Author: Site Editor Publish Time: 2024-07-29 Origin: Site
Nowadays if you try to watch the flooring in most markets and commercial plaza, you will find that nearly all shops are decorated by plastic flooring with chevron and herringbone parquet. Why they choose these as their flooring installing option? The main reason is that both of these two parquets will give you and customers an excellent aesthetic and geometric feeling. So which is the best option? The answer is not absolute. Let me show you their differences firstly.
It is obviously that their parquets are unique due to the angle degree between two pieces of flooring. It is always 90° for herringbone while there are many angle degree choices for chevron such as 45° or 60°. From the images you will get the different sense of lines.
For herringbone flooring, all flooring will be divided into two types based on locking system, and we call them as A type and B type. They have symmetrical locking groove, and thus they will pass slotting machines with reversed carving knives. For chevron most procedures are similar, but there will be an extra step that the flooring will be cut and removed some parts to make it as parallelogram shape. Thus chevron flooring will have extra producing and materials cost and become more expensive than herringbone flooring.
Actually both of them installation progress are very complex and difficult for most customers. They need many tools and referred objects to make sure pushing installation without any problem, However, chevron will be more hard than herringbone to install. If there is some size deviation during chevron installation, in order to adjust its position, you will have troubles in using hammer to tap on it. Whereas, for herringbone, it will be easier to operate. Next i will show you detailed installing methods for these two flooring parquets.
Preparation
Tools
①Tape measure
②Framing square
③Jig saw
④Flooring cutter
⑤Drill
⑥Compass
⑦Knee pads
⑧Straight edge
⑨Rubber hammer
Materials
①SPC herringbone flooring
②Wall moulding
③Threshold moulding
Installation Steps
Step_1:
Draft the entire installing layout firstly. It is very important before all steps starting.
Step_2:
Find and mark the middle point and middle line by using drafted graph and compass.
Step_3:
Make a test panel before layout. Please remember that one piece herringbone flooring’s length is an exact multiple of its width.
Step_4:
Use framing square to mark the lines on the straight edge. Then mark reference lines on the subfloor.
Step_5:
Create a initial referred triangle reference to prepare for next installing. Then install herringbone flooring one by one by using rubber hammer. This step is the most important, which will determine all next installing successful or not. Do not forget to spare the distance from the first row flooring to the wall when installing referred triangle shape.
Step_6:
Keep installing one side herringbone flooring according to the triangle reference. Then reverse the triangle reference to another side and keep the same installing steps. Repeat this step for next all columns.
Step_7:
Use straight edge to mark the splitting lines. Then remove the extra corners by using jig saw. Finally, take the same steps as bathroom installation to install threshold molding and wall molding after installing all herringbone flooring in bedroom.
Step_8:
Finally, install the edge and add decoration frame to herringbone flooring.
Preparation
Tools
①Tape measure
②Jig saw
③Knee pads
④Rubber hammer
⑤Pull bar
⑥Mark pen
Materials
①SPC chevron flooring
②Wall moulding
③Threshold moulding
Installation Steps
Step_1:
Like the herringbone, drafting a simulated graph is necessary before installation in order to avoid any size deviation during installation.
Step_2:
Mark the middle lines in the room according to drafted graph. Then Install some pieces of chevron flooring near the wall firstly based on the reference lines.
Step_3:
Mark the lines on the top shark part. Then cut and remove it by using jig saw.
Step_4:
Lay it near to the wall as the first column and do not forget to reserve about 10mm space.
Step_5:
Repeat the installing steps and complete the first column.
Step_6:
Continue to complete left columns installation.
Step_7:
Cut the flooring into specified to match the blank area on the side by using tape measure and jig saw.
Step_8:
Finally, Install wall and threshold molding.
Though herringbone and chevron have much difference, both herringbone and chevron have their own unique parquet and aesthetic feeling. If you have any interest in these two parquets, Protex will provide them for you together with one-stop service.
