What is plywood?

plywood is a relatively cheap but effective alternative to traditional hardwood materials. The plywood is produced together with several thin layers of wood, which produces a strong, relatively light and very durable laminated wooden leaf. The floor plywood can be laid on the beams using a full leaves or smaller plywood "tiles". The finished floor can be covered with carpet, vinyl or ceramic tiles. The Plywood floor, especially grades including hardwood veneers, can also be left and treated with decorative finishes that create very attractive and wear natural wooden floors. Plywood is basically a sandwich of thin layers or veneer wood glued together to form a laminate. The veneers are laid in odd numbers with their running grain at right angles to each other, producing a surprisingly strong end product that is cheap, light and flexible and resists deformation, cracking and shrinking. Plywood are made with a number of typesWood and in different sizes and thicknesses. Plywood used in the floor are most often the design of the tongue and grooves that prevent the joints from lifting.

There are two ways of using plywood floor, either as a partition for other surface treatment and as a visible work surface. Sub-floors are usually applied in the form of full sheet on the beams secured screws or nails. The leaves are then dressed with carpet, cork, vinyl or ceramic tile. In wet areas such as bathrooms and kitchens, additional humidity is usually included under the sheathing. The plywood used in this way is not only cost -effective in terms of material expenditure, but also Řezynwn at the time of construction, because it allows for rapid coverage of large areas.

The second plywood method uses plywood as a visible floor surface. Although many balconies on the idea of ​​plywood as visible underfloor finish, very much aboutLower and attractive results are possible using full leaves and smaller "tiles". Plywood tiles are usually square 4 or 5 feet (1.2-1.5 meters) and if they are laid with grain running in opposing directions, they form an attractive chessboard pattern. The tiles can also be painted in contrasting flat colors or finished in artificial color or wood color. After exposure to the tile or full leaf, the floor plywood is terminated by urethane or glossy underfloor treatment; The final result may be a truly spectacular natural wooden floor, which only gives up resistance or aesthetics on traditional hardwood floors.