Wooden flooring

[ddn]

Dear members,

I have a few doubts about the use of wood for flooring. I have looked up the archives for similar discussions, but I still had a few doubts. Hope you will be able to help me.

From the information I have, wooden flooring can be broadly categorized into three classes:
1. Solid hardwood flooring
2. Parquet flooring
3. Laminated wooden flooring (Pergo etc.)

The first category is the best in class and also the most expensive (above Rs. 350/-). The second category (Parquet) is also made of real wood, but with smaller pieces put together and is thinner (around 12mm). I believe this is priced around Rs. 200/- . The third category is not real wood, but is the most cost-effective one. I hope my understanding is correct, please correct me if otherwise.

We are considering wooden flooring of categories (1) and (2) and I have the following doubts related to these,

a. How susceptible are these to water and scratches? Generally, wooden flooring is considered hard to maintain, is it because of scratches or sensitivity to water or other reasons?
b. We are considering wooden flooring for bedrooms and the family room. Can wooden flooring sustain the traffic of these areas?
c. What is the general lifetime of wooden flooring, considering that category (1) and (2) can be re-polished a few times?

Wooden flooring looks very nice and Parquet flooring seems priced reasonably (as compared to granite), but wooden flooring is always mentioned to have maintenance issues. I request you to please share your views, knowledge and experiences in this regard.

Thanks in advance.

[blrsiteseeker]

If you get solid wood floors of good quality, they should last a lifetime. They may get scratched, but can be polished a few times.

The advantages of wood flooring:
1. is not very cold under the feet. (although in Bengaluru, this may not really count as an advantage)
2. is softer and so more comfortable to walk on.
3. Looks wonderful (when in good shape)

Disadvantages:
1. expensive.
2. maintenance - gets easily scratched, particularly in dusty areas (fine grains of sand or dust can scratch even while you are cleaning it).
3. Maintenance - you cannot use the normal water mop like is done most of the time in India. You need to clean with special wood soaps (like murphy's oil soap) and every so often need to polish it with oils meant for that.
4. Once it is scratched etc. it looks really shabby. Have to pay particular attention to prevent scratches and dents.

[ddn]

Thanks blrsiteseeker for your inputs.

[yasif]

can anyone recommend good wooden finish vertified tiles (Wooden lookalike)with price I have check with Graffiti (Imported tiles)
but very expensive starting price from 390/- sqft
size 600 x 150mm or 1000x122mm

Yasif

[yasif]

please anyone from this group request to highlight above quiry

Yasif

[maheshvivid2003]

i have seen vetrified wooden tiles price ranging from 60 to 100rs per sqft kajaria has good collection ..for that price u can get real solid wooden flooring ...im going for wooden laminate flooring price ranging from rs 99 to 150 for ego,pergo,egger and rs69 for ibiq which is displayed in big bazar