Massive floor board: its effects
Ironically, the massive board has become almost the first floor covering. Prior to that, people's homes were mostly stone or earth floors. At that time it was a rough, unworked board of logs. It was formed by splitting the tree along the fibers. Later, it began to process and there were entire technologies for creating a high-quality product.
Today, the massive "aged" board is made of hard wood solely by hand. achieves the aged effect of by changing the surface structure and color. In this case, both exotic tree species( acacia, wenge, bubinga), and our( walnut, oak, ash) can be used. In addition, thanks to modern technologies, other effects are achieved: brashing, varnishing, and glazing.
The choice of parquet for this finish of the also matters, since it allows you to decorate a house in one or another style. For example, bruting creates the effect of an aged tree. It is formed by treating the wood with a special brush. Application
How to choose a massive board for design?
As already mentioned, all possible effects can be applied to this coating, but this is not the only parameter that matters when selecting. Of the other important points also should be considered: the size, finishing( including color), selection. Selecting size , it is worth knowing that long parquet slats visually reduce the room, and short, on the contrary, make it visually more spacious.
The size varies from 500 to 3000 mm in length, from 100 to 200 mm in width and about 1.4-2 cm in thickness. The selection of the parquet is a natural design of the front side. It turns out different, depending on the sawing. For example, the selection "fayn" has a uniform type of knots, sapwood, eyes. Good for the eastern interior, as well as the style of art deco and high-tech.
"Country" and "rustic" contain large sapwood, cracks and knots. This view is acceptable in Renaissance style rooms, as well as country-style. "Premium" is characterized by a warm shade of wood( with round knots up to 15 mm).It fits well with classical interiors( including English style).
Well, finally, the finishing treatment, which involves coating the parquet with lacquer, wax or toning compound. Thanks to this you can pick up absolutely any shade of wood: from white to dark brown. Also very popular and bright colors, not used before for parquet( blue, black, orange).
An additional advantage is the possibility of decorating them with inserts. For example, for a hi-tech style, metal parts are selected.
How to choose a massive board for quality?
You can check the quality in several simple ways. First, pay attention to the smoothness of the surface. The presence of cracks indicates a violation of the rules of manufacture. Secondly, there should also be knots and cracks on the ends. If any, this indicates a poorly produced parquet flooring.
Burned ends show that the tool was not sharpened properly during the cutting process. To check the geometric parameters, it is enough to stack a few slats in the stack. The presence of gaps between them indicates their unevenness with respect to each other. Check the sides can be by laying the laths in a row. They should be easily and firmly connected.