Wooden floors from oak rivets, which are the prototype of a modern parquet, knew how to do in the 16th century. Today, the parquet is considered one of the main flooring. In general, for modern parquet there are pretty high demand in terms of production. So, not all the trees breed are suitable for its manufacture. The main requirements for the material are parameters such as wear resistance, reliability and hardness. The most suitable for the manufacture of a parquet board is considered red and black oak, ash, olive, campars, acacia, kumaru and walnut.
Parquet is valued for the ability to maintain heat, as well as for environmental friendliness and ease of care. However, the material "is afraid" excess moisture indoors. The fact is that elevated humidity leads to deformation and loss of appearance. Moreover, the most susceptible to the edge of the edge of parquet slats. To increase wear resistance, as an option, it is possible to make wood tight and harder by pressing. Next, we will tell you more about the types and features of the parquet board.
Views of Parpet.
Distinguish between a few varieties of the parquet board:
Piece parquet. Mounted quite simple. This type of parquet is recruited from piece bars of a certain size. Their length is 20-60 cm, the width is 4-10 cm, and the thickness is about 15 mm. At the same time, each bar has special longitudinal grooves and ridges that allow coupled parquet rails among themselves during the floor mounting. The material for this parquet is usually inexpensive wood, for example, oak, cherry, ash, maple, acacia and walnut. Therefore, the square meter in the construction stores are on average asking from 20 to 60 dollars.
The parquet of this species varies in the drawings of the cut:
- Parquet brand "Universal" has a diverse ornament and small knots.
- Mark of parquet with alternating small bitch is called "Natur".
- The brand "Classic" has an unusual pattern of parquet, resembling the texture of the wood itself.
- Parquet brand "Select" has a homogeneous small ornament.
- "Guest" - has mixed coup with contrast.
- Parquet brand with different colors of parquet boards is called "Antique".
If you compare the floorboard with sex, then the parquet at the ends there are spool and comb. In addition to the lacquer layer, which covers the surface of parquet rails, they have no additional protection that provides rigidity. With proper operation, this floor covering can serve up to 80 years. To do this, at least it is required that the humidity in the room is not above 30%. Parquet is usually placed in corridors or living rooms.
Set of parquet. Refers to types of shield parquets. It is sometimes called the mosaic type of parquet. To build it, 400 × 400 mm or 600 × 600 mm strips are used. Combining parquet rail positions allows you to spread a variety of drawings. This coating is usually placed on a concrete or wooden base using glue. It can be attached to solid or on a soft basis. Planks for the first option are made of expensive wood breeds. At the same time, grooves and spikes are made in them. They provide a dense clutch of parquet slats with each other. Nails are used for fastening to the flooring. Parquet, the basis of which is a solid rail, is quite complex in the manufacture, which caused its rare use recently. Cheaper and easier to manufacture parquet floor is considered to be, at the heart of which is the soft rake. He has grooves from all sides, and the laying is made with riveting.
There are parquet planks with an oblique edge. They have a slight beveled edge throughout the perimeter. There is also a kind of parquet with a fold. He has special seams from all four sides. This type of material is fixed with mastic. This floor covering is considered the most durable in its class. It should also be said that the characteristics of the dialing parquet are similar to the features of the panel flooring. At the same time, it has more varieties over shades and textures.
Artistic parquet. The price of this material is quite high. This type of flooring is complicated not only in production, but also in the design plan. Therefore, such a parquet refers to an elite class. It is used to catch floors in art galleries, museums, large hotel complexes, etc. In order to make this kind of parquet, several wood breeds are used, which differ in color scheme and texture. Most often it is ash, oak (oak parquet), maple, as well as red and ebony. In order to put this type of floor covering, a special scheme is prepared in advance, based on the room area. Artistic parquet can "boast" high operational properties. So, in particular, it is resistant to high humidity and temperature drops. Production of this parquet is similar to the manufacture of a panel and a typical flooring. His plates often make a rather complicated form. At the same time, they glue and are compressed with each other. An example of such a material is a two-component parquet.
