Wooden floors 1.“I am delighted with the artistic parquet in the Yusupov Palace. Is it possible to order a copy of such a floor somewhere? And is it possible to come up with a drawing of the parquet yourself? " Maria, St. Petersburg Nikolay Sharapov, Parquet Hall: Modern technologies allow both to recreate the palace parquet and to come up with a drawing on your own. An example of a "royal" floor, completely recreated by our company according to drawings, is block parquet in the "Greza" hall v. Mikhail Sorochkin, Kovcheg-Parquet: There is a huge number of parquet laying patterns, developed by many generations of artists, decorators and parquet flooring. In addition, at the request of the customer, the artists of the parquet company often make individual designs: floral or geometric ornaments, logos and coats of arms, symbols and monograms, even portraits and images of animals. The starting point for creating such a drawing can be a sketch or a more or less intelligible explanation in words or on fingers.
parquet2. "I categorically do not like the varnish on the floor. I know that the only alternative is oil-impregnation. Please tell us more about them. " Galina, Volgograd Fedor Beloborodov, Ebony and Co: The floor treated with natural oil requires careful care. Spilled wine on the surface of the board, juice, tea and even just water can leave a stain that will not be eliminated. When cleaning such a floor, you should always use special tools to protect the wood. Another option: apply a layer of transparent composition with solid wax over the natural oil. He will create a protective film, which, on the one hand, will protect the tree from moisture and mechanical damage, and on the other - it will allow it to "breathe": it will give an excess of moisture accumulated in the board if it does get there. Spots on such a floor are almost invisible. Similar properties have tung oil. The first to use it were the Chinese more than a thousand years ago: they infiltrated their boats with rotting. 
Parquet from maple and walnut, company Ebony and Co.3. "I had an idea to make a floor of different types of wood. Please advise which combinations are the most spectacular. How to take care of such combined floors? "Lyudmila, Vladimir Fedor Beloborodov, Ebony and Co: Only those wood species that match each other in hardness, such as walnut and maple, oak and walnut, can be combined ... Do not combine pine with Brazil nut - pine wears out much faster. It is easy to care for the combined floors if the same coating is used: only lacquer or only oil. 
Antique floor of old barn pineboards, the company Ebony and Co.4. "A friend told me about the metal coating for the plank floor. It sounds strange, but she claims that this method makes the floors stronger, moreover, gives them an incomparable glow. Such "alloys" do exist? "Zinaida, Minsk Fedor Beloborodov, Ebony and Co: Yes, the tree can be covered with an alloy of nickel and silver, white or yellow gold, copper, brass. Such coatings are wear-resistant and completely different. And the degree of penetration of metal into the texture of a tree depends on its breed.
