RESTORING PARQUET FLOORING
If you are lucky enough to have an original parquet floor in your home, restoring it to its former glory is definitely worth the effort.
Parquet floors comprise solid wood blocks (also known as strips or tiles), with fixed dimensions that are laid in various geometric or regular patterns, such as herringbone and chevron. These pieces of wood are typically rectangular, but also come in squares, triangles and lozenge shapes, along with feature designs such as stars. Parquet flooring is now available in engineered wood; originally it would only have been made from solid wood.
HOW IS IT INSTALLED?
Parquet flooring used to be installed using hot bitumen as an adhesive but now cold adhesives are preferred. It often comes with tongue-and-groove edges.
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