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Elastic adhesives
ELASTIC PARQUET ADHESIVES THE QUALITY OF THE ADHESIVE IS CRUCIAL TO THE LIFESPAN OF PARQUET
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The elasticity of a material indicates the extent to which a material exerts a counterforce (the so called resilience) when it is distorted elastically (not permanently) or the extent to which a material is distorted when external pressure is exerted on it. A material is called elastic if it returns to its original shape once there is no more external force. The elasticity of a parquet adhesive largely determines how it responds to the ‘ forces’ of a wooden floorboard and the substrate.
Dangers everywhere
A composition in motion
Everything moves
The structure of the floor is a composition with various assembly elements. There is the building structure itself, the screed or covering floor, the subfloor or intermediate floor, the finish floor, or the actual
It will be clear that the composition of various elements has to stand there like a ‘rock’. However, the thing is that all those parts of the total system ‘move’. Moreover, they each do so in their own way: the steel of
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parquet floor. Then there are nails or staples, the adhesive and adhesive bonding, and, finally, there’s the finish. All those elements combine into one whole designed to defy the years.
The threats? There are mechanical threats following the use of the floor by the occupants (furniture, footsteps, and damage) and/or as the result of climate conditions (e.g. temperature or air humidity). Does anyone still dare to say that glueing parquet is ‘easy’?!
