Checking your wood floor before you lay it
What to inspect on delivery, which characteristics are normal on a natural material, and how to react if something is wrong with an order.
Category Conseils parquet
Guides pratiques pour bien choisir, acheter et poser son parquet : essences, grades, finitions, motifs, prix et entretien — par l'équipe Your Parquet.
Mosaic and chequerboard parquet: classic patterns
Mosaic, chequerboard, panels: the traditional parquet patterns, how they are laid, what they really cost and where they belong.
Water damage on a wood floor: what to do
The first hours decide everything. Emergency steps, what can be saved, what must be replaced, and how to handle the insurance claim.
How long does a wood floor last?
30 years, 50, a century? What really determines the lifespan of a wood floor: the wear layer, the finish and the upkeep — long before the price.
Wood flooring or tiles: how to choose
Comfort, upkeep, price, lifespan and resale value: an honest comparison between wood and tiles, room by room.
Scandinavian wood flooring: the Nordic look
Very pale oak, wide boards, matt oiled finish: the concrete rules of the Scandinavian floor, and how to apply them without cliché.
Which wood floor tone should you choose?
Pale, natural, smoked or whitewashed: how the light in the room, the furniture and the upkeep should drive your choice of tone.
Expansion gaps: where and why?
Perimeter gap, expansion breaks, doorways: where the wood must be free to move, and what happens when you stop it.
Levelling and flatness: preparing the subfloor
The flatness tolerances to meet before laying a wood floor, how to measure them with a 2 m rule, and when a levelling compound becomes unavoidable.
Laying a new floor over old floorboards
Creaks, loose boards, uncertain flatness: how to assess an old timber floor and lay a new one over it without surprises.