When everyone is choosing decoration materials, they are often asked recently whether it is better to use ceramic tiles for decoration? Are solid wood floors better? Wooden flooring is divided into solid wood flooring and synthetic flooring. Those who want to buy floors for decoration will want to know the Solid Wood Flooring Purchasing Tips, so let’s learn about it together. Take a look!
When it comes to the purchasing skills of solid wood flooring, it is similar to the factors such as water absorption, flatness, and stain resistance when purchasing ceramic tiles. Let’s take a look at the purchasing skills of solid wood flooring. Which aspects should you consider when choosing one?
1. Board quality
Check whether the floor is made of the same material, and whether the board surface is cracked, rotten, pinched, dead knots, insect eyes, blue discoloration and other material defects. Generally, you don’t need to be too demanding about color difference, joints, texture, etc., which are the natural properties of wood. . It is the color difference and varied natural texture that show the natural character of solid wood flooring.
2. Specifications and dimensions
The specifications of solid wood flooring are: length 450-910mm, width 90-125mm, standard thickness 18mm. Below this standard is non-standard board, which has poor strength and stability. In terms of wood stability, the smaller the size of the floor, the better the resistance to deformation. For this reason, consumers should choose short and narrow solid wood floors. The deformation is relatively small, which can reduce the bending, twisting, scooping, cracking, and cracking of the solid wood floors. shrinkage, arching and other phenomena.
3. Timber species
Select wood name (tree species) There are many tree species for solid wood flooring, including imported wood, domestic wood, precious rosewood, teak, etc. Due to different tree species, wood properties and prices vary greatly. At present, the names of many tree species are freely given by importers, resulting in serious synonyms in the market. To this end, my country has promulgated national standards, and consumers can refer to the "Names of China's Main Imported Timbers" and "China's Main Imported Timber Names".
4. Moisture content
Moisture content is the most important factor that directly affects the deformation and cracking of the floor. Generally, the moisture content of the floor is 7%-12%, with a maximum of no more than 14%. When purchasing, be sure to read the inspection report or measure the moisture content on site.
5. Paint quality
The paint surface should be uniform, smooth, and flat (excluding chamfers); there should be no paint leakage, bubbles, or cracks. At the same time, the following requirements must be met: first, whether the adhesion of the floor paint film is qualified, it is best to choose products that meet national standards; second, the floor surface has good wear resistance, and it is best to choose products with a wear value within 0.15g/100 revolutions; Third, the hardness of the paint film must be high. It is best to choose products that meet the national standard H or above.
6. Baseboards and battens
One square meter of floor requires at least one meter of skirting board, so the price and quality of the skirting board are also something you must care about. Skirting boards are generally made of fir or pine finger-jointed, and the height is generally 7-10 cm. The materials for the layering include plastic steel, aluminum alloy, finger-jointed solid wood, etc.
The above 6 points are the articles that the editor has shared with you about Solid wood floor purchasing tips! Hope it helps you! That’s it for today’s content sharing, here you go!
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