In the diversity of finishing materials for the floor offered by the modern building market, the parquet board occupies a leading position, due to the special properties of its characteristics. Made of natural wood in a wide range of species, it is indispensable in the decoration of residential and non-residential premises.
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What is a parquet board
Parquet board (or parquet bar) is a modern floor covering made of three or more structural layers, laid specially and glued together in a holistic parquet bar.
A parquet board is used in the interior of various (residential / non-residential) premises, as one of the types of flooring and is a natural, very beautiful, durable and easy to operate the finishing material. In any room, the floorboard floor looks original. Depending on the use of a specific type of this coating, you can successfully emphasize this or that style of the interior.
Inside the parquet board shows three structural layers and an additional coating (oil / lacquer) from above:
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Upper layer.
Its average thickness is about 4 mm. It is made of wood of only valuable noble breeds and passes several steps of specific processing for the visual attractiveness of the product and give it good technical properties.
- Middle layer.
It is represented by rails made of deciduous or coniferous wood (depending on the specific coating model), laid specially bonded by the lock type, and the thickness is about 9 mm.
- Bottom layer.
The thickness of this layer is no more than 1.5 mm, it is represented by rails made of coniferous wood, which are also laid in a special way. The bottom layer is the base for the entire design of the parquet board.
The peculiarity of the parquet board is that in structure each of its layers is perpendicular to the neighboring layer.
All layers of each other are securely glued, the upper layer is usually covered with an additional layer of special technical oil or varnish to protect the product and giving it an aesthetic appearance.
Important!
- Oil coating is not strong enough, so it must be periodically updated, on average 4 times for one year.
Parquet floor covered with oil, designers and stylists are often used in the interiors performed in the style of "retro", "Country", "Ethno." Oil coating favorably emphasizes the coating structure, its "relief" and color saturation.
- Varnish coating gives the board additional resistance to mechanical, thermal and chemical exposure from the outside.
Laccked board beautifully looks and decorates the interior of the premises, gives him some element of luxury, rigor and "coldness", creates the gloss of the floor by the type of "ice" effect.
Success in interior design when using a parquet board directly depends on the following factors:
View of the board and characteristics of its properties.
- Quality styling.
- The functional accessory of the room in which the parquet coating will be laid.
These three components of success in interior design are very important, since if one of them does not meet the necessary requirements, even the most original designer thought can be simply destroyed in practice.
Parquet board: characteristics of properties
A visually parquet board of different types refers to different categories regarding the number of bands on the top layer.
- Single-band (or Full Plank).
Visually, this chalkboard has the same characteristics as a massive parquet board, since it is made of a solid dice. However, it differs from the massive board by the structure and properties of the characteristic.
The wood structure, original patterns of fibers and various bitch are clearly visible in its drawing. It is ideal for laying and using indoors with a large area.
- Two-band.
Visually, it is characterized by a well-pronounced structure of the structure on the upper layer, represented by two row of parquetin located longitudinally.
On sale two-way board is represented by shortened styling dies in medium or small rooms in size, or long - for fast and comfortable laying in large halls.
Due to the presence of wide lamellae, this board designers are recommended to use indoors, the interior of which must be given a gala and luxurious look.
- Parquet board three-band.
Visually three-band parquet board is something very similar to a piece (typical) parquet. Therefore, this type of board is most in demand by the consumer. In addition, the width of the board is from 190 to 208 mm, it is much wider by parquet boards of other species.
Regarding the top layer, the three-band parquet board is represented by three longitudinally located planks in the form of modular segments made of different wood species.
The board of this species is universal, reminding parquet flooring or drawing of the "deck" pattern, it looks equally beautiful in the room of any type and destination. They produce it from a small width of wood material, so it is available on sale in a wide range of colors and shades.
In the practice of designers and stylists, the three-band board is very in demand, it allows you to make a variety of and fairly original combinations of floor coating.
- Four-band.
It is produced from unclaimed wood waste, the top layer of the four-band board consists of very narrow parallel strips. Visually, the floor of this board looks like a pasen, so the interior must be somewhat restrained.
The best way to use a threaded boards is laying it in a country house houses and at the cottages, provided that people constantly live in them. Such a floor is sensitive to temperature drops and quickly loses its attractiveness.
Designers recommend a four-way parquet board to use in the interiors decorated in the style of "Country", as well as in and gloomy not enough illuminated rooms.
Woods for parquet board
The characteristic of the properties of the parquet board depends on the properties of the tree of the tree, from which it is made. When interior design, the flooring plays an important role, because it is capable of successfully emphasizing the style of finishing of the room, and in some cases it is the basis.
