Parquet Flooring/Wood Tiles
Just what is parquet flooring anyway? It's basically a way of putting wood together that's different
from the traditional engineered or solid wood boards. Parquet is made up
of wood blocks composed of strips of wood arranged in all sorts of patterns
(i.e. herringbone). In the old days, these patterns were created
individually by human hands, each wood block a piece of art. If you've got
an older home with parquet floors, they're definitely worth
restoring.
Today's parquet is a bit different. It's still made patterned wood, but
it's machine manufactured into thin wood tiles. The strips of wood are
arranged, then glued to a square of plywood or MDF. To install parquet
today, you glue the tiles to the sub-floor, just as you would with cork or other
types of tiles. If you don't want to bother with the hassle of glue, you
can also find "self-stick" parquet too.
Parquet is comparable to hardwood flooring in cost.
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