Brushbox Timber Flooring

Brushbox solid timber flooring: a smooth, even Australian hardwood with little gum vein, 130 × 14 mm Feature grade in stock at Thomastown, other sizes and grades ordered in. Seasoned hardness 9.1 kN (WoodSolutions), about 890 kg/m³, greyish pink to soft red-brown.

• Sizes: 83 × 14, 130 × 14 and 130 × 19 mm tongue and groove, end-matched, priced per m²; 14 mm is an overlay board for a continuous subfloor or slab, 19 mm goes over joists
• Grades: Feature (stocked), Standard and Select (ordered in); all three look clean because the timber has so little gum vein
• Timber: Brush Box, Lophostemon confertus, from coastal NSW and Queensland; heartwood termite resistant; sapwood not susceptible to lyctid borer
• Look: greyish pink to red-brown, fine tight grain, few marks; sands very smooth, takes clear coats well, stains less evenly
• Hardness in use: 9.1 kN, a touch above Blackbutt
• Laying and finishing: supplied at 10–12.5% moisture content; sand and coat about two weeks after laying (WoodSolutions). We stock the adhesives, vapour barrier and skirting
• At Greenhill: stocked at 170 Settlement Road, Thomastown, with pickup or delivery across Melbourne and regional Victoria. See all solid timber flooring.

Brushbox 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 and the listed prices apply when they arrive.

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 Brushbox flooring is like

Brush Box, Lophostemon confertus, is a coastal tree from northern NSW and Queensland and the quietest-looking floor on this list: greyish pink through to a soft red-brown with a fine, tight, slightly interlocked grain and almost no gum vein, so the finished floor is smooth and even. WoodSolutions puts its seasoned hardness at 9.1 kN at about 890 kg/m³, between Blackbutt and Spotted Gum, and the heartwood is termite resistant.

It is the floor for people who want timber without feature marks. It sands to a very smooth surface and takes clear coats well; stains take less evenly because the grain is so tight.

Grades for this timber

Even Feature grade Brush Box is a clean-looking board, because the timber has little gum vein to begin with; Standard and Select are cleaner again and are ordered in. 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

• Solid timber flooring – all species, with Blackbutt the closest in colour
• Blackbutt solid floorboards – paler and in stock in all sizes

Questions we get asked

How much does Brushbox flooring cost?

On our website on 14 October 2026, the 130 × 14 mm Feature board is $93.50 per m²; ordered-in sizes run from $79 to $130.50 per m² depending on size and grade.

What does Brush Box look like?

Pinkish grey to soft red-brown with a fine, even grain and few marks. It is the plainest of the Australian hardwood floors, in a good way.

Is it hard-wearing?

Yes: 9.1 kN seasoned hardness, a touch above Blackbutt.

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.

Pick up from 170 Settlement Road, Thomastown. Stocked lines are usually ready the same day. Delivery across Melbourne and regional Victoria is quoted on the order; call (03) 9465 9875 for a price on your suburb.

All prices include GST. Flooring is priced per square metre, decking and dressed timber per lineal metre, framing and posts per length. Trade accounts get trade pricing on the site and at the counter: apply here.

Bring your room or deck sizes in, or call (03) 9465 9875, and we will work out boards, lengths, fixings and oil, with about 10% allowed for cuts.