What is a wide board?

In 1376, John of Gaunt paid the princely amount for having an oak floor on his favorite castle, Kenilworth, "for dance in the New Year". The floor would be built from dense boards, cut off from large trees of old growth and hand planned on a smooth surface. For centuries, wide boards installed in homes and public buildings have since shared these qualities and accompanying beauty and durability. The narrowests are at least six inches (15.24 cm) wide and are often much wider. Today, old growth forests are rare and the trees are large enough to be used for a wide floor of the floor, they are also rare. New boards are sometimes available from specialized suppliers, but their limited availability causes the new wide boards to be very expensive. The boards come from older floors or old buildings such as barn, factories or songs. Many companies offer rescued and renewed boards in various forests. Oak and heart pine are very desirable for both new constructionI, for renovation, but hemlock, ashes, elm, maple, beech and oak are also saved for wide boards. These boards are usually dried in furnaces and can be cut to standard size before installation.

These boards have great individuality. The color and grain formula of the original wood is emphasized by the width of the boards and the old scars and the nail holes only increase the aging and rustic appearance. The best boards are still planned manually, resulting in irregularity on the surface. Freshly milled wide boards is often desperate to provide a similar look.

Traditional wide boards are laid with spaces between floor plates to allow the expansion and contraction of the boards as temperature and humidity in the room change. Traditionally, the gaps were filled with a rope colored to match the color of the wood. The gaps between the floor and the wall were covered with motherboards.

because the wide boards are so beautiful is nowAvailable in various types of engineering floors. Usually the veneer of the selected hardwood is laminated on the substrate. Laminate wide boards are often sold to increase veneer durability. They are installed and cared for the same way as other laminate floors.