Abacus Construction Index
USA: Parquet Flooring: Parquet Floor Manufacturers
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, selected by Abacus Construction Index, 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.
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. The European Classics range comprises diagonal designs within a square frame. Designs include Versailles Parquet Flooring, Brittany Pattern Parquet Flooring, and Bordeaux Pattern Parquet Flooring. All hare hand scraped, hand beveled, acid etched, and 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. Standard parquet flooring panels are available in sizes from 15 inches square up to 34 inches square.
Grand Parquet panels, for large spaces, are available in sizes up to seven feet square. Borderless parquet flooring gives a continuous appearance in lattice or chevron designs.
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. This provides ample thickness to withstand damage and to allow for future refinishing of the parquet flooring. Computer controlled cutting machines, using AutoCAD software, produce the pieces of inlay, which are fitted together precisely by hand.
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. No stains are used to create inlay designs; each parquet flooring pattern is made up from different wood species, carefully matched by the designer to produce the desired color effect.
Pavex Parquet. The Pavex Parquet company exports from Romania a variety of wood floor medallions and borders for use in parquet flooring. The Pavex Parquet border range includes a classic Greek Key design, as found on ancient Greek pottery, made from light and dark oak. Parquet floor medallion designs include patterns of eight rays set into two overlaid square frame borders.
OTHER PRODUCTS RELATED TO PARQUET FLOORING
You may also like to visit our USA product guides on: Bamboo Flooring, Hardwood Floors, Oak Flooring, Wide Plank Flooring, and Wood Flooring.
USEFUL LINKS RELEVANT TO PARQUET FLOORING
Wikipedia Article on Parquetry
Floor Installation Association of North America
Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association
National Wood Flooring Association
Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association
CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT DIRECTORIES
We recommend the following professional construction directories, which include standard specifications, manufacturers' specs, and CAD details: 4Specs at www.4specs.com, Arcat at www.arcat.com, Arcom at www.arcomnet.com, Reed at www.reedfirstsource.com, Sweets at www.sweets.construction.com.
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Publisher: Abacus Construction Index is a professionally edited directory of recommended construction websites, published by Extonet Ltd. It is financed only by Google advertising; no payment is received from included websites.
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