Oak plank · New build

A pale rustic oak through a new-build ground floor

Gisburn Oak, a rustic-grade oak plank with an oiled finish called “Invisible”, glued down through the hall, the cloakroom and the open-plan kitchen of a new house, for the builder.

By Altin
The hall →The base
The finished kitchen with a white island and bar stools, pale rustic oak planks running through to the hall
Fitted by AK Hardwood · The kitchen, finished
Project
New buildFor the builder
Floor
Gisburn Oak190 × 1900 mm · 14 mm, 3 mm oak top layer
Grade
Rustic“Invisible” oiled
Base
Liquid DPMWakol PU280
Fixing
Fully bondedBona R848 adhesive
The finished hall with the cloakroom WC on the left and the staircase ahead, pale oak planks running through both
Finished · The hall and cloakroom
The job

One oak, front door to garden.

We supplied and fitted Gisburn Oak: an engineered plank 190 mm wide and 1900 mm long, 14 mm thick with a 3 mm oak top layer, in a rustic grade with an oiled finish the supplier calls “Invisible”.

The same plank runs through the hall, the cloakroom, the living room and the open-plan kitchen, so the ground floor reads as one floor. The grade shows knots and filled splits, and the finish keeps the oak pale.

The base

Sealed, then glued.

We sealed the subfloor with Wakol PU280, a liquid damp-proof membrane (DPM) that stops moisture coming up into the wood and the adhesive. It's the green coating in the photos.

Every board is fully bonded: glued down across its whole underside with Bona R848, a hard-elastic adhesive that holds the floor firmly while allowing for the wood's natural movement.

Sealed
Boards laid up to the green DPM-coated subfloor

The boards laid up to the green DPM, with the kitchen end still to do.

Strapped
A ratchet strap stretched across the newly laid boards in the hall

A ratchet strap across the boards in the hall, holding the joints tight while the adhesive cured.

Round the stairs
The floor being laid towards the understairs cupboard and the foot of the stairs

Working towards the understairs cupboard and the foot of the stairs.

The hall during fitting, boards laid from the front door towards the back of the house
During · The hall, laid
The hall

From building site to finished house.

During fitting the hall was a building site: boards down, no skirting yet. Once the house was finished, the skirting was on and the same oak ran from the front door to the garden doors.

The finished hall looking towards the rear, staircase on the left
After · The hall, finished
The details

The small spaces.

The cloakroom with the plank laid wall to wall, before the WC went in
The cloakroom

Before the WC

The cloakroom is in the same plank as the hall, laid wall to wall before the WC and basin went in.

The foot of the staircase, the oak planks running under the round-ended bottom step
The foot of the stairs

Under the bottom step

The bottom step was undercut, so the floor slides underneath it. The stairs themselves weren’t part of our work.

Around the ground floor

Before the skirting, and after.

The finished kitchen and dining area with a large picture window to the garden

The kitchen and dining area, finished.

A room with French doors, the planks laid and no skirting yet

A room with French doors, during fitting.

A laid room showing knots and filler in the boards

The rustic grade.

A long view down the hall with the planks laid end to end

Down the hall, during fitting.

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