RAW MATERIALS
Mardegan Legno purchases logs directly from FSC certified European forests. This gives utmost control over the wood quality and source. At the same time it ensures responsible management of our forest heritage. All the other raw materials employed (fir and birch plywood panels) are purchased exclusively from companies that guarantee and certify utmost quality and the FSC brand. Other construction materials used for the production (adhesives, fillers and for finishing) are provided by leading companies and absolutely free of toxic or harmful substances.
BIG BOARD 3 LAYERS 20 mm
It's characterized by big planks up to 2900 mm long and up to 300 mm wide. The structure is made of an upper layer of 5.2 mm noble wood thickness (7.2 mm for the sawn surface version) and a lower counterbalanced layer realized with the same noble wood 4.8 mm thick. The middle layer is made of Fir 10 mm thick. The total thickness of the sawn surface version is 22 mm.
This plank is suitable both for glued or floating installation, and if made of European Oak fits well to be installed onto screeds with underfloor heating.
Available wood species:
European Oak.
Top Layer 5,2 mm oak
Middle Layer 10 mm birch
Bottom Layer 4,8 mm oak
Mixed Length 1500 a 2900 mm
Mixed Width 180/250/300 mm
Thickness 20 mm
BOARD 3 LAYERS 15 mm
It's characterized by planks up to 2400 mm long and up to 220 mm wide. The structure is made of an upper layer of 5.2 mm noble wood thickness (7.2 mm for the sawn surface version) and a lower counterbalanced layer realized with the same noble wood 4.3 mm thick. The middle layer is made of Fir 5.5 mm thick. The total thickness of the sawn surface version is 17 mm.
This plank is suitable both for glued or floating installation, and if made of European Oak or Walnut, fits well to be installed onto screeds with underfl oor heating.
Available wood species:
European Oak, Walnut, Elm, Black Locust and Cherry.
Top Layer 5,2 mm oak
Middle Layer 5,5 mm birch
Bottom Layer 4,3 mm oak
Mixed Length 1500 a 2400 mm
Mixed Width 140/180/220 mm
Thickness 15 mm
2 LAYERS 14 mm PARQUET
It's characterized by planks up to 2100 mm long and up to 180 mm wide. The structure is made of an upper layer of 5.2 mm noble wood thickness (7.2 mm for the sawn surface version) and a lower counterbalanced layer realized with birch plywood 8.8 mm thick. The total thickness of the sawn surface version is 16 mm.
This plank is suitable only for glued installation, and if made of European Oak or Walnut, fits well to be installed onto screeds with underfloor heating.
Available wood species:
European Oak, Elm and Walnut
Top Layer 5,2 mm oak
Bottom Layer 8,8 mm oak
Mixed Lenght 900 a 2100 mm
Mixed Width 120/140/180mm
Thickness 14 mm
2 LAYERS 10 mm PARQUET
It's characterized by big planks up to 2100 mm long and up to 140 mm wide. The structure is made of an upper layer of 4 mm noble wood thickness and a lower counterbalanced layer realized with birch plywood 6 mm thick. The sawn surface and rounded versions are not available for the 10 mm 2 layers parquet.
This plank is suitable only for glued installation, and fits well to be installed onto screeds with underfloor heating.
Available wood species:
European Oak.
Top Layer 4 mm oak
Bottom Layer 6 mm oak
Mixed Length 900 a 2100 mm
Mixed Width 90/140/180 mm
Thickness 10 mm
OUR SELECTIONS
Straight, oblique and wavy-flame grain. Presence of small knots or sets of knots with diameters up to 10 mm. Possible color tone differences typical of the wood species.
Mixed striped, wavy-flame and even twisted grain with strong color differences, healthy or puttied knots even larger than 40 mm, open or puttied cracks. Possible presence of pinholes.
Mixed wavy-flame and even “twisted” grain. Presence of healthy or suitably puttied knots or sets of knots with diameters up to 40 mm. Possible presence of small healthy or suitably puttied cracks. Presence of color differences typical of the wood species. Possible presence of pinholes.
SURFACE PROCESSING
This process consists in the hand smoothing the surface with a random arrangement of “hollows” that enhance the feeling of worn-out. The hand smoothed bevel on all 4 sides looks rounded and uneven. This process gives a particularly smooth and velvety surface.
An exclusive Mardegan Legno process done entirely by hand. Slow sandblasting removes the most tender part of the fiber from the wood, creating a surface that appears to be worn out by time and enhancing the natural sensation typical of the wood species. Beveled on 4 sides.
Special three-dimension processing leaves signs in relief of the sawing and the drying processes on the exposed face of the wood. These are then chamfered and softened by hand smoothing. In this process the noble part is 7.2 mm nominal. Beveled on 4 sides.
Hand planing combines with manual rounding of the long sides to give the fl oor a pleasant “wave” effect.
Processed with a set of brushes that remove the most tender part of the grain, leaving the harder fiber intact. With this process we obtain a particularly natural and modern effect. Beveled on 4 sides.
Expert craftsmen use traditional blade planers to hand plane the floor just as was done in the old days. Planing makes the floor extremely soft to the touch and to the eye, giving the sensation of stepping back in time. Beveled on 4 sides.
Fine smoothing done with professional equipment for a particularly smooth surface (this cannot be done on colors). Beveled on 4 sides.
The same Sandblasted process with the addition of rounding on the long sides, giving more emphasis to the format and creating a floor with a “wave” effect.
The hand-crafted work made by skilled wood carvers is conbined with the tenderness of the brushed surface process. The final result is a new hand planed effect on a fl ooring that show a different worn style.
Very soft hand planned effect possible to obtain only on big dimension boards. The final result is then enriched and exalted by the sandblasted process made on top of the surface.
It is the same working process of the sawn effect with in addition the sandblasted process. The final result is a lived flooring that looks also very natural.
FINISHES
Done exclusively using the highest quality and most durable professional paints, free of formaldehyde and other toxic or harmful substances. This type of finish is used both for natural and for colored finishes and is particularly appreciated for its simplicity of maintenance and excellent resistance to dirt and wear.
There is also the coating class CFL -S1 (price on request).
Done manually by applying several coats of a product consisting of a special combination of oils and waxes free of formaldehyde or other toxic or harmful substances. This finish (reserved exclusively to the Loire Castles Collection), gives the floor a special “lived” effect, offers good resistance to wear. This finish requires a periodic “nutritional” maintenance (according to the use the floor sustains) to keep the floor protected over time. This treatment is also more sensitive compared to the paint to stains but at the same time is more easily restored to its original condition.
COLORS AND FINISHES
Mardegan Legno offers a wide range of colors by manually applying the various color tones to the single planks or parquet patterns.
All passages, including finishing, are done by hand using spray paints or brushes and are left to dry naturally.
Color tones and finishes can also vary from “batch to batch”, just as with surface processing, both because of the manual way the colors and finishes are made and because of the different reactions the hues themselves can have with the different properties of the wood species being used. It is also important to emphasize that subsequent exposure to air and light causes color oxidation processes. In some cases this will reduce initial color differences which are, in any case, to be considered typical for all wood species.
Samples and materials exhibited and examined in showrooms, exhibitions and stands, are always to be considered, given what was stated above, as an indication and never binding.