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Producers of laminate floors in Hungarian Point and heringbone style
‘EVERYONE’ IS TURNING BACK TO OLD FITTING PATTERNS HERRINGBONE AND HUNGARIAN POINT IN LAMINATE AND DESIGN FLOORS Plank floors and strip parquet have enjoyed a wide and varied public in the course of history. Those wooden floors were found both amongst wealthy classes and in cloisters or mansions and in ordinary working class homes. In the past, special fitting patterns were the preserve of those who could give themselves a treat, and that’s still the case today. It’s no wonder that floor makers who rely on ‘ imitation’ have included these patterns in their range. Two years ago, ‘ herringbone’ was a hit as a theme at Domotex 2019 and emerged as a universal fitting pattern in all forms of floor technology.
different click system for the ends of a plank than for the length, you can’t have a herringbone pattern or Hungarian point. And so, the click system all round has to be the same. Nowadays, manufacturers are concentrating on providing assistance and helping to speed up the fitting.
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From ‘exclusive’ to ‘common use’ Parquet came within reach of ‘ordinary’ people with the industrial revolution. In the 20th century, after World War I, parquet production generally blossomed. The refined technical infrastructure and not least the first four-sided planing machine yielded much higher production capacity. As a result, manufacturers could meet the growing demand for parquet for private dwellings and flats. From then on, the Parisian bourgeoisie played a big part in spreading herringbone and Hungarian point. Over the last 30 years, both patterns have briefly gone out of fashion; they were seen as antiquated and totally outmoded. Yet today they are emerging again in highly unusual interior combinations and, especially, in many other forms of technology such as laminate, LVT, and linoleum.
Laminate and LVT Once you can take digital photographs and print just about all materials, there would seem to be no limits any more. Embossing does the rest. And so, old fitting patterns are also appearing in imitation floors. This means a fascinating shift: the degree of difficulty for completing such floors is transferred from the professional to the maker. In the past, producers supplied slats 6 or 9mm thick, neat and straight. Completion from the assembly to the finish was for the professional. Nowadays, however, the innovative element is found more in the floor covering than in the fitting.
In rolls Flexible floors in rolls can take on any appearance. That means that any fitting pattern imaginable can be pressed onto vinyl, PVC, linoleum, or even cork. Nothing is simpler in terms of production.
Planks or tiles It’s a different story when you want to imitate individual floorboards which then have to be laid in the corresponding fitting pattern. Obviously, the click system then plays a crucial part. If there is a
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