ABOUT PARQUET FLOORING

Parquet Flooring is a mosaic of wood used for decorative flooring in geometric designs. The large diagonal squares known as Versailles Parquet were introduced in Versailles, France, in 1684 as a replacement for marble flooring. Parquet flooring can use a variety of woods, including Oak, Walnut, Cherry, Lime, Pine, and Maple. Parquet Flooring can take two forms: solid parquet, and parquet panels.

Solid parquet consists of wood blocks which are glued down in geometric patters such as the herringbone pattern. Parquet panels are veneers of hardwood, known as the wear layer, glued in geometric patterns to a base of cheaper wood or plywood. Parquet panels normally lock together using tongue and groove joints.

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LEADING USA PARQUET FLOORING MANUFACTURERS

The following leading parquet flooring manufacturers have comprehensive websites, with information on all aspects of parquet flooring, including online catalogs, colours and materials for parquet flooring, and care and maintenance of parquet flooring.

Czar: Parquet Flooring. Czar Floors, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, is a specialist manufacturer and installer of custom hardwood floor inlays, parquet, floor medallions, and borders. Unlike some manufacturers who use veneers of 5/16" or as thin as 1/16", Czar makes all its floors from 5/8" thick hardwood. Computer controlled cutting machines produce the pieces of inlay, which fit together precisely. Czar Parquet Flooring is available in many modern patterns as well as classic European designs. It is available as parquet blocks, and also as parquet wood tiles intended for glue-down installation.

Birger Juell: Parquet Flooring. Birger Juell Ltd, based in Chicago, Illinois, supplies fine hand finished antique reproduction and contemporary hardwood floors, including parquet floors. The firm was founded in 1946 by Birger Juell, who had earlier arrived in the USA from Norway on a square rigged sailing ship. The Birgue Juell website contains sections on: European Classic Floors, Custom Parquet Floors, and Cobblewood Floors. Parquet flooring is available in patterned panels between 27" and 39" square, and 3/4" thick. Walnut or Hickory is hand scraped, hand beveled, acid etched, triple oiled, and waxed.

Contour: Parquet Flooring. Contour Parquet, of Fishkill, New York, designs and manufactures fine original and reproduction parquet, panel, and plank hardwood flooring. Parquet flooring is available in hand carved, burnished, or feather sanded finish. Contour also supplies cork tiles in custom colors and sizes. It offers a range of nine geometric parquet panel designs. Woods include: Light Oak, Aged Oak, Driftwood Oak, Dark Walnut, Rustic Butter Maple, and Black Cherry. Contour also supplies the following Continuous Pattern parquet flooring: Weave, Herringbone, Chevron, and Twisted Weave.

USEFUL LINKS RELEVANT TO PARQUET FLOORING

Wikipedia Article on Parquetry

American Floorcovering Alliance

Certified Floor Covering Installers Associaton

Floor Covering Installation Contractors Association

Floor Installation Association of North America

Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association

National Association of Floor Covering Distributors

National Floor Safety Institute

National Wood Flooring Association

Signatory Floor Covering Contractors

Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association

World Floor Covering Associaton

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT DIRECTORIES

The following recommended websites contain information on construction products, including standard specifications, manufacturers' specs, and CAD details: 4specs, Arcat, Arcom, First Source, Sweets.

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