Laying parquetry with professional products

For the smooth and trouble-free laying of parquetry or other flooring materials, there are a few points that need to be taken into consideration. The substrate should always be firm, level and, ideally, dry. Parquetry can be laid on conventional or prefabricated screed. A distinction needs to be drawn between absorbent cementitious screed and non-absorbent mastic asphalt screed. The type of parquet and the adhesive to be used as well as the processing time depend on the type of screed which has been installed.

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PCI Apogel® SH

Silicate cast resin for casting cracks in screeds

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PCI Armiermatte GFM

Reinforcing fiberglass mesh for the installation in PCI floor levelers

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PCI Armiermatte GFS

Reinforcing fiberglass mesh for the installation in PCI floor levelers

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PCI Epoxigrund 390

Special primer on absorbent and non-absorbent substrates

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PCI Epoxigrund Rapid

Special primer on absorbent and non-absorbent substrates

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PCI HSP 34

Wooden floor leveller

PCI Kupferband

Self-adhesive copper tape for conductive systems

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PCI OKL 300

Standard flooring adhesive

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PCI PAR 360

SMP parquet adhesive

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PCI PAR 365

SMP parquet adhesive

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PCI PKL 326

PVC design flooring adhesive

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PCI Pecilastic® U

Waterproofing and isolating membrane underlay for ceramic, mosaic and natural stones

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PCI Pecilastic® W

Flexible waterproofing membrane underlay for ceramic tiles and natural stones

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PCI Pecitape® 120

Special waterproofing tape system for waterproof corner and perimeter joints, pipe culverts and floor drains

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PCI Pecitape® 90° A

Prefabricated external corner for waterproof corner and perimeter joints, pipe culverts and floor drains

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PCI Pecitape® 90° I

Prefabricated internal corner for waterproof corner and perimeter joints, pipe culverts and floor drains

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PCI Pecitape® Protect

Cut protection tape for all elastic sealants

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PCI Pecitape® Silent

Self-adhesive insulation tape for preventing sound transmission

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PCI Pecitape® WDB

Acoustically insulating bathtub sealing tape for bathtubs and showers

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PCI STL 39

Non-sag fairing coat light

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PCI TKL 315

Textile flooring adhesive

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PCI UKL 302

Multi-use flooring adhesive

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PCI USP 32

Multi-use levelling compound

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PCI USP 32 S

Multi-use leveler

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PCI VG 2

Multi-use primer

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PCI VG 5

PU primer

PCI Apogel® SH

Silicate cast resin for casting cracks in screeds

For floors in the interior and exterior (at dry conditions during the installation).
For casting cracks and dummy joints in mineral screeds.
For cracks and joints up to a width of approx. 5 mm.
For producing static bonds.
Suitable for underfloor heating.
For gluing metal profiles and nail strips.
For embedding PCI Apogel Dübel dowels in screed joints.

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PCI Armiermatte GFM

Reinforcing fiberglass mesh for the installation in PCI floor levelers

For reinforcing and increasing the tensile strength of suitable cementitious PCI floor levelers to produce a composite leveler in layer thicknesses from 5 mm
- on substrates with existing cracks and dummy joints
- on substrates sensitive to forming cracks and mixed substrates
- on substrates slightly vibrating or sensitive to vibrations (e.g. wooden floorboard constructions).
PCI Armiermatte GFM:
Suitable for substrates with cracks up to a width of approx. 3 mm and minor movement to be expected.
PCI Armiermatte GFS:
In addition to PCI Armiermatte GFM for cracks from 3 mm to 5 mm and major movement to be expected.

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PCI Armiermatte GFS

Reinforcing fiberglass mesh for the installation in PCI floor levelers

For reinforcing and increasing the tensile strength of suitable cementitious PCI floor levelers to produce a composite leveler in layer thicknesses from 5 mm
- on substrates with existing cracks and dummy joints
- on substrates sensitive to forming cracks and mixed substrates
- on substrates slightly vibrating or sensitive to vibrations (e.g. wooden floorboard constructions).
PCI Armiermatte GFM:
Suitable for substrates with cracks up to a width of approx. 3 mm and minor movement to be expected.
PCI Armiermatte GFS:
In addition to PCI Armiermatte GFM for cracks from 3 mm to 5 mm and major movement to be expected.

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PCI Epoxigrund 390

Special primer on absorbent and non-absorbent substrates

For indoor and outdoor use.
For walls and floors.
Primer for PCI sealings and PCI coatings on cementitious substrates, mastic asphalt screeds, ceramic tiles, synthetic resin coatings and wooden substrates.
Primer for floors in the interior before applying floor levellers/fairing coats, also when subsequently gluing parquet flooring on
- concrete floors, cement screeds, calcium sulphate screeds, magnesite screeds
- mastic asphalt screeds
- ceramic tiles and synthetic resin coatings
- wooden substrates
- substrates with residues of dispersion, reaction resin, water soluble (e.g. spent sulphite liquor adhesive) and bitumen adhesives.
Suitable as leveller and/or fairing coat when mixed with silica sand.
As a binding agent for producing screeds, repair mortars and drain mortars based on epoxy resin.
Suitable for the use on ships; meets the requirements of Marine Equipment Directive (MED) 96/98/EC.

