| - Parquet flooring is a classics - it brings style and | | | | accommodate a darker (walnut) strip - 1 |
| uniquity within the room's atmosphere. It allows | | | | cm wide, which can be obtain from most |
| various designs of fitting and it can also | | | | hardwood floors and add some more character |
| accommodate additional elements such figures, | | | | to you rooms. |
| borders and edging of a different type of wood. | | | | Subfloors Preparation |
| Having parquet floors installed however is not as | | | | The subfloor is the most important bit of the |
| easy as heaving other type of wooden | | | | floor preparation. The issues which have to be |
| floors installed. | | | | looked at are the level of the subfloor and the |
| Gettings Started | | | | amount of moisture concentration or possibility of |
| The first step of planning your parquet floors will | | | | such appearing on later stage. |
| be choosing the design and respectively the size | | | | Installation of parquet floors on top of wooden |
| of the blocks you will require. Going for a square | | | | subfloors is usually carried out by installation of |
| tiles fitting for example will require block size, | | | | additional layer of ply to level the floors. It is |
| which can set a square by being put together. | | | | important however, floors below to be inspected |
| The herringbone fitting can go with almost any | | | | and refitted before proceeding with the ply. |
| fixed length parquet blocks. | | | | Sometimes works on a joist may be required. |
| The planning of the parquet floors will include | | | | Installation of parquet floors on top concrete |
| choosing the wood for the blocks, or we can also | | | | floors can be done either straight onto the |
| se say the number of woods, if the design we | | | | subfloors (not reccommended) or on top of ply |
| are after is more sophosticated. The popular | | | | layer again. The ply layer however, needs to |
| choice is oak parquet flooring. | | | | be fixed into the floors, which in case of running |
| If we go for a fitting without a specific design, | | | | pipe connections into the subfloors might be an |
| choosing herringbone for the pattern, we may not | | | | issue to bear in mind. |
| strictly go for bordering the floors. We can let | | | | Installation of fixed-length parquet blocks |
| them go from wall to wall, which is of course | | | | Probably the best product to use out there for |
| personal choice. | | | | adhesive in the installation of parquet wood floors |
| Some other patterns, however definately go | | | | will be the silane based adhesive. A flexible |
| better with a border around, which is again choice | | | | adhesive which have the perfect qualities and |
| for you to make. The border may comprise | | | | guarantees your floors will breath normaly during |
| of 1, 2 or 3 blocks and can include and | | | | the seasons due to its elastcity and without |
| expansion gap between the border and the rest | | | | loosing its strong qualities during the years will be |
| of the floor filled with a cork strip (moving the | | | | the Bona R850 Flixible Adhesive. Other brands |
| expansion gap off the walls may be a good point | | | | with quality adhesives for parquet floors include |
| for future floor works). The border can also | | | | Lecol and Wakol. |