Why Teak Flooring is the perfect combination of luxury and practicality?

Why Teak Flooring is the perfect combination of luxury and practicality?

Teak is known as the ‘king of woods’ and is recognized worldwide as the best wood for flooring.

What is teak wood? Why does teak enjoy such high praise? And what are the advantages and disadvantages of teak wood?

Teak is recognized worldwide as a precious wood, with Thailand and Myanmar producing the best quality. Teak is known as the ‘king of woods’ and is considered a national treasure in Myanmar and Indonesia. Thailand regards teak as its national tree and has banned its logging.

Advantages

1. High Wear Resistance

Teak takes at least 50-60 years to grow to maturity, with a slow growth period, high density and hardness, and is not easily worn.

2. Extreme Stability

After professional drying treatment, teak wood is dimensionally stable and has the least deformation due to dry shrinkage and wet expansion among all types of wood.

3. Moisture-proof and Corrosion-resistant.

Teak wood is rich in iron and oil, which makes it resistant to deformation, insects, termites, acids and especially moisture and corrosion.

4. Natural grain

Elegant ink lines and colourful oil shadows form the unique natural grain of teak wood.

5. Unfading Appearance

The colour of teak's polished surface can be oxidized into a golden yellow through photosynthesis, and the colour becomes more beautiful over time.

It should be noted that due to the preciousness of teak, there are many counterfeit and inferior products on the market, so caution should be exercised when purchasing.