What are the advantages and disadvantages of teak flooring?

2025-10-17

How about teak flooring? If you have a lot of authentic Burmese teak, then congratulations, you have made a fortune.

Why exactly? Let's get back to the point. How is teak flooring? I'll explain it from the following perspectives.

Basic introduction of teak


Teak, also known as annatto, is a Southeast Asian wood, mainly produced in Thailand and Myanmar. In particular, the teak produced in Myanmar is the best quality.

Teak is light and has a medium density. It contains a lot of oil and iron, making it particularly resistant to corrosion. The grain is fine and smooth, and high-quality teak has black ink lines.

Advantages and disadvantages of teak flooring

advantage:

Because teak wood contains rich oil, its floor has excellent waterproof performance, is particularly stable, not easy to deform or crack, and is resistant to corrosion and insects.

Teak wood flooring has delicate, exquisite and elegant textures and a golden color. As the use time increases, its color will become more and more beautiful through photosynthesis oxidation, and it will look newer with time.

Teak flooring is soft in density, so it feels comfortable and elastic underfoot.

shortcoming:

Teak is not a type of rosewood, but it is indeed more expensive than some rosewoods. Therefore, its only disadvantage is that it is too expensive and is becoming increasingly rare.

The value of teak flooring

Teak, known as the "King of All Woods" and the "National Wood" of Myanmar, is recognized worldwide. In Europe, there's a saying: "Old teak is as valuable as gold." Teak is widely used in high-end venues and luxury cruise ships worldwide, including the deck of the Titanic, Olympic rowing boats, the Shanghai Customs Building, HSBC Bank, the interior of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, and other luxury villas.

Using authentic pure solid teak flooring is a symbol of identity, and with the scarcity of wood, the authentic pure solid teak flooring will have more and more room for value-added in the future, and can be recycled.