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Parquet types by wood species

A library of woods: from oak to wenge

Every wood species has its own hardness, stability and colour character.

There are many kinds of wood. Those suitable for parquet flooring are:

Wood hardness is given on the Brinell scale. Species marked with the underfloor heating badge are suitable for underfloor heating.

  • Oak – wood sample

    Oakunderfloor heating

    Quercus sp.pl

    Origin
    Europe, Asia, America
    Hardness
    3.5
    Stability
    high
  • Ash – wood sample

    Ashunderfloor heating

    Fraxinus Excelsior

    Origin
    Central Europe
    Hardness
    3.7
    Stability
    high
  • Sycamore maple – wood sample

    Sycamore maple

    Acer Pseudoplatanus

    Origin
    Central Europe
    Hardness
    3.2
    Stability
    medium to low
  • Sample not available

    Steamed beech

    Fagus sylvatica

    Origin
    Europe
    Hardness
    3.8
    Stability
    low
  • European walnut – wood sample

    European walnutunderfloor heating

    Juglans regia

    Origin
    Europe
    Hardness
    2.7
    Stability
    medium to high
  • European cherry – wood sample

    European cherryunderfloor heating

    Prunus avium

    Origin
    Europe
    Hardness
    2.6
    Stability
    medium
  • Afrormosia – wood sample

    Afrormosiaunderfloor heating

    Pericopsis elata, Afrormosia elata

    Origin
    Africa
    Hardness
    3.7
  • Steamed acacia – wood sample

    Steamed acacia

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    Origin
    Europe
    Hardness
    3.7
    Stability
    low
  • Steamed walnut – wood sample

    Steamed walnutunderfloor heating

    Juglans regia

    Origin
    Europe
    Hardness
    2.8
    Stability
    medium to high
  • Iroko – wood sample

    Irokounderfloor heating

    Chlorophora excelsa or Chlorophora regia

    Origin
    West Africa
    Hardness
    3.5
    Stability
    high
  • Teak – wood sample

    Teakunderfloor heating

    True teak

    Origin
    Burma, Indonesia, Thailand
    Hardness
    3.7
    Stability
    high
  • Wenge – wood sample

    Wenge

  • Doussie – wood sample

    Doussieunderfloor heating

    Afzelia africana, Afzelia bipindensis, Afzelia pachyloha, Apa

    Other names: African oak

    Origin
    West and Central Africa
    Hardness
    4.3
    Stability
    medium to high
  • Cabreuva – wood sample

    Cabreuva

    Myrocarpus frondosus

    Origin
    South America
    Hardness
    4.5
  • Smoked oak – wood sample

    Smoked oak

    Smoked oak – additional sample
  • Whitened oak – wood sample

    Whitened oak

    Whitened oak – additional sampleWhitened oak – additional sample

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