Piece parquet? Parquet board? Laminate?
First, we’ll deal with the concepts. The piece parquet first appeared in France, in noble houses. It looks like a set of parquet planks and fits the floor on the floor. Connection method – slopes protruding to the sides and grooves. The piece parquet differs from the parquet board, primarily the size. Russian piece parquet is small planks, but the European reaches 15 cm wide and 130 cm in length. The piece parquet, according to, is less convenient in the flooring than parquet boards, and its masonry takes more time. Therefore, now, basically, artistic parquet is used to create luxurious interiors. Wood patterns simple to lay out a parquet board.
Parquet board was invented in the early 40s of the last century. Now the technology of its production has changed. The modern parquet board consists of three layers of natural wood, and the upper layer is more valuable wood species. The advantage of the parquet board is that it is made of 100% of the tree, respectively, provides a high level of heat – and sound insulation, creates a special microclimate in the house. By the convenience of laying, the parquet board practically does not differ from the laminate, but the piece parquet is very ahead. Of the minuses of the parquet board – it requires special care, is easily pushed by heavy furniture.
Laminate is thin 7-11 mm sheets, 100-140 lengths and about 20 cm wide, which are equipped with spikes and grooves for joining with each other. The laminate is made of wood crumbs compressed in several layers. In general, the laminate is approximately 80% of the natural tree, is characterized by the convenience of styling and a variety of colors: from wood to imitation of tiles, stone and fantasy patterns. The upper layer of laminate is a high -strength film made of melamine or acrylic resin. Thanks to this film, the laminate serves for a long time, and its practical ones cannot be pushed or scratched. Perhaps from the listed coatings, only the laminate can be advised to those who have pets at home. Laminate does not require cyclation, grinding and varnish coating. It does not burn out in the sun, and any spot easily removes from the laminate using acetone.
So, let’s summarize.
Pros of piece parquet:
1. Luxurious, highly artistic design
2. The advantages of natural wood
Cons of piece parquet:
1. It is difficult to lay
2. Not practical and requires special care.
The pluses of the parquet board:
1. Naturalness and environmental friendliness. 100%tree allows you to make the floor warm, not letting out sounds, pleasant to the touch, and the atmosphere in the house is cozy.
2. Lightness of styling.
3. The possibility of restoration (can be grinded up to four times and re -varnish). The service life can reach 25 years.
4. Does not create static electricity.
Cons of parquet board:
1. Requires special care: special means, the need to maintain a constant temperature and humidity.
2. Easy to be pushed by heavy furniture.
Pros of laminate:
1. Practicality and wear resistance: laminate is not afraid of abrasion, scratches, heavy furniture and heels. It will not lose color, moisture resistant and weakly flammable. Service life up to 20 years
2. A variety of colors.
3. Lightness and simplicity of laying.
4. Does not require special care.
The disadvantages of the laminate:
1. The floor of the laminate is colder than parquet.
2. A regular laminate creates static electricity. True, there are special antistatic coatings.
3. Laminate cannot be restored.