Sydney Blue Gum Solid Timber Flooring

Sydney Blue Gum flooring: sizes, grades and prices

Prices are per square metre on our website on 14 October 2026. The 130 × 14 mm Feature board is stocked; the other sizes and grades are ordered in, usually within a week or two, so call for current pricing on those.

Which thickness: 14 mm overlay or 19 mm structural

The 19 mm board is a structural floor: it spans joists or battens on its own, or goes over a plywood or particleboard subfloor. The 14 mm board is an overlay: it must be glued or nailed to a continuous subfloor, or direct-stuck to a concrete slab over a moisture barrier, and cannot span joists. Both are tongue-and-groove and end-matched, and both are sanded and coated after laying, so the finished floor looks the same; the 14 mm board is cheaper per square metre and sits lower at doorways.

What Sydney Blue Gum flooring is like

Sydney Blue Gum, Eucalyptus saligna, grows in the coastal forests of NSW and southern Queensland and gives the warmest colour of our Australian floors: dark pink to red-brown heartwood with a straight, even grain. WoodSolutions puts its seasoned hardness at 8.1 kN at about 840 kg/m³, a little softer than Blackbutt, and notes that it takes a good polish, which is why it has been used for floors and furniture for a century.

The heartwood is not termite resistant, so keep the subfloor protected; indoors this is a matter for the building, not the board.

Grades for this timber

Feature grade, the one we hold in stock, shows gum veins, knots and the full colour range; Standard is cleaner; Select is cleanest. In Blue Gum the red colour is the draw, and Feature grade gives the most of it for the least money. Grade names vary between suppliers, so ask what each one allows; our timber grades guide explains the system.

Laying and finishing

Boards are supplied kiln-dried at 10–12.5% moisture content. If that matches the house, lay them; if the house is noticeably wetter or drier, open the packs and stack them with airflow for a week first. Leave 10–12 mm expansion gaps at walls and fixed points, more across a wide room. Leave the laid floor about two weeks before sanding and coating so it settles (WoodSolutions). Allow 5–10% extra for cuts and the odd board you set aside. We stock the adhesives, vapour barrier and trims and the skirtings to finish the job.

The same timber for other jobs

• Sydney Blue Gum engineered flooring – for slabs and underfloor heating
• Solid timber flooring – all species

Questions we get asked

How much does Sydney Blue Gum flooring cost?

On our website on 14 October 2026, the 130 × 14 mm Feature board is $78 per m² and Standard $94 per m²; other sizes and grades are quoted when ordered in.

How red is it?

Dark pink to red-brown, deeper than Blackbutt and lighter than Jarrah. A clear polyurethane deepens it; a water-based coat keeps it closer to the raw colour.

Is it hard enough for a hallway?

At 8.1 kN it is a little under Blackbutt and well above Tasmanian Oak, so yes.

Pickup and delivery

Stocked at our flooring showroom at 170 Settlement Road, Thomastown, Mon–Fri 7 am–4:30 pm and Sat 9 am–1 pm, with delivery across Melbourne and regional Victoria quoted with the order. Bring your room sizes in and we will work out the packs, or call (03) 9465 9875.