Long-lasting pleasure in your parquet floor

To feel good in your own four walls is a basic human need. These days, par­quet is a very pop­u­lar floor cov­er­ing. It’s a pleas­ure for your eyes to “wander” over the unique, nat­ur­ally grown struc­ture of the wood. When walk­ing bare­foot, it feels pleas­antly warm and soft. But how can the wood be installed and its sur­face treated without install­a­tion mater­i­als that con­tain harm­ful sub­stances? And how can the par­quet stay beau­ti­ful for a long time?

1. Use the right installation method

If the par­quet ele­ments are bon­ded to the sub­floor, the heat of the under­floor heat­ing can reach the sur­face without being impeded. Walk­ing noise has no chance. Numer­ous pat­terns, intar­sia (inlay work using dif­fer­ent spe­cies of wood) and friezes (dec­or­at­ive bor­der ele­ments of a par­quet floor) as well as mater­i­al com­bin­a­tions can be employed. The par­quet can even be installed through sev­er­al rooms without pro­file rails. Sand­ing and reseal­ing the par­quet is easy and pro­duces even sur­faces. It is there­fore worth­while to prefer bon­ded over float­ing install­a­tion.

2. Choose a suitable surface treatment

Which sur­face treat­ment offers long-last­ing pro­tec­tion and at the same time healthy liv­ing? Par­quet var­nishes are a good choice if the floor is sub­ject to heavy-duty use. They are avail­able with dif­fer­ent gloss levels to suit all tastes. Water-based var­nishes are par­tic­u­larly pop­u­lar: they con­tain hardly any solvents. The small quant­ity of solvent serves as an aux­il­i­ary which, just like the water, evap­or­ates after applic­a­tion without any residue. After­wards, only the desired mir­ror-like film remains. The sur­face can be eas­ily vacu­umed and wiped with a damp cloth. Renov­a­tion is only neces­sary every 10 to 15 years, depend­ing on the qual­ity of care and seal­ing. The ser­vice life of par­quet floors can span sev­er­al gen­er­a­tions. It depends on the thick­ness of the wear lay­er, which can be sanded down sev­er­al times.