On three top photos, you can see a complex parquet pattern pattern, a pattern with a socket in the center and patterned borders is visible on two of them. The drawing of these floor coatings already in itself looks so solemn and luxuriously that the lack of furniture in the room is imperceptible.
In two photos located below, the floor covering sets the tone to the whole interior. Its visually mild and calm, a few "faded" color gives the room the original view in the sophisticated, weathered in gray tones, style.
Parquet board is made from different types of wood. The use of one or another of its species is reflected not only on the appearance of the board, but also on its technical characteristic, since each wood is distinguished by a special set of properties.
European oak, male, nut, cherry and beech - Special wood varieties made of these materials, parquet board in the interior gives the room a chic look. These are the most used and affordable types of wood for the manufacture of a parquet board.
- Oak board.
Differs in high strength and wear resistance, refers to noble wooded rocks. It is little susceptible to abrasion and is not very sensitive to various damage to a mechanical, chemical and thermal nature. Different with a high deformation stability. Wide color variations are possible.
Designers recommend using an oak parquet board in the interior of the cabinets, living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms, as well as in office and other non-residential premises.
- Boke board.
Material of light tones. It is characterized by instability of the structure, prone to deformations, because sensitive to moisture drops (the permissible rate is no more than 60%). The strength of the beech boards can be enhanced by special processing, as a result of which the parquet board is obtained as a "smoky beech".
Designer Recommendation: Bukovar Parquet Board It is advisable to apply in the interior of children's rooms and indoors, the interior of which is conceived in bright, lungs, "solar" tones.
- Clear board.
Maple wood belongs to solid and stable materials. Clear parquet board is distinguished by a wide color palette with a pronounced cream tint. The maple board is easily "adapted" in any interior, does not violate its integrity and style, harmonizes with other rocks of trees, is often used in parquet mosaic.
Designers view maple wood, as very durable, dry and ringing material. They recommend using a cooling board for interior design in a classic or gothic style or, for example, in the "Modern style" style. It looks great in combination with more dark or light colors, is harmonized with tiles, stone, marble. It does not like high humidity and excessive dryness indoors.
- Cherry board.
This material is often used in the finishing of the premises. Cherry wood is very resistant to damage, has an attractive fiber structure and a wide color scheme (from the brightest colors to saturated coffee color), which preserves the characteristic resistant pink shade.
Designer Recommendation: Cherry is a warm tree, so applicable in any premises, where you need to emphasize the comfort, give the interior of the atmosphere of heat and luxury. Beautifully looks cherry parquet in the living room, dining room, library, and bedroom. A wide color range allows combining a cherry parquet board with other finishing materials.
- Walnut board.
This is a material from dense and stable walnut wood belonging to varieties of noble wood. In the characteristic of the properties of this parquet board, you can only find the positive sides - resistance to damage and abrasion, is not afraid of high humidity. This is flexible and at the same time durable material, solid like an oak board, which has a more colorful and pronounced structure of the fibers.
Designer Recommendation: Thanks to the complex and original structure of fibers, and strength, a walnut parquet board can be used in the interior of the premises of various functional orientation. The walnut board perfectly "adapts" to any interior, taking his style, she always contributes to it something new and fresh - refreshes the situation, makes a certain charm and grace in the interior, gives it some kind of playfulness and lightness, etc.
Along with the tree species described above, a parquet board made from exotic wood species is very valued in our country. Most of them relate to solid materials, but they have a different stability level. In addition, their attractiveness is due to a variety of non-standard color shades.
- Merbau.
This wood material from Indonesia is interesting for its very original structure - on the background of a saturated brown color, golden bodies of large fibers are clearly visible. The wood of this breed is saturated with various oils that give it the special properties of stability and resistance to moisture.
Merbau is characterized by high sustainability indicators to almost all the fungic species existing in the world, therefore does not boot, has increased strength to various mechanical / chemical damage. On the one hand, this tree is very hard to handle, but on the other - this wood is very reliable and durable in operation.
Designer recommendations: Parquet board made of exotic tree Merbau is suitable for laying in any room, but it can not be used in all styles. It shows excellent results even in the outdoor coverage of open terraces and veranda. Serious obstacle to its use can only be its cost and special requirements for the interior style.
- Wenge.
Wenge tree grows in Africa and belongs to black varieties of wood, characterized by the presence of a bright pattern. As with most exotic trees, its wood is very saturated with a variety of oils, durable and wear-resistant.
Designer Recommendations: The Plant from Wenge can be used in the premises of any type, it fits well into any style of the interior, especially - "High Tech", "Modern", "Ethno" and "Country".
- Campas.
