Features and types of solid floor boards

Each person dreams to create a unique and stylish interior in his home. An important element in the design of a house or apartment is the floor. The owner must choose the appropriate flooring option for their home. Currently, more and more people are choosing a massive board for laying floors, which is very popular in the building materials market.

Solid board is a type of flooring made of solid wood. Such a board can easily replace cutting-edge flooring foundations. On its perimeter are special connecting tongue and groove, which provide quick and easy installation.

Unlike parquet flooring, solid board is made without glue and similar elements; also, when it is created, intermediate layers are not used, which makes such a flooring clean, eco-friendly product. This board is sold immediately with special coatings (varnish, oil).

Today, flooring made of solid wood, are very popular in the market of building materials. Such floors have many advantages. These include:

• Environmental friendliness. The natural massive board belongs to environmentally friendly floor coverings, it is made without use of the chemicals harmful to health of people and is absolutely safe material.
• Durability and high strength. Floor covering made of solid wood can easily last for several decades. The large thickness of this material allows you to quickly and effortlessly restore the floor using sanding, without damaging the natural wood pattern.
• Thermal insulation and soundproofing. Unlike other coatings, solid board is warm to the touch, and is also characterized by excellent noise absorbing properties.

• Aesthetic appearance.The massive board can give to any interior a decent and solid look, which many other types of floor coverings cannot boast. It allows you to create in the house a unique comfort and atmosphere. Favorably similar material in small dwellings, visually increasing the size of the room.
• Easy installation. The floor made of natural solid wood is easy to install, unlike the floorboard.
• Easy to care for. In order to maintain a beautiful view of the floors of solid wood, it is quite enough to periodically do a wet cleaning of the coating. If necessary, you can easily remove the outer layer of the board (oil, varnish) and apply a new one.

Despite the large list of advantages, the massive board has a number of significant negative qualities:

• High price. Compared with the usual laminate and parquet, massive board has a price much higher. Especially expensive are the boards made of valuable and rare woods. Not only the material from which the floor will be made, but also the laying of such a floor has a high cost. Also you should not forget that before installation it is necessary to make the alignment of the base.
• Special items for styling.Despite the fact that the installation of this flooring is quite easy and does not take a lot of time, it is necessary to purchase some materials that have a high price (plywood, additional heat insulating and soundproofing layers)
• Reaction to high humidity and sudden changes in temperature values. The floor covering from a natural massive board does not tolerate excessive moisture and sudden temperature jumps, since under the influence of these factors the material can be greatly deformed and lose its flawless aesthetic appearance.

• Additional floor treatment. The massive board should be subjected to special processing regularly. To do this, you will need to remove the old finishing layer (oil, wax, varnish) and apply a new one. This procedure is mandatory, since it is with it that you can avoid small cracks on the floor, which can spoil the appearance of the coating.
• The inability to install the system "warm floor". Since a massive board does not tolerate strong temperature fluctuations, the floors made of such material cannot be laid with the “warm floor” system, since this can lead to a serious deformation of the floor covering and spoil its appearance.
• Fire hazardLike many other building materials from wood, massive board has such a characteristic as combustibility, which greatly complicates the installation of lamellae in many rooms. To reduce the risk of fire, many experts advise to handle the board with special substances.

Massive board is very popular. Today there is a wide variety of types of this flooring:

• Radial A massive board of this type can be observed uniform structure. Any knots and extra patterns are unacceptable, absolutely all materials are selected in the same color palette. Such a massive floor board boasts high wear resistance.
• Select For this type of board is characterized by diverse patterns with a small amount of knots and a wealth of colors. It is worth noting that this material is capable of swelling.

• Natur. This type of solid wood has a uniform color, but a small amount of knots and sapwood is allowed.
• Rustic. This type of board may have small cracks, sharp color jumps and knots.This type looks quite natural, but many experts claim that any damage on this flooring can not be hidden by grinding.

At the moment there is a huge variety of materials from which they make a massive floor board. It is important for each owner to choose a suitable option that would meet all his needs and desires. Each type of tree has its own advantages and disadvantages.

This type of wood has incredible strength and hardness. Prussic acid, which is contained in oak materials, helps protect the wood from rotting and harmful organisms. Floors made of oak wood are distinguished by their smoothness, bright color and pleasant texture. But do not forget that This material has a high cost. which, of course, is justified by unsurpassed reliability and quality.

According to its external characteristics, it strongly resembles an oak tree. The wooden floor of the walnut can be called fragile. On a walnut floorboard, you can often notice cracks and damage, but despite this,it is more expensive wood, as it is recognized as a rarer breed. Most often from a walnut array make pieces of furniture.

Every day a massive bamboo board is becoming increasingly popular among consumers. Such materials are lightweight and are made by combining several wooden strips. Bamboo flooring has a pleasant golden color, it boasts a high level of resistance to deformation

Birch wood can safely boast of its high strength. But do not forget that the massive birch board does not tolerate moisture and is characterized by a high susceptibility to rotting, therefore, if you decide to choose a birch floor, you should treat the tree with a special composition.