Parquet Shields. The manufacturing technology of this parquet exists already long enough. The base of this flooring is performed from boards or wood plates. The length and width of the shields can vary from 40 to 80 cm. At the same time, the parquet thickness is only 6-9 mm. In the production of this coating on the wood base, the planks are pasted, usually performed from solid wood. Usually, parquet planks of this species are covered with several layers of varnish in the production process. It is also worth noting that they are quite complex in laying. The most important thing to withstand a straight angle. If this is not achieved, the slots will remain between the shields. The process does not even make it easier to the presence of spikes and grooves in the design. Due to the fact that the thickness of the parquet shields is small, they can be laid directly on the old coating.
The packer consists of three layers. At the same time, two lower reservoirs are several wood fibers that are perpendicular to each other. The upper layer is particles from high-quality wood. In this case, its thickness is usually about 3-4 mm.
By reason, the foundations distinguish several categories of parquet shields:
- One of them is a parquet with a frame base, which has a special strapping on the perimeter. At the same time, in the grooves of the strapping for each spike, the so-called aggregate rails are fixed.
- In addition, there is a type of parquet, in which the base is represented by two slats.
Parquet shields are still distinguished by the type of facing coating. It can be from:
- Lush veneer.
- Planed veneer.
- Plywood.
- Facing tiles.
All species of the panel flooring are largely similar in its characteristics. All of them are quite strong, but at the same time are quite sensitive to different temperature differences. If you maintain a normal temperature mode, then this type of flooring can last up to 75 years. This type of parquet is best used in public areas, where there is a constant temperature, and the floor is experiencing high loads. In addition, this floor covering is suitable for the living room.
Rules for choosing material
First of all, you need to make sure that the certificate is available. You should ask the seller to provide you with this document before buying parquet. The presence of a certificate gives a guarantee of the quality and durability of the material.
When choosing a material, it is still worth paying attention to its value. When calculating the cost of installing a parquet, summarize not only the price of the material, but also the cost of work. It is possible that an economical one will be more expensive at first glance than the one that seemed to you, at first glance, expensive. It should be borne in mind that in addition to the parquet board itself, varnish and substrate will be required. All this is additional financial costs. Therefore, it is sometimes more profitable to overpay, but to buy parquet in the finished form, and not to acquire the accompanying material separately and at the same time additional work.
Also, when choosing a need to provide for such criteria, as humidity. For natural parquet it is approximately 10%. In order to measure the level of humidity, you will need some special equipment and skills. But this does not necessarily. It is enough to know the seller humidity you are interested in the material. If this parameter is greater than 10-11%, such material is not worth buying. High quality parquet should be well dried. It's easy enough to check. To do this, tap the bar. We dried parquet will hear a distinctive ringing sound.
When choosing wood flooring be sure to consider its geometry. To test this test can take two strips and put them perpendicularly. All sides of the fabric should be smooth.
When choosing flooring need to be convinced of its sustainability. Bamboo is considered the safest material. Another good option - it is cork flooring. Environmentally-friendly parquet of other materials can be identified by smell. High-quality wooden parquet should smell like a tree. No smell of chemicals should not be. If the smell of chemicals is present, it is necessary to abandon such a material.
Mounting work
Pre-material must undergo acclimatization in a room where it will be used. To do this, hold the parquet should be unpacked 1-2 days. Then you can start working on the paving.
Installation procedure:
- First of all, it is necessary to remove from the room furniture, extraneous things and trash. In addition, remove the old baseboards and floor coverings. Must remain bare floor.
- Then you need to align the surface of the base. In the case of concrete floor for this purpose use the screed.
- When the screed is dry, you can begin to apply the primer. While drying screed, prepare in advance a sheet of plywood, which need to be cut into four pieces. They will perform the role of the substrate. They should be attached to the base. This can be done with glue or mastic.
- When the veneer is paved, then it should be sanded.
- Then you can proceed to laying of the flooring. It must be said that these boards are allowed to stack in different directions, thereby achieving different patterns.
- Installation should start from the wall. In the process, each strip smeared with adhesive, and is applied to the substrate. In addition, they are strengthened with nails.
- When a parquet board is laid, you need to flood the floor and cover with varnish. Varnish is applied in several layers. It is best to use a spatula or roller. It is important that the next layer is applied only after the previous one can dry. When it is done, we introduce the last touch - mount the plinth.
Parquet: Photo.
