Preference Floors
Fiddleback Australian Hardwood
Genuine Australian eucalyptus — Blackbutt and Spotted Gum — over a plywood core, with a Uniclic profile that can float or be direct fixed. This is the hardest floor we stock: Spotted Gum at Janka 11kN and Blackbutt at 9.1kN, roughly double a European oak. Available in a semi-gloss at about 40% gloss or a matte at about 10%.
- Colours
- 6
- Format
- Plank
Fiddleback installed. Photography courtesy of Preference Floors — colours vary between batches and under your own light, so take samples home before you decide.
The range
Fiddleback colours
Herringbone Blackbutt
Natural oak
Herringbone Spotted Gum
Natural oak
Rustic Blackbutt
Natural oak
Blackbutt
Beige & taupe
Rustic Spotted Gum
Red & warm
Spotted Gum
Red & warm
Swatch images are the manufacturer’s and are for illustration only. Timber and stone décors vary between batches and look markedly different under your own light — we bring the real samples to your place before you decide.
The detail
Specifications
- Species
- Australian eucalyptus — Blackbutt and Spotted Gum
- Construction
- Genuine eucalyptus wear layer over a plywood structural core
- Janka hardness
- Spotted Gum 11kN · Blackbutt 9.1kN
- Grade
- Standard and better, or rustic grade with knots, resin-filled splits and spiral grain
- Surface
- PU semi-gloss at approx. 40% gloss, or PU matte at approx. 10% in brushed or smooth
- Profile
- Uniclic — floating or direct fix. Herringbone and rustic are tongue and groove only
- Edges
- Micro bevelled, 4 sides
- Slip resistance
- R9 and P2 semi-gloss · R10 and P3 matte (AS/NZS 2013)
- VOC
- Below E1 (below World Health Organisation levels)
Where it doesn’t suit
If the floor has to take a beating, this is the one — but pick the finish carefully, because it decides more than the look. The semi-gloss rates R9 and P2 for slip where the matte rates R10 and P3, so for an entry, a hallway or anywhere that gets wet feet the matte is the safer choice. Gloss also shows every scratch and every footprint far more than matte does. Only six colours, and the herringbone and rustic options are tongue and groove only, so they cannot be floated.
Get an estimate
Know roughly how much you need?
Tell us the area and whether you want it supplied or supplied and installed, and we’ll come back with an itemised estimate for Preference Fiddleback Australian Hardwood. Attach a floor plan and we’ll check it before we call.
- A rough m² is enough to start
- Supply only, or supply and install
Why there is no price here
The number depends on your area, your subfloor and what preparation it needs — and a preparation surprise on the day is the thing that turns a good quote into a bad one. We measure first, then quote once, itemised.
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See the rangeSpecifications sourced from Preference Floors. Preference may change a specification without notice — we confirm the current sheet before every order.
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