Ash wood is perfect in the interior of small rooms, having a beautiful light color. She will be able to visually enlarge the space of the room. The board from an ash-tree possesses high resilience to deformation. Also to the significant properties and characteristics of this type of wood include:

• high strength (comparable to the strength of oak floor boards);
• elasticity;
• reliability;
• elasticity.

Larch wood plank is distinguished by high hardness and durability. The presence of special substances in this breed allows you to prevent the wood from rotting. Also this breed is different durability.

The wood of this type of wood has good hardness and strength. It has a high moisture resistance. But it is worth saying that wenge with too intense drying can be covered with small cracksThat will spoil its appearance.

Maple has a beautiful light shade, which is able to decorate almost any interior in the room. It has excellent elasticity and elasticity, but at the same time this species of wood is completely unstable to moisture and prone to swelling.

The sizes of massive boards can be the most different size. The magnitude of the various parts can vary greatly:

• The width of one material can be from 100 to 200 mm;
• Product length - from 500 to 3000 mm;
• Wood thickness - from 15 to 20 mm.

The size of massive boards may slightly deviate from the established norms. To the width often add 14-15 mm. The length can be from several hundred to several thousand mm. Too long boards can visually reduce the size of the room, but shorter materials can visually increase the space of the room.

Wide elements can give a home a decent and solid look, and narrower massive floor coverings can create a pleasant, cozy atmosphere in the rooms and give it privacy.

Before consumers there is a large selection of colors of massive floorboards. Selection of the color palette of the floor covering depends only on the preferences of the buyers themselves and on the interior of the room. There are many different color solutions on the market for floorboards:

• Chocolate shade. Wood boards of similar color will look great in the bedroom, hall, living room. Such color color of the floor can easily hide small damages and knots of the coating.
• Red tint.Red is an interesting and beautiful shade for floorboards, but it is worth considering that this color will look great only in interiors with a lighter color scheme (beige, pastel colors).

• Ashy tint. This color scheme of the floor covering is suitable for almost all types of interior. But you should not use it only if the room is decorated in the same gray tones, otherwise the room will look too gloomy.
• Golden shade. Golden tones are among the most sought after among consumers. Such types of colors have such tree species as beech, ash, maple. The most common type in this color palette is maple.

The natural massive board, as a rule, means ascetic and laconic country style, classics, shebbi-chic or Provence. As for the design of floor boards, here you can focus only on the color gamut and texture. Currently, designers offer a variety of different colors of flooring.

The most trendy, many experts recognize the red, chocolate, white tone.Also today toning of the floor has come into fashion. It involves giving the boards of different colors (oak, stained with walnut or bleached oak).

Many buyers face a difficult choice of which massive floorboard is best to choose. First of all, it all depends on the requirements of consumers, because each type of board has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is worth noting that The Radial has the highest quality cut.It is also characterized by the best grade of wood.

In expensive interiors it will be appropriate to place an oak floor covering that will emphasize the solidity and luxury of the home. Also in such situations it will look great floor of larch, ash, wenge, which among other things, also possess such important qualities as strength, hardness, wear resistance, elasticity and elasticity.

It should be careful when choosing ashen and red shades, as they can not go to all interiors.

Each owner of the floors of the massive boards need to know a few rules for their use:

• Additional coverage. After laying, the floorboards should be covered with another additional layer of special compounds to prevent mechanical damage.
• Care. Be sure to take care of the floor covering. It is necessary to carry out wet cleaning in time, to ensure that there is not too much water on the floor (although many species do not swell from water).
• Painting. If you want to paint the flooring of massive boards, then it is better to entrust the experts, and not to do it yourself. Now there is a wide variety of ways to give other shades to the floor covering (toning).
• Preparing for purchase. Before buying floorboards, consumers should take into account the conditions in which they will be covered and which loads they will withstand, as well as remember all the pros and cons of a particular type of array.

As a rule, in Russia the floor massive board is made within the country, but on foreign projects. According to this plan, companies such as Gran Parte, Coswick. But you can purchase and import board companies Panaget, Mercier, in which the service life of coatings is much higher.

Many consumers note the impeccable appearance of branded natural flooring, which can charm even the most capricious buyers. But at the same time, people often complain about the high cost of products.

The massive board of chocolate shade in style minimalism will effectively look. This color can come under many types of interiors, it is one of the most common options for flooring. This color scheme is suitable for both living rooms and bedrooms.

For children's rooms it is best to choose lighter shades of beech, maple or ash. These types of massif also have high elasticity, strength, and resistance to impacts. The color scheme of this wood can organically fit not only in the nursery, but also in the living room.

For information on how to properly lay a massive oak board, look further.