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::: The magic of WOOD
FLOORS by the editorial staff
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Heart, soul,
and spirit
in an engineered
floors ...
Old Floor ltaly is a fami1y business
which has handed down
a love of wood from generation
to generation. The
founder of the company
was an enthusiastic
woodworker who examined
the quality of the
wood meticulously and
was able to decide perfectly
how to use each
part of a plank. Nowadays,
this developing tradition
means that the
company has a wealth of
knowledge and experience
of wood. Moreover, if
the name Old Floor Italy
evokes images of old or
distressed floors, this Italian
producer of threelayer
parquet floors has
much more to offer than
that. It specialises in engineered
floors with a top
layer of 4mm for exotic
wood sorts and 4.8 mm
for European sorts.
::: Engineered floors
Old Floor Italy floors consist of
three layers and are available in
thicknesses of 15 and 20 mm. A
bottom layer is utilized in the same sort of wood as the top layer
or in any technological equivalent.
The middle layer is utilized
is in spruce and is 5.4 mm thick
for 15 mm planks and 10.4 mm for
20 mm planks. The top layer has a
thickness of 4.8 mm for the wood
sorts oak, European steamed walnut,
Pear, Chestnut, European
cherry, Steamed Acacia, European
maple and Elm. With exotic wood
sorts Old Floor Italy provides a
top layerwhich is 4 mm thick.
This applies to Asian teak, Wenge,
Doussie, and Iroko. For glueing
the floorboards Old Floor Italy uses
adhesives with no formaldehyde.
The floorboards have bevelled
edges.
::: Exclusive floors
and fitting patterns
Old Floor Italy loves exclusive
floors. This means that the Russian
market, for example, is an important
target group. After all,
Russia has extremely demanding
clients who look for quality products
and special designs, special
formats and special finishes.
These are all challenges which fall
entirely within the speciality of
Old Floor Italy. In addition to the
ordinary planks (Floor Board) and the extra large
planks (Maxi Floor-
Board with a dimensions
of 300 x 3000
mm), staves, Old Floor
Italy also offers patterns for
old, ingenious fitting.
Herringbone and Hungarian point are
excellent
examples of exclusive
fitting patterns
which are perfect even in
the most modern homes.
::: Settecento: walk
on a piece of Venice
The new range of boards “Settecento”
founds its strong point in
its exclusiveness. To have at
home a “Settecento” parquet
doesn’t only mean to walk on a
wooden floor but walk on a piece
of Venice and so, a piece of history.
The thousands of “Bricole”
(the antique boat anchor posts)
that punctuate and characterized
the most famous lagoon in the
world, will be utilized, with a significant
work of ecologic recovering,
and converted into an antique
pieces. The more of 300
years of immersion of the Bricole
in the salty water, have transformed
their Oak (but also Elm,
Acacia and Beech) into an ossified
and extremely steady material.
From it, Old
Floor is getting 3
layer boards, with
a noble lamella
5 mm thick, supplied
in random
widths up to
240 mm and lengths
up to 250 cm.
The new line
“Settecento”
will be identify
by hand
made craftings
and oiled-waxed
finishes: antique
liking,
whitened or
natural finishes
with unrepeatable
shading thanks to
the contrast with
the surface they
act on. To complete
the range also
Rialto and Cŕ Foscari
patterns, along with the everlasting
Hungarian Herringbone,
available with the same craftings
and finishes of boards or, if necessary,
personalized. The exclusiveness
of “Settecento” unique line
will be certified and every single
lot will be accompanied by a
document stating the origin
and dating of the
utilized raw material.
::: TRADITION, RESPECT, AND QUALITY
Old Floor Italy floors are the fruit of a rare, but
perfect marriage between respect for nature and
tradition and technological innovation. Manual
work and expertise go together with the very
latest machinery. This results in top quality reliable
and durable wooden floors.
Old Floor Italy's success is based upon three concepts:
namely tradition, respect and quality. The
brand name epitomises the company's values,
but the logo also bears a deeper symbolism. The
logo is a simplified presentation of a tree (trunk
and branches) and obviously the green shade is
synonymous with natural beauty.
At Old Floor Italy they are only too aware of the
value of wood and the importance of preserving
forests. Anyone who cherishes wood will support
sustainable forest management.
By purchasing only wood from forests which are
managed by means of reforestation programmes
and management plans, Old Floor Italy aims to
help preserve these forests in order to ensure future
wood supply.
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