Flooring parquet stands for:
type of wood, said wood (oak
,
olive, etc.).
type of installation (running on the deck of the ship, herringbone, etc.).
quality (defined in according to the direction of grain, its homogeneity and the presence of features such as shading, knots, or defects such as sap
, insect holes etc.).
size of lists: mosaic or lamellar thickness 8 mm, in lists typically 2 x 10 cm, side by side to form tiles of about 10 cm x 10 pre-glued on mesh or paper, ultra-economic type now obsolete.
industrial, small lists with a thickness generally from 10 to 22 mm, compound tiles held together with duct tape before installation. Originally made up from residues of other processes (such as laminated) made of coastline and therefore of great strength and economy, was used in industrial and public, is now back in fashion for its original appearance and is produced in a more sophisticated but also expensive.
lamparquet, thickness 10 mm, widths from 45-50 to 75 mm and length 220 to 300 mm;
matchsticks:
thickness 10 mm, width 65-75 mm, length 350 to 450 mm (slightly larger then the lamparquet)
thickness 14 mm, widths from 70-75 mm and lengths from 350 to 600 mm ;
sometimes on matchsticks 10:14 mm that is available to male workers, increasing the stability of the table once stuck to the floor with the other, can have widths from 70-90 mm and lengths from 500 mm to 1000 also.
planks, thickness 20/22 mm, widths from 90 to 150 mm and more, lengths from 600 to 2 meters, worked in male and female usually on all 4 sides.
prefinished flooring addition to these traditional hardwood floors monostrato sono sul mercato i cosiddetti pavimenti multistrato prefiniti (pre-verniciati, pre-oliati, ecc.) composti da uno strato superiore in legno nobile, il cui spessore può variabile, a seconda del prodotto, da 6 mm a meno di 1 mm (detti comunemente '
impiallacciati '):comunemente lo spessore si aggira sui 3/5 mm. Lo strato di legno nobile è incollato su un supporto in legno dolce che può essere in multistrato o lamellare, che eventualmente puo' essere a sua volta controbilanciato (in modo da avere un "
sandwich " simmetrico) da uno strato di legno nobile equivalente, che sarà quello che andrà poi effettivamente incollato sul massetto (prefinito a tre strati). Legni nobili comunemente used are: oak,
doussié ,
Wenge, Olive,
walnut, iroko
,
teak, merbau
,
afrormosia ,
beech. As a pre-finished factory lend themselves to special works such as bleaching, dyeing, brushing and aging of various kinds, etc ...
Laminate flooring
For less demanding applications, but with greater mechanical resistance (therefore more suitable for commercial applications), there are plastic parts (so it's not really a parquet) whose surface is very similar the wood is in appearance and to touch: are commonly called "laminate flooring", usually consist of a base of mm 7 / 10 in HDF (Hight Density Fibreboard - see
MDF), which is soaked in
melamine resins and which is applied to a print of reproduction material and a protective layer high wear resistance. Possibly on the lower surface of the panel is applied to paper (kraft paper) and a protective layer to have, as above, a "sandwich
" symmetrical and greater stability (no warping "banana effect"). The quality of the product is given by the thick, how much resin is used to impregnate the support (which implies greater stability to moisture), the sheet resistance ("overlay") above, the quality and repeatability of the print applied on the visible side, and other aesthetic effects that improve the imitation of a natural product, typically a wooden floor. It is now commonly used special shapes of the support section, taking advantage of the flexibility in the natural grain-free, made possible the establishment of joint boards without the addition of adhesive, leaving a slight tension between them. This simplification of installation, combined with the fact that laminate flooring must not be glued to the ground but left floating, has encouraged the spread of large-scale product for the DIY. Given the cheapness of the material and producing a very large number, the cost is considerably less than wood products. These materials are normed by European standards EN13329.
Laying The parquet can be laid on the ground paste (with PVA
or bi-component), or floating or nailed (type in "planks" or pre-finished thickness of about mm 20) on the background in which they were previously embedded lists of wood, with dovetail section (called laths) where you're going to actually drive the nail fixing the table. The pose nailed, given the special preparation of the foundation, good manual dexterity required, need to at least 14/15 mm thick plates, and side effects is not easily accepted (the possibility of having plates that move slightly creaking) is fast becoming obsolete. Plank, 15 to 22 mm, which were nailed up to the year 1980/1990, are now dried with particular methods (vacuum) by the manufacturer, giving it greater stability, and glued with special glue.
Behavior a parquet exposed to light and air, a finished floor, begin a process of oxidation that leads him to change color (usually but not exclusively, darkening) and provide uniform veins ( typical behavior of Teak Asia
). This process varies in speed and intensity with regard to the type of wood (usually oxidise more exotic woods), the amount of light that is exposed, and the finish applied (different types of paint can give prominence to both color and oxidation that limit a lot), and although clearly visible in the first months of life of the floor, you can drive more and more slowly for several years. The flooring is a material
always 'live' and then feeling the rush of wet summer / winter typical of modern homes: in low humidity the tablets shrink slightly leading to cracking of the pavement, then slowly close again to return in conditions of normal humidity. Excessive moisture (condensation, water leaks or spills but also continuing to read, poor maintenance) bring the tablets to soak and expand, until you get to push and lift from the substrate, tearing, or, for particularly nervous species (which typically South American wood) in exceptional cases even cause harm to the local boards.
