Parquet flooring is a beautiful decorative form of flooring made from blocks of woods woven into a mosaic of geometric patterns. These patterns that make up parquet can range from simple geometric shapes, like squares through to highly intricate and decorative designs.Some names given to these patterns are checkerboard, herring bone, double herring bone and basket weave. Parquet is available as single solid wood blocks or in a mosaic-panel. The single parquet blocks are available in a variety of sizes, woods and grades. These loose blocks are individually laid into the desired pattern for example herring-bone or basket-weave.
The parquet blocks are generally cheaper to buy but are more expensive to fit and finish than a plank floor. Mosaic-panel parquet is factory made panels where the parquet blocks have been arranged into their pattern already and are held in place by a paper or mesh backing.
Oak is possibly the most popular wood but walnut, maple, wenge, cherry, teak, mahogany and beech also create beautiful parquet floors. Parquet is glued to a very clean and even sub base, then sanded and sealed on site, so it is quite a procedure, but the final product is well worth it.
They are easy to maintain and are far more hygienic than fitted carpets. With the proper care and attention, your parquet floor will last a lifetime.
Wooden floors these days are extremely fashionable adding tremendous value to any home, significantly so with parquet. Estate agents state that “homes with wooden floors sell twice as easily as those without”.
Examples of Parquet Floors
Our Parquet Flooring Services
Onsite consultationTo help you best understand your options we will send an onsite specialist to your premises, free of charge, to discuss all your requirements. He will offer you honest and reliable information, drawn from his considerable knowledge and experience of wooden floors. He will carry an assortment of samples for your perusal; if you can decide then and there exactly what you want, that is great, if not he will encourage you to visit our showroom for a larger selection.To arrange for our onsite specialist to visit your premises please contact us via this link
Supply and Installation
We offer a complete hassle free supply and installation service, from ordering of materials to the clearing of waste from your site and everything in between, even moving your furniture if required.Fitting a parquet wood floor is a highly skilled trade and done correctly it will last a lifetime. There is no room for error as a tiny gap at the beginning will end up as larger unsightly gap at the end.
For this reason many companies will not undertake the fitting of parquet floors, but here at Whittlewoods this is one of our absolute specialities. We are so confident with our highly skilled fitters that we are prepared to guarantee our workmanship for life. Now that’s peace of mind!
Our promise is to arrive on time and finish on time, offer you the best possible service and products to match your exact needs all at an affordable and realistic price.
We are one of the very few companies who undercut skirting to accommodate a new floor, this negates the need to remove the skirting which is time consuming and often requires redecoration.
We will also advise on the best floor finish for your needs to ensure that your floor looks gorgeous always and is easy to clean and maintain.
To arrange for our onsite specialist to visit your premises please contact us via this link.
Customer care and guarantee:
We offer a full back up service for any concerns or questions you might have. Our workmanship is guaranteed for life and the quality products we use normally carry extensive guarantees. A Free maintenance kit will be left on site after your floor has been completed with full instructions on the care and maintenance of your new floor, plus we carry a full range of maintenance products for your ease of purchase in the future. Just call us and we will send them to you.
