CARETTA
Tulum 1976-003 — Tulum, Yucatán Mexico

20.21° N · 87.47° W · Tulum, Yucatán Mexico

Tulum1976-003

A sun-bleached, sandy ground — quiet underfoot.

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Colour measured with an instrument — not judged by eye.

7mmThickness
230×1830mmPlank
0.55mmWear layer
25yr · residentialWarranty
5of 18Warmth
Outcomewhat you're solvingAtmospherethe feelingWorldthe collectionModelthis floorEvidencereal projectsExecutionspecs & install

Sand-bleached and mineral — chromatically humble, a quiet ground.

THE FLOOR · SEEN UP CLOSE

Tulum — plank grain and micro-bevel

The tones in this floor

Sampled from the real plank — light boards to dark, as you would lay them. Six tones, not one square.

L* 59.1–68.5
Locked colour · measured
Cool-neutral
Undertone
24
Physical scans behind it
THE COLOURSandWarm beige
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SEE IT AT 1:1The grain, the joint and the floor under three lights
Tulum 1976-003 — the plank grain at original resolution, with a millimetre rule
The field · 180 × 130 mm of the plank
Tulum 1976-003 — the four-sided micro-bevel at original resolution, with a millimetre rule
The joint · 220 × 150 mm across the micro-bevel

Original pixels — 3.59 per millimetre. Nothing enlarged, nothing retouched. The rule is printed at the plank’s own scale, so you can measure it yourself.

WHAT THIS FLOOR ACTUALLY IS

Handles everyday spills — kitchens and dry interiors, detailed correctly
Water-resistant for everyday use. Not a waterproofing system. Not a flood-proof claim. Clean with a damp mop; remove free water promptly.
Warm underfoot — ready for underfloor heating
Compatible with underfloor heating — declared for the product family, not measured by us per batch. The floor floats, so it follows the heat without being fixed to the screed.
Made for daily life — chairs, shoes, pets
Real long planks — a calmer, continuous floor
Full 1.83 m boards with a fine four-sided micro-bevel — our declared joint.
Ultra-matte — reads as real floor, never plastic

Good to know Think twice if you want a warm, deep, characterful floor — this is pale and restrained.

CHOOSING · IS THIS THE RIGHT FLOOR

ARCHITECTURAL POSITION

1976-003 is pale and low in colour — closer to quarried sand than to timber — but the boards shift noticeably in lightness, so the field moves even while the tint stays put. Set against lime plaster and raw concrete it stops behaving like a wood floor and joins them as one mineral plane. There are no knots to break it up; the movement is all light and dark.

Where it works

  • Plaster-and-concrete interiors where the floor should join the walls, not contrast them
  • Bright living rooms and dry interior circulation
  • Schemes where the depth comes from dark joinery or planting, not from the ground
  • Rooms that want a pale floor with movement still in it

Where not to oversell it

Not for showers, standing water or unresolved subfloor moisture, and not a ceramic replacement in a wet area. It is not solid timber, and it is not the choice for anyone who wants a deep, warm, obviously wooden floor.

Best beside

  • Lime plaster with a sand-chalk finish
  • Pale limestone
  • Raw and polished concrete
  • Dark tropical hardwood joinery
  • One deep green note — planting or stone

Avoid beside

  • Gloss and sealed sheen
  • High-contrast orange timber
  • Macramé and jungle-resort styling
  • Cold bright white paint
  • Faux-rustic timber with heavy grooves

If the room leans that way, the truly distant floors: Sylt 1140-51 · Helsinki 1994-05 · Havana 2410.

THE SIGNATURE · WHERE IT SITS AMONG THE EIGHTEEN

coolTemperaturewarm

Tulum — Leans cool: position 5 of 18, cool to warm.

Show the second axis · lightness
darkLightnesslight

Tulum — Leans light: position 12 of 18, dark to light.

A STARTING PALETTE · ONE FLOOR, FIVE COMPANIONS

Sun-bleached ground, limewash field, warm limestone telling the stone story. Dark wood grounds it.

TulumLimewash whiteWarm limestoneDark woodBlack iron

Tulum floor · Limewash white · Warm limestone · Dark wood · Black iron

TULUM 1976-003 · THE WORLD

Tulum is pale mineral restraint under tropical light.

The floor under this world stays the real one: Tulum 1976-003 — the world is read through the model.

Technical data · for architects

The full specification.

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TRUE SCALE · THE PLANK AS IT IS

1830 mm230 mm01 m
Construction
Rigid ESPC core · IXPE pad
Plank
230 × 1830 mm
Thickness
7 mm · declared
Wear layer
0.55 mm · declared
Surface
Ultra-matte
Bevel
4-sided micro-bevel
Variation, plank to plank
3.5 L* · derived from the plank scan · collection spans 1.7–4.8 L*
Installation
Glueless click, floating
Underfloor heating
Compatible · declared
Water response
Water-resistant for everyday use; not a waterproofing system
Warranty
25 years residential · 15 years light commercial
Fidelity
Locked to the physical model · unretouched
Temperature
position 5 of 18 · coolest to warmest · from b*
Lightness
position 12 of 18 · darkest to lightest · from L*
Saturation
position 5 of 18 · most muted to richest · from C*ab

The three positions are derived from the locked colour of all 18 models — b*, L* and C*ab of the instrument reading. They place this floor in the collection; they are not a rating.

Specification clause · ready to paste

CARETTA Tulum (1976-003) — engineered ESPC rigid-core flooring, 230 × 1830 mm. Décor layer and wear layer over the core; ultra-matte surface with a four-sided micro-bevel. Floating click installation. Declared values: 7.0 mm overall, 0.55 mm wear layer, underfloor-heating compatible. Water-resistant for everyday use; the installed floor is not a waterproofing system. Measured colour reference issued to specifiers on request.

Evidence standing

Measured colour
On file · per model
Technical reports
On request · Deep Sea product-family scope
Model- or batch-specific lab report
Not claimed
Current-range declaration
In preparation
All eighteen, in one place

TULUM 1976-003

Some grounds are wood. Some are closer to stone and sand.

The quiet is not only in the eye. It is underfoot too.

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  2. Personal specification
  3. Your floor

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BEFORE YOU ASK · WHAT A QUOTE HERE MEANS

What it includes

A quote is itemised line by line — boards for your area, edge and threshold profiles, and anything else the job needs. Nothing bundled, nothing assumed.

How it arrives

Send the rooms and their approximate area — by form or WhatsApp. The itemised quote comes back to you personally.

Why no public price list

A floor is priced from its specification: the model, the area, the condition of the existing base and the finishing details. A number published before those are known would be a guess — we don’t guess. Asking costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

Technical dossier

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