This is another variety of wood, distinguished by a high density and strength indicator, but is sensitive to temperature drops and vibrations of humidity.
Designer recommendations: Unlike previous exotic rocks, this wood can only be used in dry rooms. A parquet board from Campas is absolutely not suitable when laying a warm floor.
Quality styling
Regarding stacking, parquet board has an important feature - due to the presence of a locking mechanism, it is easy to lay and dismantle (without damage). The main condition for its quality laying is the perfectly smooth and carefully prepared surface (floor base).
Due to the simple, convenient and reliable castle mechanism in the design of this board, it can be quickly mounted by a person who does not possess special knowledge and the skills of its installation. About how to put the parquet board correctly, you can see the video link to which is posted at the end of this article.
Functional accessory
In a wide range of parquet boards on the modern construction market, you can find her grade that will fit your requests. With respect to the color range of restrictions, there is almost absent, so diverse the color spectrum of this material. Regarding the special properties of the characteristics - the stability of the board to the drops of temperature and humidity, to abrasion and damage, a specialist consultation is necessary. There are materials that can like you, but do not take place in terms of technical specifications. For example, a surcharge parquet board is not suitable for laying indoors with high humidity.
Special wood treated, which is initially characterized by good stability properties, can be used in accommodation of any type. It may be, for example, an outdoor terrace, a veranda, a kitchen, a bathroom, a corridor. If we are talking about premises with very high humidity, instead of a parquet board, designers recommend using moisture-resistant flooring from DPK. It is not made of clean wood, but it does not require special decoration and suitable for installation on open veranda and balconies, in pools and piernes.
The manager or shop manager will always help you with the choice of that parquet board, which will meet all the criteria regarding the interior style and the special properties of the coating. The manufacturer makes such a boards with reinforced ends, covers high-quality varnish, processes each layer with special solutions. Giving strength, all these measures improve both the appearance of the floor. If the circumstances require, it is possible to carry out additional work on the floorproofing of the floor.
Parquet board in assortment
The visual and structural diversity of this material is due to the selection of the wood itself. Under the selection understand the sorting of planks suitable for the manufacture of the upper layer of the board. High-quality wood selection is carried out, focusing on her features, given the differences in it in:
- texture;
- patterned interweaving fibers;
- motley;
- color;
- the presence or absence of bitch;
- the presence of a swamp (the presence of clarified sites).
The whole range of colors and textures that may contain a parquet board, the photo at the bottom will not be able to accurately convey, but will make a general idea of \u200b\u200bits diversity.
Naturally, this classification is more important in the manufacture of a parquet board, but also externally, this material is different thanks to the selection of wood. Based on the result of selection distinguish various categories of parquet board.
- Select.
Its upper layer is represented by wood straps, carefully selected by the similarity of the color palette and structure. They are selected in the process of cutting (radial) wood in the absence of bitch and other defects. The "Select" board is used for finishing the interiors with the style of "Classic", "Ampire", "minimalism" and in Japanese style, since it is characterized by a clean and uniform, "noble" structure.
- Natur.
In this case, the selection selects material with different color combinations, permissible the presence of "healthy" bitch. Qualitative planks are selected in the process of cutting (tangential / radial) mixed type. Nators The board perfectly fits and emphasizes the style of "Country", Modern, "High Tech." It also applies in some ethno styles (German style is characterized by simplicity, saving space and clarity of forms), less frequently used in the style of "Classic". The "Natur" board is often called "Standard".
- Rustic (or - country, cottage, marcant, rustic board).
Different clearly expressed bright colors. The presence of bitch of various sizes is allowed (including deformed and cracked), as well as the presence of depressions, pits and various cracks. Rustic planks are obtained by cutting wood in various ways. In designer practice, this board is more often used when decorating rooms in the style of "Ethno" or "Country".
Main directions:
Parquet board Designers belong to universal finishing materials, since it can be beautiful and originally separated the interior of any room. The choice of a specific species is usually carried out on selection taking into account the style selected for the interior.
For example, if the interior is made in a strict "classic", then for the floor it is better to take a parquet board from the category "Select".
Selection parquet board in the interior (photo)
- SELECT board in Minimalism.
- The "Select" board in the "Classic".
The "Natur" board is the perfect solution for the design of the floor in the interior of the "Modern style", in the German style and other interiors, the design of which does not imply strictly, but also not bird paints.
- Plank "Natur" in the "German" style.
- Plank "Natur" in "Modern".
- Plank "Natur" in High-Tech
Parquet board category "Rustic" are suitable for designing rooms in "Ethno" style or "Country", since it is distinguished by a bright variety of paints, a natural wood texture is well transmitted in the figure.
- The board "Rustic" in Country.
