The warmth, texture and charm of wooden parquet never goes out of style and is a great way to increase the comfort and value of your home. Beautiful wood grain with unique performance will be with you for years without wear. When choosing wood parquet, remember that not all wood species are the same. Each of them has different degrees of hardness, grain type, grain characteristics and durability. Oak wood parquet is always fashionable due to many factors.
Important aspects of choosing wooden parquet
Affordable
Wooden parquets are expensive, especially if you install them in a large house. Oak wooden parquets have a great value for the price without changing the quality. Compared to more exotic woods such as maple, bobinga and American walnut, oak parquet is much cheaper, but it’s also just as hard. This makes oak flooring perfect for adding curb appeal to your home without spending too much. In this sense, oak wood is the most used type of wood for the production of wooden parquet. Morflor produces oak parquet in two families, engineered and solid, in different sizes.
Strong and structurally stable
Oak is one of the most sustainable wood products on the market. Features such as natural resistance to fungus and insect attack mean that oak parquet is not prone to decay. You can expect your oak flooring to last up to 25 years if properly maintained. Even if the place where your parquet is installed has heavy foot traffic, signs of wear will not appear easily. Solid wood flooring is not suitable for areas with high humidity and humidity, and manufacturers use engineered parquet with 100% real oak veneer. This means you can have the traditional oak look wherever you want.
If you want to know more, scientifically, the hardness of wood is indicated by Janka number. The number of oak wood, like beech wood, is about 1300, which is relatively excellent. This number in walnut wood is about 1000, which indicates the high hardness of oak. You can see the hardness of different woods in the table below: