Wooden plank floors give the room a particularly pleasant atmosphere. They also have a significant insulating value, they keep the legs warm, they are wear-resistant and easy to care for. Wooden floors are laid over concrete ones, raw ceilings, on a base made of wooden squares. Additionally, you can increase the insulating value by pouring the so-called. insulating grains, as an insulating material. They stop the cold and protect the lower lying rooms from the transmission of the noise of footsteps.
Wooden floors from domestic types of wood, like a spruce, fir or pine can be obtained commercially with widths in between 10 i 20 cm, as well as of various thicknesses (19,5 i 22 mm). They are planed on both sides and pre-ground on the upper side. They have slots and splines on the longitudinal edges, which ensure a tight and secure connection.
Various assortments are offered at distinctly different prices.
For laying in living quarters it should be, as far as possible, choose the most valuable assortments. For side rooms (uninhabited warehouses and hobby rooms or lockers) inferior quality is entirely sufficient.
The quality of the wood is often problematic: the floorboards are delivered in a welded foil package and often it turns out only after unpacking, that some planks are not cleanly shaken, are made of wood with a twisted structure of fibers, bulging or twisted. Accidents of detached projections are not uncommon in transport, broken tongue grooves, larger knot holes.
Buying wood is a matter of trust, at least then, when you do not have the necessary expertise, to distinguish between good and less good qualities.
So buy floorboards from a trusted retailer. He will spend time with the client, to provide expert advice and show the various quality features of your goods, before he decides to buy.