Battery Point Terrace: Waterproof Hybrid Restoration
Heritage proportions kept intact with a waterproof hybrid floor that runs unbroken through a listed terrace.
- Project Category
- Heritage Residential
- Location
- Battery Point, TAS
- Material Selection
- Hybrid SPC 'Smoked Oak'
- Installation Time
- 5 Working Days
The Challenge & Vision
An 1880s terrace with original skirtings the owners would not part with, and a subfloor that had settled more than 20mm across the length of the hallway. The brief was a single unbroken floor from the front door through to the rear extension, waterproof enough for a bathroom threshold, and installed without lifting a single piece of heritage joinery.
The Solution
We mapped the settlement with a laser level and brought the whole floor to plane with a fibre-reinforced levelling compound poured in three stages. A 6mm hybrid plank in a soft smoked oak went down floating over acoustic underlay, scribed to the existing skirtings rather than butted against new quad — the detail that keeps the room reading as original.
- Total Area
- 86m²
- Total Area
- Level Correction
- 22mm
- Level Correction
Technical Specifications
What went down, and why it suits a heritage floor plate.
| Attribute | Value / Standard |
|---|---|
| Product | Hybrid SPC 'Smoked Oak' |
| Thickness | 6mm plank + 1.5mm IXPE underlay |
| Wear Layer | 0.5mm commercial grade |
| Locking System | 5G angle-drop |
| Waterproof Rating | 100% — full submersion tested |
| Subfloor Prep | Fibre-reinforced levelling, 3 pours |
Through the Terrace
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