How To Lay Reclaimed Oak Parquet Flooring

Details on floor installation.

How to lay reclaimed oak parquet flooring.

Floor sanding in essex means we work with a lot of parquet flooring parquet floors particularly moasic and herringbone parquet flooring are regular features of our area s early 20th century housing therefore we often get the chance to repair and restore parquet floors. Laying reclaimed parquet flooringas with most things when you know how to do it and have the right tools and materials fitting reclaimed parquet woodblock flooring is relatively simple process we appreciate that sometimes customers can feel a little daunted with the thought of putting down reclaimed parquet woodblock flooring all these little pieces of timber arrive and its difficult to. The installation of parquet flooring however is not as easy as some other types of wood floors. Sub floor preparation is key if you want to install reclaimed parquet successfully.

Parquet blocks can be laid on numerous solid substrates such as concrete dry screed self levelling compound or flooring grade plywood or chipboard but never directly onto floorboards. This is how i managed to lay my reclaimed parquet floor from a victorian school. The wood block is beech with a panga panga border for those who like the colours. Laying parquet over existing solid floors.

Parquet can be laid onto a screed or concrete. Please keep in mind that the purpose of this article is to provide general tips and advice when laying parquetry not a complete in depth guide because we believe this is a job best left to professionals. Before even starting this i had to scrape off the black bitumen from about. All substrates must be structurally sound flat and dry.

All new screed or concrete must be completely dry allow at least1 month for every inch depth of new. So take a look at us laying our first reclaimed parquet floor on the time lapse film below.