Quality of quatersawn flooring

THE parquet flooring we produce in the factory is manufactured from chestnut logs that are commonly quartersawn.

A log that has been quatersawn is usually much more stable than a piece of wood sawn any other way and this is due to the make up of the wood.

If you look at the end of a log you can see the rings and a quartersawn board takes its strength from this by being cut perpendicular to them.

So if you were to look at the end of a cut piece of flooring then the lines of the rings would be approximately at right angles to the surface of the piece of flooring.

Whilst on the surface of the flooring itself there would be lines running the length of the board and parallel to each other.

And from this comes the strength, because the surface of a quatersawn floorboard will wear evenly and any movement within the piece will be vertical, and naturally very small.

Quartersawn wood is a little different from normal so some suppliers may charge more for it, others may not, and you could buy some strong and lovely looking wood quite cheaply.