Parquet Flooring - Color bias in basket weave?

[JohnandBarbara]

I will lay a basket weave pattern in the main field. I would like to have a slight bias in color between the two major directions in the pattern. I notice that in many pictures it appears as if this was an intentional designed element. Is this practical? Would I be better off using two different species such as white and red oak? If I gave half the boards a pre-stain could I achieve the same effect (that would survive sanding)?

Thank you in advance for your help.

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JohnandBarbara wrote:

I will lay a basket weave pattern in the main field. I would like to have a slight bias in color between the two major directions in the pattern. I notice that in many pictures it appears as if this was an intentional designed element. Is this practical? Would I be better off using two different species such as white and red oak? If I gave half the boards a pre-stain could I achieve the same effect (that would survive sanding)? Thanks for the help.

JohnandBarbara wrote:

Although I have laid floors before, I am about to lay my first parquet floor. I am uncomfortable with gluing down 3/4 inch solid wood (over plywood) without mechanical fasteners and/or tongue and groove support. Is this fear justified? I will use strip flooring outside the field. Do I also glue this down? Thank you in advance for your help.

[mattysupra]

if gluing one section you should carry on gluing the other to. Be careful using different species of wood. They react to humidity and temperature change different to each other. You may do better trying to get info off an american site to as the rules we fit our floors to may be different to yours due to climate difference.

[WoodYouLike]

JohnandBarbara wrote:

I will lay a basket weave pattern in the main field. I would like to have a slight bias in color between the two major directions in the pattern. I notice that in many pictures it appears as if this was an intentional designed element. Is this practical?

Practical? No, optical science my friend. Using one type of wood, say Oak prime (or premium) when installing it in herringbone or basket weave pattern (or many other patterns) will always result in the optical effect as if the fitter has selected light colours for one part of the patterns (or a slightly darker wood type) and another for the other part of the pattern.
But it is all the same wood and not selected on light or dark colouring of the individual blocks. That's the beauty of design parquet flooring!

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[WoodYouLike]

Fresh from the camera:



All Oak Prime Grade, all one colour (of course every block has its own character), all optical illusion

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