Why Oak Lamella Keeps Getting Wider: the 2200 × 260 Size Is Growing

Walk any flooring fair over the last couple of years and the trend is the same: planks keep getting wider and longer. 190 mm used to count as wide. 220 mm is now routine, and 260 mm has become standard for premium ranges.

Why wide sells

• Fewer joints over the same area, a calmer surface that suits open-plan and minimal interiors;
• Oak figure only opens up on a wide face — both quartered ray fleck and flat-sawn cathedral need the width;
• Faster to lay, so installed cost comes down a little.

Wide is not just sawing wider

1. Log diameter: a clean 260 mm net lamella needs large, straight, low-knot logs. Only part of any intake will yield it;
2. Drying: wider boards carry more drying stress, so cup and surface checking risk rise — the schedule has to slow down and batches have to be kept separate;
3. Grading: defects read louder on a wide face, so at the same grade criteria the sorting loss is higher;
4. Thickness pairing: wide sizes normally run 4.0 mm, trading thickness for stability.

Stacked together, that is why wide plank costs more than standard width. It is yield and process cost, not a premium.

Two things to watch when buying wide

Moisture content. Wide boards are less forgiving. We ship at 8–12% and supply the kiln record with the goods. Storage at your end matters just as much — condition the material to the equilibrium moisture content of the destination.

Thickness tolerance. Uneven thickness shows up directly in pressing. We hold ±0.3 mm.

Our wide sizes

• 2200 × 220 × 4.0 mm
• 2200 × 260 × 4.0 mm

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