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Any floor is going to need a degree of maintenance @Tenderloin. Dinesen is used in a number of restaurants/shops/galleries so I wouldn’t be overly concerned on a general wear and tear front, but you will need to keep on top of cleaning with a floor soap which they will happily sell to you for £30ish a tub. White oiled floors inevitably look grubbier than a darker finish quicker, but it will have that sweet aesthetic you are after so swings and roundabouts.
What I will say is that Dinensen is eyewatering expensive, and even more so on retrofit projects where existing substrate levels (floors/stairs) are a little off. I worked on a project in 2019(ish) where Dinesen ash with a white oil finish was specified. 40sq.m in total including overcladding a new staircase came in at about £345sq.m supply and install, and I believe the supply cost of their ash flooring has gone up since.
Dinensen douglas fir is only available as a solidwood which is also pretty chunky at about 30mm which will also need considering at threshold points (junctions with other floors), and with any existing skirting boards/doors you are planning on keeping.
Clearly, it looks amazing but buyer beware and all that. Ted Todd do an engineered douglas fir which will help with the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs above. Will need a white oil soap maintenance as the 1st.
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EstelleGetty
Tenderloin
We’re kicking off our renovation in the new year as previously mentioned.
We’re also a few weeks out from having our first child.
How badly are they going to fuck up the Dinesen Douglas fir flooring/staircase I’ve been eyeing up? should I just go for slightly more practical stuff?