Return to a natural state.
It wasn’t nature that created straight floorboards: it was the limitations of technology.
Bolefloor allows a return to a natural state: floors as nature intended.
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Introducing Bolefloor
Bolefloor is the world’s first industrial-scale manufactured
hardwood flooring with naturally curved lengths that follow
a tree’s natural growth. Bolefloor takes its name from bole,
the trunk of a tree.
Bolefloor has created the category of curved-length flooring
for the market at large. Until now, unique floors like these
have been the product of a few dedicated craftsmen.
With Bolefloors, all that is changed.
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About
Life is not a straight line.
About
More floors per forest.
Bolefloor’s optimization technology means savings of the natural resource. Not only is the surface aesthetically appealing, but Bolefloor innovations allow more floors per forest.
Technology in the name of nature.
Bolefloor technology combines wood scanning systems, tailor-made CAD/CAM developments and innovative optimization algorithms for placement software developed by a Finnish engineering automation company and three software companies in cooperation with the Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn University of Technology.
Bolefloor scanners’ natural-edge visual identification technology evaluates “imperfections” such as knots and sapwood near the edges or ends so that floors are both beautiful and durable.
Our process manages and tracks each board from its raw-lumber stage through final installation. And every board is cut using the finest in Homag woodworking machinery.
Just as Gutenberg’s invention literally freed the book from monastic confines, Bolefloor technology makes natural curved-length flooring available at a price not considerably more than today’s fine wood flooring.
Bolefloor
Ordinary straight boards
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About
Unique in the true meaning of the word.
Bolefloor curved-length flooring meets the true definition of unique: each floorboard is as individual as the tree it came from. No two bolefloors are alike.
Bolefloor offers a design solution for most any situation: residences, commercial spaces, retail environments, or display floors. Bolefloors work in any setting where intimate, natural, and individual interiors are desired.But there’s no law a Bolefloor has to be a floor — the technology has been employed to create walls and even ceilings. Let your imagination be the limit.
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Gallery
The following photos are available for use by journalists and/or floor enthusiasts.
We request the floors be identified as Bolefloors and Bolefloor.com cited as the source. Thank you.
We request the floors be identified as Bolefloors and Bolefloor.com cited as the source. Thank you.
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Product
A Bolefloor for every situation
Solid flooring is the soul of Bolefloor, but some conditions still require a multilayer solution. Bolefloor’s engineered product is ideal for more extreme conditions such as environments with inconsistent temperatures, floors which endure ultra-heavy traffic, or other “extreme” situations.
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Product
The grooviest grooves in the business.
Bolefloors are available beveled and unbeveled or in a combination of both, including grooved- and ungrooved endjoints.
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Product
Available in Select, Natural, and Rustic.
Bolefloor quality grades:
Select: Our finest grade. No sapwood or dark knots on the face plane; healthy knots and “cat paw“ present.
Natural: Sapwood and small dark knots present, as well as healthy knots and “cat paw.“
Rustic: Sapwood, dark knots and cracks up to 2mm may be present.
For light-colored floors sapwood stripes are recommended when vitality is desired in the surface.
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Species
A species for every need.
Bolefloors are available in solid oak, ash, maple, cherry and walnut.
Our choice of species and grades is wide enough to meet a variety of tastes and fit the character of any interior.
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Oak
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Ash
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Maple
Cherry
Walnut
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Technical
Our floorboards run to 3,000 mm in length with widths of 150-300 mm (there are slight, natural variations in places). Thicknesses available in solid wood are 21 mm and 13 mm, with multilayer available in 18 mm and 15 mm.
For specially-engineered orders, production can accommodate up to 6,000 mm lengths and up to 450 mm in width.
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Technical
Bolefloors are available unfinished or oiled, and also brushed for those seeking an aged or distressed look.
Our preference is to ship unfinished floors, since local dealers offer the widest selection of finishes suitable for floors in your part of the world.
Unfinished parquet should be lightly sanded (180 grit or to treatment supplier's specifications) after installation for better oil or lacquer performance.
Prefinished Bolefloors are available in WOCA Denmark oils and Osmo Hardwax finishing.
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Technical
All Bolefloor products are ordinary tongue and groove (unless ordered otherwise), ready to install preferrably by gluing down.
Trained installation and finishing teams work with professional flooring stores which offer our products.
Architect CAD files are ideal but please exercise caution: files do not always correspond exactly to actual room dimensions. Consult or use your Bolefloor dealer's installation team to ensure proper sizing.
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Video
Installing a Bolefloor
A Bolefloor is as simple to install as a traditional floor: this video shows you how. It’s the first in a series of videos made to introduce the newest category in flooring.
Feel free to download the video or use it on your site.
A Bolefloor is as simple to install as a traditional floor: this video shows you how. It’s the first in a series of videos made to introduce the newest category in flooring.
Feel free to download the video or use it on your site.
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News
Bolefloor in Vegas
To kick off our product's availability in the US, Bolefloor will be present at Surfaces 2012 in Las Vegas, January 24-26. Surfaces is America's largest event for the floor covering industry. Visit www.surfaces.com for more information.Return to Domotex (2012)
Bolefloor was warmly received in 2011 when we made our world debut at last year’s Domotex. We’re returning in 2012 with a greater product range and new team members. Please stop by and see us in Hannover, Germany, January 14-17, 2012. HALL 9, STAND G42Bolefloor Now Available at 50 Points Across Europe
Bolefloor is now available in 50 sales locations across Europe. By the end of the year, we’ll have sales points in all major European cities. Look for Bolefloor at top end flooring dealers and in contractors’ showrooms.Bolefloor at Batimat Trade Show is Paris
Bolefloor will be attending Batimat, France’s largest building show, from November 7 to 12, 2011 in Paris.Please visit us at : In & Out Fittings / Zoom hall 7.2 stand M1.
Detail Honors Bolefloor
Detail, Germany’s leading digest of architecture and design, have named Bolefloor to a list of 100 outstanding architectural solutions in the past 50 years. Bolefloor was voted second in the surface covers category.See the review (in German) here.
Bolefloor Takes America!
In our continuing crusade to put natural curves in flooring, Bolefloor is introducing our product to potential production- and distribution partners for the US market. Visit us at the National Wood Flooring Association’s annual convention and expo in San Diego, California, April 26-29. 2011. (NWFA expo booth no. 2120.)Domotex
Bolefloor Introduced at Domotex Hannover 2011 Bolefloor chose the Domotex flooring tradeshow in Germany (January 15-18) to unveil its category-creating product to the world of flooring and interior design. Hall 9, Stand D16Success at Domotex
Bolefloor had a successful new parquet category launch at the Domotex international flooring fair, Hannover (Germany). Bolefloor was one of the key innovative landmarks for architects, the trade media, and flooring business specialists at the Domotex fair. Interior designers and parquet industry professionals visiting the fair noted time and time again that there is space in the market for this original wood-efficient floor style.Life is not a straight line.
