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Engineered wood herringbone or solid wood herringbone?
Herringbone wood flooring is a versatile design for floors. It is the most used design after plank flooring. Barn Wood Wallpaper is more affordable due the pieces have little wastage when manufacturing. Laying a herringbone pattern will take longer during installation. Especially if Shiplap Wallpaper is required around the perimeter of the room. Expect to pay more for labour costs. Please note that nearly all our plank flooring products are also available in herringbone format. This is just a small selection.

Parquet flooring can be manufactured in 3 formats

Solid wood overlay parquet – overlay parquet is the oldest format and the most traditional method to installing parquet. Made from solid wood in approx 9-10mm battens. The installation method is regarded as the purest form to installing wood floors and has been used for centuries. It is also requires the most expertise and patience from the client. This is not a project that can be rushed, the timber must be installed only once the site conditions are suitable, the timber is acclimatised, design and layout considered. Once installed the timber needs to settle before any filling can be done and final sanding, priming and finishing. Choose this option if you don’t have underfloor heating and would like a simple colour or clear finish as it is not possible to achieve complex colours when applying on site.
Engineered wood herringbone – the demand for underfloor heating, complex factory finished colours and the need to get projects completed quickly mean that this format is now the most popular type of parquet.
Solid wood block parquet – typically 18 – 20mm thick and often with a tongue and groove profile. Wood Planks Wallpaper is that this type of herringbone is superfluous. The thickness of the blocks will cause them to be more prone to expansion and contraction, resulting in gaps between the blocks. Just because the blocks are thicker does not mean they will last longer as your wear layer on a tongue and groove block is only up to the tongue giving maximum 8-10mm which is no more than a 10mm overlay floor which is more stable.
Direction to lay herringbone parquet
The direction of the pattern is important. Look for a focal point to help you decide, such as a fireplace, double doors, bay window and the shape of the room. Generally herringbone looks good down the length of the room. However if Herringbone Chevron Wallpaper have a large patio doors looking out to a garden then it may work to point towards the garden.

Where to start laying parquet floors
You will have to decide where to start your design. Chevron Wallpaper should be centred to a focal point such as the middle of a bay window or fireplace. Consider the impact the starting point will have on other areas of the room as it may work better to centre to the middle of a room to avoid having small pieces left on the side of the room. If you are installing in multiple rooms without borders or thresholds then you will need to decide the impact it will have on those rooms too. Remember houses rarely have straight walls or rooms that a exactly parallel to each other.

Diagonal Herringbone
Riva Oak
Do you need to have a border with parquet floors?
Parquet borders provide function other than just being a decorative design. If Barn Wood Planks Wallpaper are installing in multiple rooms without borders or thresholds then you will need to decide the impact it will have on those rooms too. Remember houses rarely have straight walls or rooms that are exactly parallel to each other. without a border the direction will follow through into the next room and may not line up to a focal point in that room or worse be out of alignment with a wall. A parquet border will allow you to choose a direction and starting point for each room giving total control over the design.

Design options for parquet borders include:

Single line border – using a single line border with battens parallel to walls
2 line border – using 2 rows of battens parallel to the walls. the benfit of using a 2 line border as it can hide uneven walls better as the first row to the wall will take out some the varation whilst leaving the inner row as a complete batten.
plank border – using a long wood plank to create the border
ladder or bookend – turning the battens inwards to make a large border works well on larger rooms
inset strips – inset strips such as brass or using lighter/darket strips of timber will provide an attractive effect.
Shiplap Wood Planks Wallpaper – the design options in decorative borders are immense and varied. Options include Greek key border, lattice and intricate marquetry designs.
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