Parquet and massive boards are products of the same purpose. These materials serve for the arrangement of floor covering, and their basis is the same - wood. But what is better is difficult to determine, since there can not be a single answer to such a question in principle.
Before evaluating the advantage of a material, it is necessary to determine:
- first, what is the technology of laying and who will work with it-a professional or the owner himself-"skillful"( and sometimes not quite) hands;
- secondly, under what conditions will the products be operated( the specificity of the premises);
- third, maintainability of the floor covering;
- Fourth, the complexity( or simplicity) of caring for it;
- fifth, how much are the services of hired craftsmen, if there is no time or opportunity to perform work independently.
And only after that you can make the final "verdict".All items are able to analyze the owner of the home. Therefore, it is logical to dwell only on the features of materials and make some general observations on a massive and parquet board.
Massive board
This product is often confused with ordinary wood, which is used to equip the rough floor, the rafters system, the skinning of frame structures, formwork and in a number of other cases. The raw material for the massive board is valuable tree species, which causes the special properties of the material. It is called so because the manufacturing technology, as for any other solid board, consists in pruning the log with subsequent processing of the workpiece.
The difference from the standard( edged or unedged) board products is that the products are pre-prepared for "joining", for which they have connecting elements in the form of "thorns" and "grooves".On sale there are several varieties of a massive board, differing in the technology of surface processing, the presence( or lack) of varnish coating. Therefore, consider the general parameters that characterize this material. Advantages of
- Naturalness, absence of any "chemistry".
- Strength - in this "array" surpasses the parquet board.
- Virtually unlimited number of polishes( and here - "plus" against the parquet).
- Ideal for any room.
- Possibility of processing various varnish-and-paint compositions.
Disadvantages of
They mainly deal with boards without factory varnish coating, heat treatment and in many ways are purely subjective. Here much depends on the qualification of the master - can he qualitatively "bring" the material to the required level( dry, sand, coat with oil, varnish)?The lack of industrial technology entails the risk of thermal deformation, so in too "dry" rooms it will be necessary to raise the humidity level artificially.
Parquet board
Its main difference is in multi-layering. In the rest, according to the design, it is similar to the "monolith".By the way, it is often confused with a piece of parquet, although this is not the same thing. Advantages of
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The presence of a compensation layer makes it more resistant to the influence of external factors. Against the massive - "plus". - Installation technology is somewhat simpler.
- The cost of material and work is lower.
Disadvantages of
- All lamellas are glued together. Therefore, we are not talking about environmental purity - "chemistry" is present.
- A smaller "resource" for cycling. Restore, depending on the manufacturer, can be a limited number of times.
- Required "substrate", on which the parquet board is laid. And this - additional costs.
What is better to buy, it is not so easy to solve. The assortment of both products is very extensive. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the priorities - which is more important for the owners.
If the money is , then the cost of assembling the parquet board will be lower as a whole.
If practicality of - then the board-array will last much longer. Given the outlook, the costs are justified.
Although here you can find a "golden mean" - both in quality and in cost.
Cost of works
Only indicative data can be cited. Laying of the parquet board( without taking into account the preparation of the base) - from 390 RUB / m² .Mounting the "array" is more expensive - from 510 rub / m² .
Feature of payment for this work is that the larger the room, the lower the price for the "square".