In this article, we did not mention the small share of those styles of the interior, which are known to designers and stylists. We stopped only on some of them, well-known and understandable in the midst. In all styles, interior experts are well disassembled, if you want to place your room somehow unusually, refer to the designer. The specialist will tell you to what style of your interior and what kind of parquet board you should purchase. Perhaps he will also offer you a combination of boards of traditional and exotic wood. Recently, such a parquet "mix" is becoming increasingly popular.
Combinature of parquet board in the interior
In the interior of large halls and halls, designers prefer to use parquet boards of various selection, sizes, textures and shapes. With its skill, they create not just a floor covering, but the real works of art, laying out the fragments of the chalkboard in the original large drawings or mosaic patterns.
Most common laying methods:
- "Deck".
- "Yelochka".
- "Network".
Laying is carried out taking into account the number of planks (or veneer) in the upper layer of the wood of valuable rocks. First of all, it concerns the board with the "deck" pattern of the upper layer, characterized by placing the planks in parallel to each other. The "chassis" is considered a three-band board, a two- and single-band board is used less often. The last place in the rating of popularity is parquet four-way board.
Parquet processing methods
At the disposal of designers today there is a large assortment of parquet boards from a variety of wood materials. Starting with traditional woody rocks (male, ash, oak, etc.) and ending with exotic trees from various corners of our planet.
The latter are distinguished by special strength, originality of drawing and textures. For example, in our country there has already been a fairly popular board with a bamboo or cork top layer. The board of exotic boobing is distinguished by natural relief and in general, does not need any special processing.
To achieve a specific color scheme of such a board, the manufacturer subjures wood with different heat treatment. As a result, you can get a variety of color variations of the upper layer from the material of the same type. For a certain color or texture, wood:
- Subjected to burning at temperatures 200 0C in special chambers without access of oxygen.
- Processing hot steam.
- Covered several layers of varnish.
- Conduct oil impregnation (transparent / color).
As a result of such manipulations, for example, the beech can acquire different colors, after the firing, it becomes dark brown, and after steaming, the dark pink shade acquires.
Structured board becomes more popular with designers. There are several "actions" technologies, each resulting as a result gives the necessary effect. With these methods, it is possible to obtain a floor covering with a variety of embossed surface, various structures and colors.
To achieve the desired relief and color, the board is treated with different mechanical methods and covered with special colored oil, as well as wax (more often - black or white). Filling all microcracks, butter stains a streak, reinforcing natural wood pattern.
Artificial formation is usually subjected to single-eye boards, which are very in demand in rustic or ethnic style. On aged board, random damage is less noticeable, and the care of this material is not complicated - a couple of times during the year the board must be treated with a special wax.
The "Select" board may be subject to various treatments, as a result of one of them, for example, the original white parquet board is obtained. It is used by designers for designing rooms in the style of "Ampire", "Modern", "VIP", "High-Tech", "Provence", etc.
- White floor covering in Modern.
- White floor covering in High Tech.
Modern designer thought requires greater diversity in the material, including to create unique floors for the floor. The ideas of designers and stylists determine the direction of work of the parquet board manufacturers. Expanding production capabilities, they make new textures of the top layer of the board with original inserts. This allows you to use it to create various texture, pattern and color of decorative elements:
- Parquet Retails.
- Mosaic.
- Geometric shapes.
- Other floor accessories.
Pole Accessories
All less often, designers use the "deck" technology of laying, "braid" and "Christmas tree". Today, experts have become very demanding of interior design. Fantasy designers is not limited, since such a floor is universal for any interior, the difference only in the peculiarities of its laying and the correct selection of material.
The use of decorative inserts or individual elements offered by the manufacturer, open extensive prospects for any designer thought. Using the contrast of textures, colors and forms of the parquet board, they create unique flooring, according to the values \u200b\u200bof similar artistic parquet. The main decorative accessories are:
- Squares.
- Borders.
- Corners.
- Outlets.
- Rake.
- Planks.
For example, for the design of the floor in the interior of "Fusion", it is necessary to use a thin border (for edging) and a parquet board of various shapes with a contrasting colors.
- Outdoor coating (Fusion style).
A combination of aged boards with perfectly polished can look beautiful and unusually. The boards themselves can be equal in color scheme and texture, and can be selected for contrast.
- Combined flooring from parquet board.
- Combined floor covering with border.
The use of a parquet board made of expensive woody breeds will increase the service life of the floor covering. To maintain its initial look, it is enough to cover the floor with mastic or wax during the year. An indispensable condition for the quality of the parquet floor is its correct laying. On how to independently put a parquet board on the floor, you can see on the video at the following link:
