inch. The wider joint gives each board its own line, the way real planks sit.