Engineered wood flooring is a really popular flooring option these days for anyone seeking a real wood floor look. Not to be confused with laminate flooring, which is fake wood flooring, engineered wood flooring is a highly versatile and affordable flooring solution and now even comes in a parquet style option.
The reason that engineered wood flooring is more versatile than solid wood is down to its construction. Engineered wood flooring is a really cleverly made up flooring solution that doesn’t expand and contract to the same extent as solid wood. Generally speaking, solid wood flooring isn’t suited to any part of the home that is exposed to significant temperature and moisture fluctuations because such conditional changes will cause it to expand and contract, resulting in potentially serious gaps and damage in the longer term.
Engineered wood flooring is made by bonding together different layers of real woods to create a solid core board, upon which a solid (typically) oak top layer is added. This combination of the clever use of strong plywood and solid, attractive oak is what makes engineered wood flooring look just like solid wood, but with the built in attraction of being stronger and more stable. Irrespective of whether you choose single, double or triple plank boards, or if you’re seeking a parquet look for your floor, an engineered option is now available, which really opens up your choices.
Parquet flooring goes back hundreds of years to around the mid 1600’s and is highly sought after and recognisable as an interior style that has stood the test of time. Parquet flooring is currently enjoying a real renaissance and when you see the options available in our engineered parquet flooring range, it’s easy to see why.
As we’ve mentioned, parquetry goes back a very long way and is highly recognisable thanks to its geometric structure. At one time, laying parquet flooring took immense patience and wasn’t a task for the faint-hearted, requiring years of skill to get it right. With different species and colours of wood cut into small rectangular or square blocks, many years ago, laying parquet flooring was a real art and something that could take weeks from beginning to end, rather than just a couple of days.
Thankfully there are much easier ways to achieve your desired look today. And by choosing our engineered chevron range, you can get the parquet look you’re after, without weeks and weeks of blood, sweat and tears. We have three chevron options in stock, which means that no matter in which room of the house you want to get that heritage look, you can. The greatest thing about engineered wood flooring is that you can even install it in bathrooms and kitchens as well as over under floor heating, which means you can get the parquet look you’re after, no matter which room you’re looking to re-floor.
The three options of chevron flooring we have will let you make your choice of finish and colour as well as grade of oak. The first option is Select Engineered Chevron Flooring, which has been Brushed and White Oiled. This flooring is perfect for anyone who’s seeking a light coloured and natural look parquet flooring solution. It really will lighten up even the darkest space and the oiled finish allows the real beauty of the oak to stand out to its best.
If you’re at the stage that you know you want a parquet look and you know you want a brushed floor, but you’re not sure if you want an oiled or lacquered finish, as an alternative, this flooring is perfect for you. By choosing this Wood and Beyond alternative, you can choose your own finish once your floor has been fitted. However, if you’ve got a busy household, with a lot going on, you’re likely to be seeking out a lacquered finish so your flooring will stand up to everything life throws at it. If that’s the case, then you’ll be swooned by this option. This third option that we have in our range is ideal for busy households with high traffic footfall as well as a fair share of sunlight to deal with. The UV lacquered finish on this floor will not only stand up to the rough and tumble of the busiest family home, it’ll also stand up to the challenges of direct or intense sunlight without suffering undue fading.
So there you have it, three great engineered parquet flooring options that can be used throughout your home, without having to spend days and weeks cutting blocks of wood and fitting them one by one to create your desired look!