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Carpets, Lino & Flooring

Herringbone parquet vs. Plank Hardwood

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 2.54 PM

Which are the main differences between these two kinds of wood flooring? Apart from the visual difference are there differences in solidity, duration, comfort?

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2 Answers

Anonymous user

Hi, Herringbone is a solid wood block usually 230-300mm long and 70mm wide. Is usually fitted in a herringbone pattern. Usual fitting method is to be glued down then sanded and varnished afterwards. Plank hardwood is usually flooring made into a long strip usually 2.4m long (if engineered) with the whole board consisting of one continous piece of timber (hence the term ''plank'') . Plank hardwood can either be engineered or solid and can be fitted by way of glue, secret nail or floated over an underlay. Regards Jamie The London Wood Flooring Co.
Answered3 June 2012
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Anonymous user

Herringbone parquet are small blocks of hardwood about brick size normally laid on a bitumous adhesive in a herringbone pattern. plank hardwood is simply as it says planks in lengths and normally tongue and grooved on the joining edge.
Answered3 June 2012
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