Page 22 - Parquet International January 2014

MARKET
solid wood built-in floor
heating system comes to town
ALI Parquets has developed EcoWarm parquet for
the easy laying of pre-finished solid wood floors
with built-in heating
BENEDETTA PIACENTINI
It's quick and easy to install, promises bet- ter heat conductivity - that means faster room heating - and can be used in any type of civil or industrial building at all. These are just a few of the characteristics that distinguish EcoWarm pre-finished solid wood parquet with built-in heating system invented by ALI Parquets.
The EcoWarm parquet heating system uses components that allow reliable, low-thick- ness floor systems to be created inexpen- sively, simply, and quickly. The EcoWarm parquet system structure has five layers: the first is the PVC sheath. After this, the insu- lation layer, the heating film, and the sup- port layer are all laid, and then followed by the SuperPreMass or PreMass pre-finished solid wood layer by ALI Parquets. The use of a pre-finished solid wood layer ensures more efficient thermal conductivity than is possible with multi-layer parquet.
The technical characteristics of the materi- als used permit the parquet to be laid with- out using glue, and this lets you pull up the strips easily and use them in other rooms. The fact that the parquet is laid on a pre-ex- isting floor avoids the need for a prior de- molishing and material elimination phase, in addition to shortening installation times even further. The EcoWarm parquet system
INNOVATION
Pre-finished parquet with