Parquet Flooring Question

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Permalink Reply by Phil on February 4, 2010 at 5:42pm

Ordinary 2" oak floors were laid up in a single rectangle rectangle pattern starting from the center of the room and becoming increasingly larger to the edges. This is a single wood pattern and it is quite subtle, but fancies up a room. I have that in my 1895 Queen Anne with a border of the different wood species parquet. However, I have seen the floors without the inlaid border in homes built up to 1920 or so including Arts and Crafts bungalows. That is a lot of meticulous carpentry, though.

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Permalink Reply by Brad Shipton on February 4, 2010 at 8:27pm

Thanks Phil. I am a glutton for punishment:) Compared to the ones I have been thinking about this is probably a lot less work.

By the way, this looks like a great site. Someday I hope to own a historic home, but I will have to move somewhere that they exist.

Brad

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Permalink Reply by Lair Tienter on February 4, 2010 at 8:18pm

There is one style I have seen in a few Arts & Crafts where the center of the room is all laid out in a straight run. When they get to about 12-16" from the edge they border it with what I can only describe as half of an X or a V pattern. Where you lay the top of the V against the wall and the point towards the center the fill the rest with short pieces. It looks very nice using only one wood. I always thought is was a good way to use up all the short pieces left over from laying the field.

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Permalink Reply by Lair Tienter on February 4, 2010 at 8:23pm

I forgot to mention, I'm impressed with what you have done. Nice Work!

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Permalink Reply by Brad Shipton on February 4, 2010 at 8:29pm

I believe the V pattern might be a Chevron. After looking at one of the feature tile pictures in the main page of this site, I am starting to think anything might be game.

Thanks for the kind words.
Brad

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