Parquet board: pros and cons

Due to its high decorative qualities, parquet board is very popular among existing floor coverings, presented on the markets of many countries. Parquet board is an excellent replacement for piece parquet, environmentally friendly material produced using modern technologies, multilayer and practical material. Like all other building materials, this one has a number of advantages and disadvantages.

1. made of natural wood;
2. much cheaper than piece parquet;
3. parquet board is very easy to install. The connection of the boards occurs through the castle system, the edges of the boards have spikes and grooves, they are machined with maximum accuracy, which is why their contact with each other is very tight;
4. the top layer is natural wood. They can be absolutely any kind of wood. Thanks to this, a parquet board can be selected for any interior;
5. lends itself to tinting, and it can also be covered with a special color composition, white and black composition allow the structure of the tree to be manifested in different ways;
6. the presence of several options for its installation: "braid", "herringbone", etc .;
7. can be laid on systems "warm floor". To do this, it is enough to lay a waterproofing between the board and the system so that the temperature of the parquet board does not exceed 27 degrees;
8. the presence of a multilayer structure;
9. ease of operation and maintenance.

• afraid of moisture: a large amount of water can lead to damage to the floor covering;
• low resistance to chemical and thermal influences;
• upon restoration, it requires the replacement of the entire board (the length of the boards is 2 meters).

The layers of wood glued together are arranged in a specific order:

1. layer is the top. It is mainly made from valuable species of wood, such as that familiar to everyone: maple, walnut, cherry, oak, as well as more expensive exotic ones, for example: wenge, teak, acacia.
2. the layer is medium. It consists of short slats made from HDF boards or conifers. The lamellas are glued together.
3. layer - bottom, made of two millimeter plywood.

In choosing a parquet board you need to consider the thickness of the top layer. The more massive the top layer, the stronger the board. This is because this board sometimes requires grinding, and a thicker top layer allows you to carry out this procedure much more times. Among all the presented companies manufacturing parquet boards, Forbo, Tarkett, Haro, etc. have the highest quality and rich assortment.

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