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| Project Name: |
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Cafe Lago |
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Terence Feltus |
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Builder:
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Timber Flooring / Decking Contractor:
Contract Carpets |
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80mm Boral Silkwood engineered hardwood flooring
Species: Blackbutt & Karri
190 x 31mm Decking, Species Spotted Gum |
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Café Lago is set at the western end of the Torrens Lake in Adelaide. During the warmer months diners sit on the open deck overlooking the river while the interior is warm and inviting, featuring curved walls and dramatic timber accents.
The brief to architect Terence Feltus was to replace the timber floor at entry level in the restaurant. This included introducing a feature shape in the floor to visually draw people from the entry and through to the restaurant.
“We wanted to create a great first impression,” says Ray Mauger from Café Lago. “We now get lots of comments from customers on how striking the floor looks.”
Not only did the owners want a beautiful floor, they also needed it to stand the test of time. “We have been in business for over eight years, and plan to stay around for many more,” says Ray.
“Karri, Jarrah and Blackbutt were specified for variety of colour but without compromising on the strength and reliability of the floor,” explains Mimi Kos from Terence Feltus.
Boral Silkwood 80mm engineered timber flooring was glued rather than floated to create a more solid feel and to improve sound qualities, and because of the shorter length of timber required to achieve the feature shape.
Jarrah was used as the base, with the inset laid from Karri and Blackbutt.
“Boral Silkwood was an extremely practical choice as it is prefinished, meaning we were able to lay the floor within hours, reducing our downtime. Even though we added an extra coat of polyurethane for a glossier finish, the restaurant was still able to open almost straight away for business,” says floor layer Kerry Bennett from Contract Carpets.
The floor was not laid over a standard subfloor. Where the floor sits above the Torrens River, the subfloor is particleboard, while the area containing the inset has a concrete subfloor.
“When we ripped up the old floor, the subfloor sustained a lot of damage, so we had to do a lot of extra levelling,” explains Kerry. “The other hurdle we faced was that in order to achieve the pattern it wasn’t possible to end join the boards, so we had to glue the floor and keep it level with weights.
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