Improvement of technology of application of wood as a floor covering

Abstract

Abstract The analysis of wood flooring has been made and it has been found that the manufacture of wood flooring poses certain difficulties in ensuring resistance to destruction. Thermally modified wood is one of the promising uses of flooring. Therefore, knowledge of the physico-mechanical featutes of wood composites, their quality indicators, adhesion with organic adhesives, allows to make a choice taking into account economic indicators, duration and safety of application. Experimental studies have found out that a floor covering with an upper layer of thermally modified oak wood is less resistant to abrasion. The additional moisture effect showed a better result for the thermally modified oak samples than for the ash and oak samples. The test pieces with an upper layer of thermally modified oak are found to have the lowest measure of power. The results of the research will enable the further development of new composites of thermally modified wood and the conditions under which they are operated at different sites.