Flooring - the face of your home.Exactly. When a person enters the room, the first thing he looks at his feet, and only after some time begins to look around. It must be said that the floor is always under a lot of stress. It is important to choose a high-quality floor covering, which will be both beautiful and durable, and it is desirable that it is environmentally friendly. All these requirements correspond to the floorboard. Reviews of this material are very good.
History
The floorboard came into vogue in the 14th century.Since then, it has never lost its relevance. And it is unlikely to ever happen. In those old times, material was available only to very rich and influential people. Now the material is also not the cheapest, but at the same time almost every family can afford such flooring today.
К сожалению, признаем факт того, что лучший parquet in Russia comes from abroad. We have in our country several factories producing floorboards (joint ventures of Russia and Europe), but the quality of their products is still lower than imported counterparts. Check out any review of the floorboard, you immediately see this. Further brief reviews of several parquet boards will be presented.
Reviews
The parquet board is an elite floor covering. No linoleum or laminate flooring competitors. The only hint of competition is an array, but this is a bit wrong. Let's return to the parquet.
Customer Reviews praise the parquet for itenvironmental friendliness, appearance. There are also references to the excellent performance properties of the material and its durability. People who faced the floorboard, and note the simplicity of its installation.
Материал действительно хорош.Parquet is made from wood, not from sawdust, shavings and other things. The tree is a tree, in the process of exploitation the parquet does not begin to creak, does not swell due to excessive moisture. This material is fully consistent with the price they ask for. Parquet is a material for high-quality repair. Reviews of the floorboard should remove all your doubts, if you have any.
The advantages of the floorboard
This material has a lot of strengths. Consider the main benefits:
- Environmentally friendly material (parquet is made exclusively from wood, without any chemical additives and other things).
- Durability (material is durable, very strong and hard). Reviews of the floorboard indicate that the material can serve ten or more years in the most difficult conditions.
- Aesthetics. A tree in its natural form always looks very noble, stylish and expensive.
- The naturalness of the pattern (the pattern of the board always looks natural and pleasant, the natural tones of wood look very stylish).
- Easy installation. In most cases, the owners of the apartment (house) can independently lay the floor with a floorboard without the help of experts.
Disadvantages of the material
There is nothing perfect in our world.You can always find at least some minor flaws. If we talk about the floorboard, reviews say that the material has very few weak spots, but we tried to find at least something:
- Marriage. Sometimes it occurs, most often the marriage can be found on a relatively cheap board from a dubious manufacturer.
- Color variation.When buying several packs, we recommend checking the color scheme of different packages with the floorboard among themselves, so as not to be mislaid when laying, this drawback is also found among manufacturers without reputation.
- High price. Quality and natural materials determine this pricing, which simply needs to be taken for granted.
Board structure
Parquet is a multi-layer coating.For the front (outer) layer of parquet wood of valuable species is always selected. The thickness of the floorboard for the floor is an important point. Even more important is the thickness of the face layer of the parquet. It is its thickness that determines the maintainability of the floor. Speaking about the repair, we mean the number of grinding coatings, if any, are possible and necessary.
Толщина лицевого слоя разнится от трех до шести millimeters. The middle layer is usually made from softwood lamella (thickness of the middle layer is up to 9 mm.), The bottom layer is usually 2 mm, it is made of durable spruce plywood. Thus, we obtain a parquet thickness of about 15-17 mm, say that the thicker the parquet is, the better, more stable, more durable and more rigid it is.
In the market of building materials offeredparquet board from 7 to 25 mm thick. The best flooring is the thickest. Such a board can be sanded if necessary, it is hard, durable and will not "walk" under your foot. But there are such cases when you need a thin parquet board.
If your rough floor is not perfectflat surface, that is, has a slight curvature of the level, it would be better for you to cover it with a thin parquet. Also, this option is relevant if the room is not too high ceiling. It would seem that the difference in 10-12 mm will not be noticeable, but it is not. Sometimes, the financial aspect also plays a role in the choice of not the thickest floorboard.
Parquet board from solid larch
This is a special option.Larch is a material that is very resistant to external negative factors. Larch is not afraid of water, it is not attacked by insects and rodents. All this is possible due to gum, which is present in large amounts in the structure of wood. Therefore, the parquet board, made of larch, has all the same properties as the wood itself. The price of such parquet bites, but it is worth it!
Other types of wood for the floorboard
For the production of parquet suitable varieties of wood with good wear resistance, hardness and durability. In addition to the aforementioned larch fit:
- Oak.This wood is very popular, as it is very strong and strong. Oak products are always of the highest quality, the oak does not rot for a long time, it is not exposed to fungus, is not afraid of moisture, and does not warp and does not crack with time. Oak floorboard looks very attractive.
- Ash. Cheaper wood.The floorboard made of ash looks very beautiful. Such a parquet board loses a little oak in terms of durability and hardness, but the price of products is much lower.
- Beech. Products from this wood always have a pleasant light shade, they are extremely resistant to moisture and durable.
- American walnut.Exclusive wood for our forests. It is easy to guess from the name where this species of tree grows. American walnut coating is extremely durable and durable. Not inferior on this indicator floorboard made of oak. American walnut is endowed by nature with an amazing dark brown wood pattern. The price of parquet from this breed of wood is high.
Types of floorboards
Before the final choice of parquet you need to know the difference between its different types. The floorboard is:
- Single-sided (the upper layer of single-sided floorboard consists of only one canvas, the pattern of wood looks clear and pleasing to the eye).
- Two-lane (the upper layer of the board consists of two lamellas, they are joined end-to-end).
- Three-lane (decorative layer is composed of three lamellae, which have an offset along its length). The three-strip board can have a pattern in the form of a “braid” or “fir-tree”.
- Four-lane (in its manufacturing principle, the board is similar to three-lane, the only difference is in the number of lamellae).
In terms of performance and durabilitysingle-sided floorboard looks slightly cheaper than other options. But the choice should be yours, because the difference between the above types is not critical.
Some manufacturers
Kahrs uses for its productsthe best materials. These are oak, beech, ash, poplar, cherry, birch, walnut, maple, hickory, copal and others. The company's products are indisputable in terms of quality. The manufacturer offers a lot of options for the floorboard. But even the most budget options are very expensive. The manufacturer gives a guarantee on their products in 12 years or more.
Haro is a German company that already existsmore than 150 years, during which time it has grown from a family-owned small sawmill to the leading manufacturer of the best flooring in the world. For the production of parquet used: oak, beech, ash, maple, American cherry and exclusive white acacia. This manufacturer combines old traditions of woodworking and modern innovative technologies.
Parquet selection
Сначала определитесь с материалом финишного слоя.And the floorboard of ash, and oak, for example, should be considered to purchase. The fact that when we said that oak is stronger and more durable should not belittle any ash products. If we are talking about foreign products, then all of it meets international standards and has an adequate margin in terms of its performance.
It is worth considering the fact that your floor should look harmonious in your room. Try to estimate various options to find the right shade of the floor.
If you have never done repairs orIf you can imagine how to lay the floorboard on your own, it is better to resort to the help of the professionals of this business. Qualitatively laid parquet in compliance with all the necessary standards and technologies will delight you for a very long time without squeaks and other unpleasant moments.
