CARETTA
Skagen 239 — Skagen, Northern Denmark

57.72° N · 10.58° E · Skagen, Northern Denmark

Skagen239

A pale floor that gathers scarce light and hands it back.

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Colour measured with an instrument — not judged by eye.

7mmThickness
230×1830mmPlank
0.55mmWear layer
25yr · residentialWarranty
10of 18Warmth
Outcomewhat you're solvingAtmospherethe feelingWorldthe collectionModelthis floorEvidencereal projectsExecutionspecs & install

A luminous reflector — gently warm, bright and even.

THE FLOOR · SEEN UP CLOSE

Skagen — 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* 68.3–72.7
Locked colour · measured
Warm
Undertone
16
Physical scans behind it
THE COLOURChalkPale sand
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SEE IT AT 1:1The grain, the joint and the floor under three lights
Skagen 239 — the plank grain at original resolution, with a millimetre rule
The field · 180 × 130 mm of the plank
Skagen 239 — the four-sided micro-bevel at original resolution, with a millimetre rule
The joint · 220 × 150 mm across the micro-bevel

Original pixels — 3.91 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 in a warm, low-light room — this pale ground wants good daylight.

CHOOSING · IS THIS THE RIGHT FLOOR

ARCHITECTURAL POSITION

239 is the most even floor we measure — the smallest board-to-board difference of the eighteen — and it is light with a gentle warmth in it. That combination is what makes it a reflector: scarce northern daylight lands on an unbroken pale field and comes back into the room instead of being swallowed by pattern or shadow. On a grey day the room still reads luminous.

Where it works

  • North-facing rooms and interiors with limited daylight
  • Pale Nordic schemes: limewash, white trim, pale brick
  • Long rooms where a busy floor would break the light up
  • Interiors that should feel light without feeling cold

Where not to oversell it

Not for wet areas, standing water or as a ceramic replacement, and not solid timber. It is also the wrong floor for a dark, warm, low-light room where depth is what you want — a pale reflector with nothing to reflect gives you neither.

Best beside

  • Ochre lime render
  • Pale yellow brick
  • White cornice and painted trim
  • Soaped-oak and pale matte joinery
  • Aged bronze

Avoid beside

  • Dark stained timber
  • Gloss and lacquered sheen
  • Nautical blue-and-white styling
  • Strong pattern underfoot
  • Heavy dark-to-light contrast

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

Skagen — mid-scale, neither cool nor warm: position 10 of 18, cool to warm.

Show the second axis · lightness
darkLightnesslight

Skagen — One of our lightest floors: position 17 of 18, dark to light.

A STARTING PALETTE · ONE FLOOR, FIVE COMPANIONS

Nordic quiet: limewash and linen gather the low light. A dark-wood anchor saves it from sterility; patina bronze, never brass.

SkagenLimewash whiteLinenDark woodPatina bronze

Skagen floor · Limewash white · Linen · Dark wood · Patina bronze

The coast of Skagen, Northern Denmark — the world of this floor
SKAGEN 239 · THE WORLD

Skagen is pale northern clarity.

Skagen, Northern Denmark · 57.72° N · 10.58° E

The floor under this world stays the real one: Skagen 239 — 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
1.7 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 10 of 18 · coolest to warmest · from b*
Lightness
position 17 of 18 · darkest to lightest · from L*
Saturation
position 9 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 Skagen (239) — 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

SKAGEN 239

In a bright room, light is a given. In a dim one, it's everything.

Plenty of floors sit under the light. Few hand it back.

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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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