Exclusive: Deluxe floorboards made of Styrian Larch

Noble softwoods for the choice Alpine flair home style

We have selected two particularly fine softwoods for the production of our Château by adler castle floorboards. The larch in our Château by adler series comes from the Styrian mountain forests.

Larch has a fine texture with very attractive configurations of knots. Its colour is harmonious. After treatment with reddish or white pigmented natural oil, the wood will have just a slight red-yellowish sheen. We will process Larch for the hard growth rings to stand slightly proud, rendering the wood more resistant to wear.

 

The larch is somewhat softer than the Douglas fir, but harder than a spruce plank.

The colour range of our Larch Château floor

Select the hue to optimally express your personal preference and your way of life from the wide range of available colours. We will gladly advise you on your selection.

Please note: Pictures are not binding, since they can only approximate the actual colour and texture of the parquet. Wood is a natural product. Surface colour and texture depend on the specific characteristics of the wood and the unique properties of each tree.

brushed and natural oiled

brushed and white oiled

brushed and natural oiled

What you also need to know about our Larch Deluxe flooring

Our Larch Deluxe floorboards contain no additional formaldehyde and have general technical building authority approval.

See below for much additional useful information. For more technical detail, please refer to PDF document “Technical Product Data Sheet” available for download at our Infothek

Range of dimensions Château by adler Larch

The softwood floorboards are 19 millimetres thick and have a 5 millimetre thick top layer made of sawcut veneer.

Larch trees are slimmer than Douglas fir trees. The range of Larch floorboard widths is correspondingly more limited, ranging from 180 mm to 300 mm. Lengths range from 3.0 m to 5.0 meters. We cannot offer Larch floorboards in fixed widths and lengths.

Grading Château by adler Larch

You will normally receive all the “Château by adler” parquet floorboards graded “Standard”.

The texture of the long and wide Deluxe floorboards may exhibit minor shrinkage and wind cracks. The large dimensions and natural shrinkage may also encourage minor surface cracks due to stress and drying.

Very thin small splits in the surface are typical for Douglas.

Surface treatment & colour variations Château by adler Larch

All Douglas fir and Larch floorboard surfaces have a machine brush-finished wood texture which we will refine using our NATURA+ oxidative surface treatment. Brushing will cause the hard growth rings to stand proud, rendering the surface even more resistant to wear.

Wood is a natural product. Colour deviations should therefore be expected, especially on stained surfaces. Colour pigments may produce varying hues, depending on the substances contained in the wood and the grain of the specific wood. These colour variations may occur between different product batches but also in a single batch.

Laying & underfloor heating Château by adler Larch

The Deluxe floorboard comprises 3 layers with 19 millimetre overall thickness. The large widths and lengths require full spread gluing.

The thermal resistance of the multi-layered Deluxe floorboards is ca. 0.16 m²k / W (as per EN 14342), thus rendering it suitable for laying on hot water underfloor heating.

The maximum surface temperature of 26°C should not be exceeded. Please refer to our laying instructions under Downloads

Care & ambient room conditions Château by adler Larch

Your high grade and customised softwood floorboards will need special care if you wish to enjoy your floor for years to come.

Always ensure that your ambient room conditions remain healthy to ensure both your own health and that of your parquet floor. A relative humidity of ca. 50 – 60% and room temperatures between 19 and 22°C would be ideal. Your wooden floor may be damaged unless these guideline values are maintained. The danger of drying out exists especially during heating periods, potentially causing shrinkage cracks in the worst case. Normally such cracks will, however, largely close up again as the room climate improves. The glued layers may also experience shrinkage stress in the event of sudden moisture change.

Certification options Château by adler Larch

We may also on your request offer our Deluxe floorboards in Larch as 100% PEFC certified parquet flooring. Depending on the wood sources we also might be able to offer a FSC® certified product. Please contact us in this respect.

Looking for an alternative with a similar colour range?

Please then have a look at our wide floorboards Profi by adler in softwood where you will find Larch floorboards with a wide variety of surfaces as well as attractive Spruce floorboards.

 

Our Château parquet steals our thunder

Come and visit our showroom of our extraordinary planks and see yourself

Here in D-87742 Dirlewang / Germany we have created a showroom for you on an area of more than 300 square metres  of our parquet floors and different installation techniques. You are very welcome to visit us