Category Conseils parquet

Narrow, wide or extra-wide: the effect on how the room reads, on stability and on price. Simple rules by surface area and style.

Three ways to reach white, three very different results. How each ages, what it hides, and which suits your room.

Routine cleaning, how often to re-oil, products to avoid, and how to mend a marked patch without redoing the whole room.

2, 3 or 6 mm decides how many times a floor can be sanded and how long it lasts. The simple rule for not overpaying — or underbuying.

Suitable species, thicknesses and fitting methods, temperature limits, and the mistakes that make boards cup.

Substrate preparation, laying direction, expansion gaps, cuts: the full method and the mistakes that cost the most.

Who takes a margin between the mill and your home, what direct buying actually changes, and the trade-offs nobody mentions.

Look, resistance, upkeep, repairability: the criteria that actually decide, and the real cost of each finish over time.

Grade describes appearance, not quality. What knots, sapwood and colour variation each grade allows, and which one suits your room.

Two patterns constantly confused, and a third often lumped in with them. How to tell them apart, and what each one costs to lay.