Elka 18mm American Black Walnut Engineered Flooring – Luxurious Walnut for Irish Homes

Bring rich, timeless elegance to your interiors with Elka 18mm American Black Walnut Engineered Flooring, now available at BargainFlooring.ie. This premium real wood flooring is crafted for Irish homeowners and renovators who appreciate the dramatic beauty and robust performance of authentic walnut. If you’re searching for engineered oak flooring Ireland, luxury walnut flooring, or underfloor heating compatible wood floors, this is the floor that delivers sophistication and substance.

Premium American Walnut – Striking Colour & Grain

Each board is made from genuine American Black Walnut, renowned for its deep, rich brown heartwood, subtle purplish-black undertones, and nearly white to tan sapwood. The striking contrast between heartwood and sapwood creates a floor with exceptional visual depth and character. Expect a mostly straight, open grain, with some boards displaying beautiful burled or curly grain for added interest. Elka’s careful shading process helps blend natural variation, ensuring a harmonious, luxurious finish across your floor.

Superior Engineered Construction

This flooring features a 4mm solid walnut wear layer atop a stable eucalyptus and poplar multi-ply core, providing excellent dimensional stability and long-lasting durability. Boards are 18mm thick, 150mm wide, and supplied in random lengths from 400mm to 1800mm, giving your floor a classic, elegant look. The tongue & groove profile and 1.2mm bevel on all edges ensure a secure fit and refined finish. Each pack covers 1.98m² and includes a balanced mix of rustic B/C/D grades, allowing for black repaired knots and small repaired splits-perfect for adding authentic character.

Versatile Installation & Modern Comfort

Elka 18mm American Black Walnut is suitable for floating installation over underlay with D3 adhesive, full stick or batten with Elka Flex, or nailing. It is fully compatible with embedded underfloor heating systems (when floated over underlay with DPM, max 27°C), making it ideal for year-round comfort in Irish homes. This floor is also approved for conservatories, but must never be installed in bathrooms or high-humidity areas.

Low Maintenance & Lasting Protection

The UV-cured lacquer finish protects the walnut’s natural beauty while making it easy to clean and maintain. For best results, use the Elka Lacquered maintenance kit to keep your floor looking its best for years to come.

Sustainable Quality & Peace of Mind

Manufactured with E1 adhesives and sourced from responsibly managed forests, this flooring is an environmentally conscious choice. Enjoy a 25-year structural guarantee, reflecting the confidence in Elka’s quality and durability.

Key Features and Unique Selling Points

• Authentic American Black Walnut: Deep, rich colour with striking heartwood-sapwood contrast and natural grain variation in every plank

• Premium UV Lacquer Finish: Protects the wood while enhancing its natural beauty, offering a smooth, easy-care surface

• Robust Engineered Construction: 18mm thick, 4mm solid walnut wear layer, eucalyptus & poplar multi-ply core for stability and strength

• Rustic Grade Character: B/C/D grading allows for repaired knots and splits, ensuring a floor full of unique charm

• Versatile Installation: Float, glue, or nail for flexible fitting in any main living space

• Underfloor Heating Compatible: Suitable for embedded systems (max 27°C, not for electric matting)

• Conservatory Use: Approved for use in sunrooms and conservatories

• Not for Bathrooms: Must never be installed in bathrooms or high-humidity areas

• Low Maintenance: Use the Elka Lacquered maintenance kit for easy care

• Sustainable & Safe: E1 adhesives and responsibly sourced walnut

• Long-Term Warranty: 25-year structural guarantee for peace of mind

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Product Summary

Elka 18mm American Black Walnut Engineered Flooring offers a luxurious, dramatic look with the strength and stability of engineered construction. Featuring a 4mm solid walnut wear layer, UV-cured lacquer finish, and compatibility with underfloor heating and conservatories, this floor is perfect for stylish, practical, and sustainable wood flooring in Irish homes. Backed by a 25-year structural guarantee, it’s a lasting investment in elegance and comfort. Order now from BargainFlooring.ie and experience the unique beauty of real walnut in your home.

18mm Real Wood Engineered Flooring Key Features

Colour: Heartwood ranges from a deep, rich dark brown to a purplish black. Sapwood is nearly white to tan. Difference between heartwood and sapwood colour is great; some flooring manufacturers steam lumber to bleed the darker heartwood colour into the sapwood.

Grain: Mostly straight and open, but some boards have burled or curly grain. Arrangements of pores is similar to hickories and persimmon, but pores are smaller in size.

Variations within species and grades: Great variety of colour and figure within species, as well as variation in colour among boards, especially in lower grades - Elka is shaded to help blend variation.

• Available in UV lacquered finish

• Solid 4mm wear layer, rustic grade

• Random lengths - 400-1800mm

• Ensures excellent thermal and acoustic properties

• Can be laid over underfloor heating

• Can be sanded and refinished

• Made from 100% natural wood

• Dimensional stability

• Floor can be laid in all residential areas
  (except those of high humidity)

• Elka engineered flooring is a truly practical product, chosen for its strength, flexibility of installation and overall stability. It perfectly mimics a solid wood floor, but is actually made of three or more layers of real wood with an upper layer of genuine hardwood. Its core strength comes from each layer being stacked in opposite directions, so it can be used in most areas of the home including conservatories and in conjunction with underfloor heating. 

With all the aesthetics of a real wood floor, but without any of the restrictions, real wood engineered flooring is a practical design choice for any home. Choose from products available in a variety of real wood finishes. When laid, an Elka real wood engineered floor is virtually indistinguishable from a solid wood floor. This is thanks to the product’s unique structure, which includes a generous surface layer of between 6mm of real wood, making it possible for all engineered floors to be sanded and refinished. The strength of each board comes from three or more layers of wood laid in opposite directions. This helps to avoid any issues with contraction or expansion, making it perfect for use in areas where traditional hardwood flooring cannot be used, such as in conservatories or in conjunction with embedded underfloor heating. The simplicity of its construction makes it perfect for use in DIY projects and thanks to its strength, it can easily be installed as a floating floor. Advances in UV cure technology have resulted in a finish that is more versatile, hardwearing and easy to maintain whilst retaining that natural aesthetic of wood. Oiled wood floors require an intermittent maintenance programme. Cleaning the floor with elka clean and applying a coat of elka protect oil at least once a year won’t just remove scuffs and scratches, but will improve its durability and it will also restore your floor to that vibrant piece of nature you fell in love with first time round.   

The timeless elegance of a wood floor brings warmth and beauty to every home. The variety of styles, colours and species give you a wonderful range to choose from and allows you to put your unique stamp on your living space.

• The real wood products capture all the rustic qualities of wood and bring the very essence of nature into your home. Each floor board is unique, enriched with naturally occuring characteristics such as knots of various sizes, flared grain patterns, burls, sapwood and mineral streaks. These are characteristics of each species’ individual growth process, and are all influenced by region, sunlight, climate and the soil. There are two types of knots; live knots which showcase the beautiful density of the spiral grain and dead knots which are repaired with a rich coloured filler. Any splits or cracks are filled and add a lively character to the unmistakable quality of a natural product. The colour variation within each plank reflects naturally occurring mineral and sapwood streaks and are even further enhanced when stained or treated.