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What type of floor covering do you want?
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I like classic and simple floor covering. I choose...A floating or glued wooden floor varnished in factory, oak slats about 7-9 cm wide with or without knot according to my own satisfaction.
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I love nature and what is genuine, parquet strips which deform slightly, gaps between the more or less pronounced blades, variations in appearance and colors are for me the advantages of a real wooden floor. I choose...A gnarled oak parquet or natural glued or laid on joists will be oiled or waxed.
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I agree for a wooden floor but I do not want to take stringent precautions and I want its maintenance to be simple. I choose..A resistant specie probably an oiled exotic hardwood floor or in aged oak.
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I cannot stand any imperfections and the parquet must be blameless and for a long period of time, I choose ...A laminated parquet, high-end, to stick coated with a durable varnish.
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I would like to have a traditional oiled parquet but I don't accept constraints. I choose…An oiled parquet or an oiled polished parquet or even better a parquet floor of aged oak.
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If I install a parquet, I fear that I may disturb my neighbors, especially since my building is said to be” noisy”. I choose...A thin parquet to be glued and laid on an efficient sound insulation.
Current state of the floor before the installation of the parquet
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Subfloor, tiles, stone, marble, I choose...Laying of floating or glued parquet, preferably glued.
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Existing Parquet. I choose...Installation of glued or floating parquet.
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Flooring plastic material, linoleum (without removing). I choose ...Laying of a floating wooden floor.
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Support wood or engineered wood .. I choose ...Laying of floating or glued parquet, preferably glued.
Where will the parquet be layed?
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In an apartment, I choose...A glued or floating parquet, varnished or oiled.
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Individual house or business premises without direct access to the floor from the outside. I choose...Glued or floating parquet, varnished or oiled.
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Individual house or business premises with direct access from outside to the floor, kitchen, I choose ...A parquet floor glued or to lay on joists in a resistant exotic species or of aged, oiled oak.
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Bathrooms, saunas. I choose...Hardwood of oiled teak or of thermos-treated wood, certain other exotic species may be appropriate.
What is the wooden floors lifetime?
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I won't stay for a very long time in this place, I choose ...A floating parquet or a laminate floor.
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I will stay at least 5 years. I choose ...A glued parquet floor or floating floor in a traditional species.
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I want a very sustainable solution. I choose ...A hardwood floor to be laid and glued on lambourdes.
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Bathrooms, saunas. I choose...Hardwood of oiled teak or of thermos-treated wood, certain other exotic species may be appropriate.
What technical constraints when you want to lay a parquet?
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Floor heating. I choose…Laying glued parquet. Although some manufacturers advise it, we do not recommend floating installation.
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Importance of traffic. I choose...- Low trafic: A parquet with a varnished or oiled finish.
- Moderate trafic: A parquet with a varnished finish (or preferably) oiled
- Intense trafic: A parquet with an oiled finish
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Moisture in the soil. I choose ...A specific study is needed. It should be noted that many problems are caused by excess moisture from the support.
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Floor in poor condition. I choose ...A specific study is needed.
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Floor coverings glued with a bitumen compound. I choose ...A specific study is needed.
What budget will you allocate for your parquet?
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Economic solution. I choose ...A laminate or hardwood floating installation.
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Lasting solution / price studied. I choose ...A laminated parquet to be glued or a floating parquet of high quality
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Durability first. I choose ...Solid wood flooring to be glued or to lay on lambourdes in an exotic or indigenous species of quality.
