CARETTA
Rio 211 — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

22.91° S · 43.17° W · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio211

A warm, saturated ground that holds an open room together.

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Colour measured with an instrument — not judged by eye.

7mmThickness
228×1530mmPlank
0.55mmWear layer
25yr · residentialWarranty
14of 18Warmth
Outcomewhat you're solvingAtmospherethe feelingWorldthe collectionModelthis floorEvidencereal projectsExecutionspecs & install

A warm, grounding datum — present, never recessive.

THE FLOOR · SEEN UP CLOSE

Rio — 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* 52.0–58.5
Locked colour · measured
Warm
Undertone
14
Physical scans behind it
THE COLOURCaramelCognac
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SEE IT AT 1:1The grain, the joint and the floor under three lights
Rio 211 — the plank grain at original resolution, with a millimetre rule
The field · 180 × 130 mm of the plank
Rio 211 — the four-sided micro-bevel at original resolution, with a millimetre rule
The joint · 220 × 150 mm across the micro-bevel

Original pixels — 3.95 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 1.53 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 cool, pale, minimal room — this ground is warm and saturated.

INSTALLED · PHOTOGRAPHED ON SITE

Shot on site, not staged. Phone footage, no sound.

CHOOSING · IS THIS THE RIGHT FLOOR

ARCHITECTURAL POSITION

211 is warm and saturated with real presence — it does not recede, and it is not meant to. In an open plan built from concrete, glass and stone it is the one warm plane, and it is what stops the room reading as a set of cold surfaces with furniture placed among them. The matte finish matters here: under high, hazy light a sheen on a floor this warm would glare.

Where it works

  • Open plans built from concrete, stone and glass
  • Rooms where the floor is expected to hold the space together
  • Interiors with a lot of hard mineral surface and little colour
  • Bright, high, diffuse daylight

Where not to oversell it

Not for wet areas, standing water or as a ceramic replacement, and not solid timber. It is also not the ground for a cool, pale, minimal room — this floor is present by design, and it will be the warmest thing in the space.

Best beside

  • White and cool cast concrete
  • Green-black granite
  • Black-and-white stone mosaic
  • Aged bronze and dark steel
  • One restrained deep green

Avoid beside

  • Carnival-bright accent colour
  • Gloss and polished sheen
  • Beach and surf styling
  • Cold blue-grey paint
  • Orange rustic timber

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

Rio — Leans warm: position 14 of 18, cool to warm.

Show the second axis · lightness
darkLightnesslight

Rio — Leans dark: position 7 of 18, dark to light.

A STARTING PALETTE · ONE FLOOR, FIVE COMPANIONS

Raw concrete is the honest wall for this floor — Rio, not rustic. Limewash opens it; black iron closes the frame.

RioLimewash whiteRaw concreteCream stoneBlack iron

Rio floor · Limewash white · Raw concrete · Cream stone · Black iron

RIO 211 · THE WORLD

Rio is modernism under tropical landscape pressure.

The floor under this world stays the real one: Rio 211 — 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

1530 mm228 mm01 m
Construction
Rigid SPC core · IXPE pad
Plank
228 × 1530 mm
Thickness
7 mm
Wear layer
0.55 mm
Surface
Ultra-matte
Bevel
4-sided micro-bevel
Variation, plank to plank
2.5 L* · derived from the plank scan · collection spans 1.7–4.8 L*
Installation
Glueless click, floating
Underfloor heating
Compatible
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 14 of 18 · coolest to warmest · from b*
Lightness
position 7 of 18 · darkest to lightest · from L*
Saturation
position 14 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 Rio (211) — engineered SPC rigid-core flooring, 228 × 1530 mm, 7.0 mm overall, 0.55 mm wear layer, underfloor-heating compatible. Décor layer and wear layer over the core; ultra-matte surface with a four-sided micro-bevel. Floating click installation. Water-resistant for everyday use; the installed floor is not a waterproofing system. Test reports at product-family scope and the measured colour reference issued to specifiers on request.

Evidence standing

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

RIO 211

A floor can fill a room, or ground it.

Plenty of floors decorate. Few do the quiet structural work.

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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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