What types of materials are commonly used in our wood flooring?

The more common indoor wood flooring on the market can be divided into solid wood flooring, composite flooring, laminate flooring, bamboo flooring, cork flooring. Outdoor generally use anticorrosive wood flooring. What is the difference between these types of flooring commonly used indoors, which are easier to clean and which are more affordable?

First, solid wood flooring (original wood flooring)

Solid wood flooring is the use of natural wood drying for subsequent processing, made directly from solid wood, retaining the characteristics and texture of the wood itself, streamlined processing, more environmentally friendly.

Advantages: warm in winter and cool in summer, comfortable feet, strong and durable, environmental protection without formaldehyde, natural texture.

Disadvantages: care and maintenance needs to be careful, easy to moisture deformation, the need for regular waxing, the price is generally high at 300 yuan / square meter or more!

Containing types (mainly different interfaces): solid wood flooring (tongue and groove); flat mouth solid wood flooring (flat joints); inlaid solid wood flooring; vertical wood flooring (wood cross-section to do the board); finger-joined flooring (floor strips of the same width and different lengths); integrated flooring (spliced flooring)

Raw materials (commonly used species of solid wood flooring): According to the national standard “GB/T15036.1-2001”, white birch, southwestern birch, pingo ironwood, ash, large Gambardia, Malayan Gambardia, Mizoribaoka, small-leaved green, white oak, red oak, bitter oak, Quercus serrata, beech, Teak, neem, wood pod bean, fragrant two-winged bean, balsam bean, etc., commonly used teak, oak, sandalwood, rosewood, walnut, etc.

Grade classification: toned boards, color boards, B-class boards, high-quality products

Second, solid wood composite flooring

Solid wood composite flooring is pressed into the use of a variety of plate pressing, using solid wood substrate and solid wood panel surface layer, so it will use a certain amount of resin, relatively environmentally friendly, qualified products formaldehyde content of ≤ 1.5mg / L, the price is moderate.

Advantages: anticorrosion and moisture resistance performance is stable, easy to install is not easy to damage, easy to clean, comfortable feet, affordable.

Disadvantages: the process is difficult and demanding, general wear resistance, the price is more expensive than laminate flooring, there is a certain formaldehyde content.

Containing types (generally according to the structure): three-layer solid wood composite flooring (three layers of solid wood structure interlaced laminated and become); multi-layer solid wood composite flooring (multi-layer plywood as the basis for the system to specifications of the hard art sheet parquet or veneer for the panel, laminated and become)

Raw materials (surface layer of commonly used species): Quercus, birch, ash, green handle mulberry, kenaf, pineapple, teak and so on.

Grade classification: superior product, first-class product, qualified product

Third, laminate flooring

Laminate flooring is generally made of multi-layer composite materials, is the market for ordinary families to choose more of a floor, inexpensive, generally four layers, including wear-resistant layer, decorative layer, high-density substrate layer, balance (moisture) layer.

Advantages: cost-effective, wear-resistant and pressure-resistant, corrosion-resistant, easy to care for dirty, more styles, fire retardant

Disadvantages: some of the larger glue flavor, more substandard products on the market, the foot is not good, not waterproof.

Raw materials: particleboard, high-density fiberboard, special paper impregnated with thermosetting amino resins

Grade classification: according to the formaldehyde content is divided into E2 level (formaldehyde emission ≤ 30mg/100g), E1 level (formaldehyde emission is ≤ 1.5㎎/L), E0 level (formaldehyde emission is ≤ 0.5㎎/L); according to the fire rating, A level (non-combustible building materials), A1 level (non-combustible, not open fire), A2 level (non-combustible, to measure smoke, to be qualified), B1 level (flame retardant) building materials, have a good flame retardant effect), B2 level (combustible building materials), B3 level (flammable building materials)

Fourth, bamboo wood flooring

Bamboo wood flooring is a composite reproduction of bamboo and wood, generally the surface and bottom layer are used in good performance of bamboo, while the middle of the material is wood.

Advantages: moisture-proof and anti-insect erosion, good toughness, hard material, good footing, warm in winter and cool in summer, good sound insulation.

Disadvantages: paving is not convenient, easy to fall off, wood and bamboo are easy to delamination, not waterproof, easy to mold.

Raw materials: panels and baseboards made of bamboo (the better is the age of bamboo between 5 and 6 years of southern bamboo), the core layer of wood (commonly used fir, camphor wood and other wood)

Fifth, cork flooring

Solid wood flooring is generally used in hardwood timber, cork flooring is used in softwood timber bark, commonly used in home furnishings and libraries and meeting rooms.

Advantages: sound insulation and moisture, comfortable feet, rebound softer, non-slip heat preservation.

Disadvantages: not wear-resistant, compression resistance is general, not waterproof, cleaning is more trouble, the price is expensive.

Contains types: paste type cork flooring (generally divided into three layers of structure, commonly used, long service life, easy to install); locking cork flooring (generally divided into six layers of structure, commonly used in Europe)

Raw materials: the Mediterranean coast and the same latitude of China's Qinling region of the cork oak tree bark