Gilt Edge Industries has been New Zealand's leading distributor to the flooring preparation and installation industry since 1969, when founder Grant Dickey established the business — he remains active at board level today. Over the past 50 years, the company has grown from a small manufacturing base in Christchurch into the country's leading solution provider and wholesaling distributor for flooring construction, installation and preparation products.
The business is now run day-to-day by working directors Chris Dickey (Managing Director) and Nick Richardson (General Manager), supported by an energetic, experienced team of 32 people servicing the NZ flooring trade market from around a dozen locations nationwide. Gilt Edge stocks over 1200 flooring products across categories including carpet and vinyl installation, floor preparation, levelling and moisture control, floor adhesives, floor and wall detail profiles, flooring underlays, stair nosing and anti-slip products, and tools and machinery.
The company also serves as New Zealand's distributor of Protect Crete products, a role it has held for over 15 years, partnering with construction companies, architects and specifiers nationally on concrete treatment solutions. Gilt Edge works with contractors and retailers as well as architects and specifiers, offering technical advice and Masterspec specification support aimed at NZ Building Code and NZ Flooring Association Standards compliant installations.
Gilt Edge Industries has spent more than 50 years building its position as New Zealand's leading distributor to the flooring preparation and installation industry. Founded in 1969 by Grant Dickey, who remains active at board level today, the company has grown from a small manufacturing base in Christchurch into a nationwide wholesaling distributor for flooring construction, installation and preparation products.
The company's evolution over the past 20 years has been driven by working directors Chris Dickey (Managing Director) and Nick Richardson (General Manager), who have shaped Gilt Edge into the business it is today. Behind them sits a team of 32 people, described as energetic and highly experienced, servicing the New Zealand flooring trade market from around a dozen locations. The company name itself carries a deliberate meaning — Gilt Edge Industries is drawn from the historical term for premium government bonds and securities that carried universal backing and market confidence, a standard the company says it strives to live up to in its daily transactions.
Gilt Edge stocks New Zealand's largest range of trade-quality flooring adhesives, levelling compounds, underlay, stair nosing, profiles, concrete moisture control, tools and installation accessories, totalling over 1200 products. The range is organised into seven categories: Carpet & Vinyl Installation (150 products), Floor Preparation, Levelling & Moisture Control (60 products), Floor Adhesives (44 products), Floor & Wall Detail Profiles (66 products), Flooring Underlays (17 products), Stair Nosing & Anti Slip Products (38 products), and Tools & Machinery, the largest category with 293 products. This breadth is aimed at both contractors and retailers, who can access trade-quality supplies and expert advice across all aspects of the flooring industry.
Beyond flooring installation supplies, Gilt Edge has been the New Zealand distributor of Protect Crete products for over 15 years. In that time, the company has partnered with construction companies, architects and specifiers nationally to deliver technical advice, Masterspec specification support, and hands-on project assistance for concrete treatment. The Protect Crete range covers antibacterial concrete protection, infrastructure concrete protection, flooring systems concrete protection, and commercial concrete protection, with a focus on mitigating project risk and delivering solutions compliant with NZ Building Code and NZ Flooring Association Standards.
For over fifty years, Gilt Edge has positioned itself as a trusted national supplier for architects and specifiers working on subfloor preparation and flooring installation. Gilt Edge Architectural Services partners with 'best in class' supply partners to assist with specification development and technical advice, offering hands-on Seamless Flooring Systems specification development with a focus on risk mitigation and standards compliance. Technical advice for architects and specifiers is available directly through Technical Sales Manager Jaco Malan.
Gilt Edge operates depots across New Zealand, including Auckland (Penrose and Glenfield), Hamilton (Frankton), Tauranga, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Wellington (Petone), Nelson (Stoke), Christchurch (Addington) — the head office location — and Dunedin (South Dunedin), each with its own depot manager and direct contact details. The company's sales team is similarly spread regionally, with dedicated consultants covering the Lower North Island, South Island, Lower South Island, Auckland region, and a national supply chain manager overseeing logistics across the network.
Gilt Edge Industries' head office is located at 110 Antigua Street, Addington, Christchurch, and can be reached free on 0800 445 833, or by email at [email protected] for general enquiries and [email protected] for customer orders. With more than five decades of trading history, a national depot network, and a product range spanning more than 1200 items, Gilt Edge Industries positions itself as a comprehensive supplier for New Zealand's flooring trade, from individual contractors through to architects and large construction projects.