Parquet Floor Fitting
Parquet flooring has always been an arena for us where we can feel and express ourselves and our wood floor fitting expertese and skills. Where we can feel close to what we do best. Nothing can compare to a stunning parquet flooring, which can outlast a lifetime and can remain valuable asset of your property for ages. A unique and interesting floor makes the first impression in your home, which is the reason why many people nowadays go with the natural hardwood floor that feels comfortable and relaxing.
Parquet flooring is an artistic expression made from blocks of wood in a variety of geometric patterns - some very simple figures, while others can be sophisticated and difficult to achieve and only true professionals like us will provide you with.
Your own parquet floor design
Your vision is covered by our skills. We do fitting of - single or double herringbone, chevron, basket weave, mosaic or versailles pannels. Just let us know, what parquet pattern you prefer and if you are not sure, we can provide you samples and examples.
Unfinished parquet flooring comes as well with the option to have your patterns fitted from wall-to-wall or with a border around.
You can choose a border with a single to double blocks, or have a long wooden plank for a border, width of 140 mm to 180 mm. In addition we offer deco feature strips from other coloured timbers, which are laid between the parquet pattern and the border. These can be merbau-ash-merbau, walnut-ash-walnut and single strip deco borders of wenge and merbau.
What is included in our Parquet floor installation service?
Measurement and estimation: A professional installer will visit your home to measure the space where the parquet flooring will be installed. This ensures accurate material quantities and estimates.
Lift & disposal of existing flooring: In some case we have to remove the existing flooring before we prepare the subfloor and lay new parquet flooring.
Subfloor Preparation: This involves preparing the existing floor surface to ensure it's clean, level, and dry. Depending on the condition of the subfloor, preparation might include leveling, smoothing out imperfections, and ensuring it's suitable for parquet installation.
Parquet block laying (with border around or wall-to-wall): Parquet flooring typically comes in blocks that are assembled to create a pattern. The installation process includes laying out these blocks according to the desired pattern - e.g., herringbone, basket weave and bonding them to the subfloor.
Gluing or floating installation: Depending on the type of parquet flooring and subfloor, installation may involve gluing the blocks directly to the subfloor or using a floating installation method. Due to risks of faults, floating installation are not recommended by us and we will always advise for glue-down installation of this product.
Skirting boards and beading: Installation of skirting boards, scotia or quadrant beading round, or other moldings around the edges of the room to cover gaps and provide a finished look. This step ensures a seamless transition between the parquet flooring and walls.
Thresholds and doorbars: Installation of transition strips where the parquet flooring meets different types of flooring (e.g., carpet, tile) or different rooms.
Final Inspection and Touch-ups: A final walkthrough to ensure everything meets your expectations. Any necessary touch-ups or adjustments will be addressed at this stage.
Service Guarantee: All our real wood installations go with 2 years service guarantee.
What you need to know about a parquet flooring project
Parquet blocks are available nowadays in less timber species, than they used to be a decade ago. Due to envorinment conservation laws, industries should use only selected sourced of timber and some forest species are no longer used for flooring products. This has affected engineered and hardwood flooring products. Quite popular today with solid blocks remain the oak, pine, ash and walnut.
Choosing the blocks size
The thickness of parquet blocks on the marker varies between 10 - 22 mm. Thicker blocks have more lifespan and will have tongue-and-groove fitting, which increases the solidness and resistance against humidity and moisture. In general this type of flooring is cheaper (compared to planks) with thinner blocks being in the lower pricing range.
The pricing is defined as well by the size of the blocks and the flooring grade - check our Guide on Flooring Grades. An average smaller sized solid parquet block is 70×280 mm, which will be ideal for smaller and medium sized rooms, as a block of 90x450 mm will stand better in large rooms and halls.
The importance of subfloor preparation
Due to the smaller size of solid wood blocks, parquet flooring requires solid and flat surface. It cannot be laid straight over floorboard, sandy surface or an old floating installation.
Our parquet laying service comes complete with subfloor preparation - screeding, damp proofing, plywood and chipboard installation. Unlike with solid wood floor fitting, the subfloor leveling is essential for parquet flooring blocks and our expertise will provide you with the right solution and advice.
Sanding & finishing parquet flooring (unfinished)
If you flooring product is unfinished, you can have your parquet floors finished in lacquer, oil or hardwax-oil. We can also offer floor staining service, where the choice of colours depends entirely on you. Due to the nature of this type of flooring, parquet floor sanding requires the right technique and equipment in hand. Floorworks machinery includes latest dust free floor sanding equipment from Bona and Lagler.
Looking for a Parquet Flooring Product?
We install parquet flooring supplied by our clients and we also offer flooring, for those looking to for supply as well. Here are some of our popular choices.
Accessories for parquet flooring
Our fitting services comes complete with skirting boards or beadingh installation. Supply and fit of the right thresholds and stairnosings. Trimming doors, kitchen plinths and extending parquet flooring designs of youir existing floors.
