About Parquet Flooring
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Feb-21-2010
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For remodeling homes, nowadays families prefer affordable and smart ways to make their living spaces attractive. If you are thinking of remodeling the floor, you have various options and it can turn out to be the most expensive decisions. Since there are various alternatives to select from like tile, carpet,
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For remodeling homes, nowadays families prefer affordable and smart ways to make their living spaces attractive. If you are thinking of remodeling the floor, you have various options and it can turn out to be the most expensive decisions. Since there are various alternatives to select from like tile, carpet, even concrete, parquet flooring is one of the options that sometimes overlooked. This is a long lasting product, and it is not difficult to fit, it could be a reasonable and attractive upgrade for any room of the house, from basement to kitchen. Parquet flooring can fit over hardwood as well as concrete, ceramic tile or laminate, this makes the DIY project easier.
The origin of Parquet flooring was back in 1684 and it replaced marble Versailles, France. Marble flooring used before this had to be cleaned frequently, an the water use to run beneath the under-lying floor supports making them rot. Parquet flooring was popular for its strength and beauty, it was also easy to clean compare to the marble flooring, due to these features its usage spread quickly. Parquet flooring is available in solid parquet and parquet panels, using variety of wood like pine, oak, walnut and mahogany. Sold parquet is wood blocks gummed with various patterns, the most common is the herringbone pattern.
Features of parquet flooring
The most alluring feature of parquet flooring is its cost, parquet is available in all budgets and needs. The cost varies from $0.99 per square foot to $60.00 per square foot, based on the kind of parquet, veneer or solid, the type of wood and the thickness of the wood. Solid parquet is costly, however it can be sanded and refinished for the entire life of the floor, wherein sanding or refinishing the parquet panels take the finish down the cheaper wood underneath. Extra precautions should be taken in order to prevent the floor from ruining. Even medallions are available, they are expensive but are beautiful art pieces and are available in endless designs. Its easy to take care of parquet flooring, it only needs a damp mop to make them look best.
Parquet flooring warranties vary, some come with lifetime coverage and the less expensive panels can last up to 25 years, it depends on the thickness of the veneers.
The most popular parquet flooring was designed in 1964 as the floor of the original Boston Arena, home of the Celtics. In was moved to Boston Garden in 1952 and was used by the Celtics until 1995, and later moved to Fleet Center and presently known as TD Garden. The floor was in use till 1999 and than cut and partially sold as souvenirs, since the Boston Garden was torn in 1998. At present Celtics play on a special floor inside TD Garden which combines few of the old sections of the actual floor and the new.
Parquet could be the right choice to finish the remodeling of any space beautifully, it can increase the value of the house.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_About Parquet Flooring_11459.aspx
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Author Resource :
Liamk Gardner works for Yorkshire Flooring one of the largest flooring suppliers in Yorkshire supplying wooden Flooring in Hove and the surrounding areas. If you want some more information on Oak floors in Brighton go to their website.
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Keywords :
wood flooring, hardwood flooring,
Category :
Home and Family
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Home Improvement
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