What type of wood can we find to patch a old parquet floor border?
We are in a 100 year old brownstone building that has quarter sawn oak and mahogany flooring with other wood we cant identify. Does anyone know what types of wood are commomly used for these type of parquet floor borders since no one we show it to seems to agree to their identity? Most of…
We are in a 100 year old brownstone building that has quarter sawn oak and mahogany flooring with other wood we cant identify.
Does anyone know what types of wood are commomly used for these type of parquet floor borders since no one we show it to seems to agree to their identity?
Most of the patching are long strips of fairly plain and soft wood outlining the border that sucks up a lot of stain showing some blotches but not a lot of grain.
Thank you for any educated guesses you might have to common types of old or new wood that could be found for patches these days.
The usual ones are walnut and mahogany. In fact, my border has strips of both. I laid a new parquet floor but copied the design of the original. I bought the strips at Premium Floors on Third Ave (forget the cross in the 30s somewhere).
You say you have mahogony, but we usually find that the dark accent strips are walnut.
These trim strips are still available in T&G. I am assuming you are referring to strips 1″ wide?
If you really get stuck and can not find out what it is or if you need to buy some, you can try Adriatic Wood Products on Pitkin Ave in East New York.
Tell them Stetson sent you.
Steve