Skirting Boards and Transition Profiles: How to Solve Finishing Details
Skirting boards and transition profiles are the finishing elements that make the invisible rules of a parquet installation visible. The skirting covers the 8 to 12 mm expansion gap
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How a Doormat Saves Your Parquet: Winter Grit and Road Salt
A doormat saves your parquet because it stops moisture, grit and road salt right at the threshold, where they do the most damage. Most of the dirt on a shoe sole is released within
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What Are AC Ratings and Use Classes? A Guide to Choosing the Right Floor
The AC rating measures the surface strength of a laminate floor's wear layer and runs from AC1 to AC6. The use class describes which type of space and traffic level the floor suits
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Flooring Selection for Hotels and Commercial Spaces: A Guide by Use Class
In hotels and commercial buildings, flooring is chosen by use class before aesthetics. For lobbies, corridors and restaurants with heavy foot traffic, the widely accepted approach
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Does a Humidifier Protect Parquet? Correct Winter Use
Yes, a correctly used humidifier protects parquet during winter. Through the heating season indoor relative humidity often drops below 30 percent, and wood loses moisture and shrin
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Parquet Installation Methods: Click, Glue Down and Nail Down
Three main methods are used to install parquet: the click (floating) system, full glue down bonding and nail down fixing. Click systems give laminate and engineered boards a fast,
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Which Parquet Resists Dry Air Best? A Dimensional Stability Comparison
The parquet type that resists dry air best is engineered parquet, thanks to its high dimensional stability. Its cross laid core layers largely neutralise shrinkage when humidity dr
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What Should Indoor Humidity Be in Winter? The Range That Protects Your Parquet
The ideal relative humidity range for wood floors in winter is 40 to 60 percent, and within this band solid parquet holds its own equilibrium moisture content at roughly 7 to 9 per
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Wood Flooring Over Underfloor Heating: Surface Temperature and Thickness
Two parameters decide whether a floor covering works over underfloor heating: surface temperature and covering thickness. The widely accepted approach in the industry is to keep th
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