How to choose your parquet?

What do we call parquet?

The term parquet is exclusively reserved for products whose wear layer (the upper part, the one on which we walk) is made of wood and has a minimum thickness of 2.5 mm (layout layouts, cheaper, can therefore in no case be called parquets). This is important because only the parquet floors offer comfort, heat, and sustainability of a noble and lively material: wood. Today, large DIY areas are extremely careful in their appellation and clearly distinguish the parquet floors from laminate floor coverings.

What are the criteria for choosing a parquet?

You must define the use of your parquet and take into account several criteria:

• You will have to take into account the room traffic : moderate, high, very high.
• The choice largely depends on the Support nature. Is it a concrete slab, on the entire surface, on landfip or sanitary emptiness? What is the threshold height? So many questions that it will be necessary to ask to answer the functional and regulatory requirements (acoustic, thermal insulation) of the place where one lives (co -ownership or individual house). Thus on the floor it is generally necessary to consider sound insulation.
• THE type of installation (Cloué on Lambourde, glued) must also be taken into account upstream. In rehabilitation, the installation of new parquets on an old coating obeys certain rules. For example, on thick carpet, direct installation is not recommended. It must be removed to allow the installation of a parquet by floating with or without interposition of a underlay.
• Then come the choice ofpetrol and finish of your parquet.

Note that for wet places (bathroom, kitchen), the parquet floor is not recommended.

Does the choice of essence and finish only be a matter of aesthetics?

Not only. Admittedly the wide choice of exotic or not essences (jatoba, bamboo, beech, oak), finishes (factories, or opening after installation) and blades drawings (hungry point, broken sticks) offers consumers very extensive aesthetic possibilities. But the price varies from single to double depending on the type of parquet. I advise to go and inquire with a professional or its large DIY area. Anyway, the parquet floor is very decorative and creates a natural setting.

Where should we get the prosecution?

We can find different types of parquet In negotiates, supermarkets of DIY or with carpenters and specialized installers. It is not useless to consult, also, professional organizations. They provide a lot of information such as manufacturers’ lists, the description of the products offered, advice and technical indications. Likewise, it is advisable to have the installation executed by a professional carpenter or a specialized poster after having asked him for his references and having verified, in particular, his professional competence.