ᐅ Experiences with Silva Trade – Sipa Floor Country-Style Plank

Hello everyone,

I am new to this forum and hope to get some help here.

We are building this year and are currently looking into flooring options.
We were offered the following product:

Sipa Floor 3-layer country plank
15/4 x 220 x 2200 mm (0.94 x 8.7 x 86.6 inches) rustic oak, white oiled

I have since found out that the company Silver Trade no longer exists.
Can anyone still tell me something about the quality of this product (and possibly the original price)?
Thank you very much!

dense

Hello "dense".
I don’t see much point in researching a product that is no longer available on the market.
Basically, all multilayer parquet boards (previously called engineered wood flooring) must have a wear layer of at least 4 mm (about 1/6 inch) according to DIN EN 13489. Therefore, the manufacturer is initially less important.
A 3-layer construction sounds good because you can assume that the layers (wear layer, core layer, and backing layer) are well matched to each other, making the plank largely resistant to warping. But please remember: we are dealing with an engineered wood product!
One last point is “white oiled.”
A clear statement: with use, the very thin color film will wear off.
This is always the “main issue” with parquet as well as cork flooring—the durability.
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I hope this information can at least help you somewhat.
Regards: KlaRa

The main points have already been covered by @KlaRa. I would like to add that with "white oiled," the durability issue is not the oil itself, but rather the pigments contained in the oil. Generally, oiled surfaces are quite durable.

For gluing over underfloor heating, I would recommend using a two-layer parquet floor. The reason for this is the lower overall thickness and the associated better thermal resistance.

Regards, Sigi

Hello everyone,

I’m joining in here. Our flooring installer offered us a two-layer parquet with a total thickness of 13mm (0.5 inches). The bottom layer would be birch plywood. Unfortunately, we didn’t like the natural oil finish that much, so we’ve now opted for a lightly white oiled finish.

Are the white pigments really that sensitive? What exactly does that mean?

Is the thickness and the construction with the birch plywood good, or as the installer claimed, even better suited for underfloor heating?

Hello responders/questioners.
I have only started participating in this forum today – but that’s just by the way.
Overall, all pigmented layers, whether applied as a glaze or, as in the case of engineered wood flooring, as pigmented oils, are more sensitive to abrasion compared to untreated surfaces.
Regarding suitability for underfloor heating, the construction, as you described it, is only indirectly related. Why? Because no manufacturer of floor coverings can afford to market products with such a high thermal resistance that they would not be suitable for this purpose.
So, there is no “better” option in this regard.
You intend to install 13mm (0.5 inch) thick multi-layer parquet (or it has already been installed).
But even 22mm (0.9 inch) thick solid strip hardwood flooring is suitable for underfloor heating.
In that sense, I can reassure you regarding the thickness of the material used or offered...
Regards, KlaRa

I would like to slightly disagree with @KlaRa. Of course, the thickness of the floor has an impact on the thermal resistance. In my opinion, 22mm (0.87 inches) is the upper limit. Manufacturers indicate this in their datasheets.

Best regards,
Sigi