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Types of wood floors
The choice of flooring is the most difficult task in the reform of the household. Wood is one of the most successful for their warmth and strength. The advantages of this material is the amount of offers that are in the market according to their positioning systems, a variety of qualities and maintenance. Usually called the park to all floors of wood, but in truth there are three groups: the stage, parquet wood flooring and glued. The difference is found in prices.
1) parquet floor:
One of the most common in new housing today. Formed by strips of pine or plywood with a laminated hardwood top of a 4 mm., Glued and joined together by a perimeter edges. It rests on a surface of polyurethane foam insulation to make it float. Can be installed on the old flooring, installation is quick and clean because it is factory sanded and varnished. You can renew your protective layer with a polished every 10 years by providing a useful life, no more than 20 years. The commercial woods are beech, European oak, ash and American oak.
2) Parquet glue

Fashion was strongly in recent years. Composed of solid wood boards 15 mm thick floor glued to a firm, flat and level. Placement or combine to create shapes and patterns such as herringbone, the broken stick, diagonal tile with taco, checkerboard, etc.., Or the traditional placement in parallel. It is important to control moisture, sun exposure for good conservation.
3) Solid Flooring:

Its main feature is that it remains off the ground, never comes into contact with it. Composed of solid wood boards 20 mm thick slats nailed to wood glued to the ground perfectly level. The more traditional aesthetic and decorative properties of their grain. Their placement is not as fast as in the park but they are for life for his great strength. When using wood floors in wet areas of the house should be left solid pallet. Their variety is extensive, being frequent: oak, beech, jatova, etc..
4) Imitations of wood:Chosen for its low price, high resistance to moisture and extensive applications. Composed of wood products such as synthetic components connected by chip. May dispense with a professional for easy installation and can realize the wooden floor in the kitchen or bathroom. His drawings and colors precisely mimic the grain and knots of the wood more demanding.