Homemade parquet?
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plus all pieces having a different size (do you have precession tools?) and creating loads of increasing gaps: never looking good for little money
When looking at the house we are in now we could see what looked like a parquet floor in one room underneath the dirt dog hair and old carpet pieces. Well when we moved in and started to clean it up we found that it had actually been made of 4mm ply cut into "blocks". We only found this out when sanding the floor. I needed to replace a couple of pieces and then wax it and it has come up well and hasn't moved.
Intersting.. 'precicion tools' wise.. if i set my chop saw up with a jig it'd be pretty bang on. I'd be tempted to have a go at this.. only thing is i actually prefer the look of straight laminate, and as that's in another room.. will prob go that route. Would like to have a pop at this some day tho... i suppose you can buy alternatives like ladylola found ready cut tho...
Must be why our Design Parquet manufacturer uses laser precision/guided tools. They are "bang on" every single piece, no matter which pattern we need. Even a basket weave (3 long strips, 3 short strips) a very simple pattern would not be as precise as theirs when you set up your chop saw. And not precise wood blocks mean gaps, which tend to grow and grow the further in the pattern you go.
It sounds simple enough, but it definitely isn't if you are looking for the best result. If you're not looking for the best and precise result, be my guest with the chop saw set up.
If you mean 5-finger mosaic, in most cases yes. Proper wood blocks (10 x 71 x 284/355): very cheap is questionable quality (size differences etc)
is that what you tell your customers while your stroking their arm.. he he
Nah, that's what we show them through around 10 very large samples in our showroom all with different patterns, plus a display that shows how the actual floor installation method works. They know quality when they see it 
If you are doing this for yourself then you don't need to figure in your time. As to the precision cutting, use a block plane or one of these http://www.screwfix.com/prods/52590...-Woodworking/Titan-D15-B10-A-Belt-Disc-Sander and you won't have to worry , just take your time.
As to cheap wood I assume you mean decent wood sourced cheaply rather than ****ty cheap softwoods. Let it aclimatise in the house for 6 months or more and then put it down. But , if you're impatient ignore me and go with the other advice offered here.
As to cheap wood I assume you mean decent wood sourced cheaply rather than ****ty cheap softwoods. Let it aclimatise in the house for 6 months or more and then put it down. But , if you're impatient ignore me and go with the other advice offered here.
Aye I think i'd give this a go if i really wanted the floor. If I listened to the doom merchants I'd not have successfully completed half the jobs i have. I have a block plane but for future reference anyway, that sander's a handy looking bit of kit...
Here's another doom and gloom merchant
What pattern for you plan to install with your self-made wood blocks?
What pattern for you plan to install with your self-made wood blocks?
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