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Declaration of performance EN 1504-2

PCI Epoxigrund Rapid

Special primer on absorbent and non-absorbent substrates

For indoor and outdoor use.
For walls and floors.
Primer for PCI sealings and PCI coatings on cementitious substrates, mastic asphalt screeds, ceramic tiles, synthetic resin coatings and wooden substrates.
Primer for floors in the interior before applying floor levellers/fairing coats, also when subsequently gluing parquet flooring on
- concrete floors, cement screeds, calcium sulphate screeds, magnesite screeds
- mastic asphalt screeds
- ceramic tiles and synthetic resin coatings
- wooden substrates
- substrates with residues of dispersion, reaction resin, water soluble (e.g. spent sulphite liquor adhesive) and bitumen adhesives.
Suitable as leveller and/or fairing coat when mixed with silica sand.
As a binding agent for producing screeds, repair mortars and drain mortars based on epoxy resin.
Suitable for the use on ships; meets the requirements of Marine Equipment Directive (MED) 96/98/EC.

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Declaration of performance EN 1504-2

PCI HSP 34

Wooden floor leveller

For indoor use.
Cementitious leveller for smoothing and levelling floors prior to the installation of
- textile flooring and resilient flooring,
- parquet flooring or laminate flooring to be glued.
For producing smooth and level surfaces.
For levelling
- wooden floors
- particle boards
- OSB boards.
Suitable for levelling concrete floors, cement screeds, calcium sulphate screeds, magnesite screeds, mastic asphalt screeds as well as ceramic tiles or coatings.
Suitable as filler and performance grout for warm water underfloor heating system recommended for a thin-layer bedding.
For layer thickness from 3 to 60 mm.
Suitable for
- underfloor heating
- exposure to chair castors.

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Declaration of performance EN 13813 (CT-C25-F6)

PCI Kupferband

Self-adhesive copper tape for conductive systems

PCI OKL 300

Standard flooring adhesive

Dispersion adhesive for floors in the interior.
For gluing
‑ textile flooring (tufted and woven wall-to-wall carpet and fibre bonded carpet)
‑ CV flooring
‑ PVC flooring (rolls and tiles)
- PVC coated cork tiles
- linoleum flooring in rolls; cork linoleum
‑ PCI sound reducing underlays.
Suitable for underfloor heating.
Suitable for exposure to chair castors to DIN EN 12529.
Suitable for cleaning by wet shampooing and spray extraction.

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PCI PAR 360

SMP parquet adhesive

SMP parquet adhesive for interior floors.
For gluing
- on-edge strip parquet flooring to EN 14761
- mosaic parquet elements to EN 13488
- multi-layer parquet flooring to EN 13489 (two-layer parquet floorboards up to max. 120 cm, three-layer parquet floorboards up to max. 250 cm)
- laminate flooring.
Suitable for underfloor heating.
Suitable for gluing PCI DU 903 FH sound reducing underlay.

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PCI PAR 365

SMP parquet adhesive

For floors in the interior.
For gluing
- on-edge strip parquet to EN 14761
- solid wood parquet elements to EN 13226
- solid wood overlay flooring elements to EN 13228
- mosaic parquet elements to EN 13488
- multi-layer parquet elements to EN 13 489
- laminate flooring
- wood blocks RE (for use e.g. in administrative buildings, hobby rooms and in residential areas)
- wood blocks WE (for use e.g. in workrooms and rooms with similar wear without extreme climate fluctuation and exposure to vehicles and forklifts except for light loads)
- exotic wood, e.g. bamboo.
Suitable for underfloor heating.
Suitable for gluing PCI DU 903 FH sound reducing underlay.
Suitable for gluing PCI Pecilastic W flexible waterproofing membrane, PCI Pecitape 120 special waterproofing tape as well as PCI Pecitape 90° I prefabricated internal corner element and PCI Pecitape 90° A prefabricated external corner element as waterproof layer under parquet flooring in private bathrooms (moisture resistance class A0).
Suitable for gluing 2-layer and 3-layer parquet elements with tongue and groove on calcium sulphate flowable screeds from CASEA GmbH and Knauf Gips KG already at a residual moisture level smaller 1.5% (measured with CM meter). Suitable for use within the system with PCI Pecilastic U waterproofing and isolating membrane. The parquet elements must be approved by the parquet manufacturer for full-surface gluing.

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PCI PKL 326

PVC design flooring adhesive

Dispersion adhesive for floors in the interior.
For gluing
- PVC design flooring,
- PVC flooring in rolls and tiles,
- CV flooring,
- natural rubber flooring up to a thickness of 2 mm.
Suitable for underfloor heating.
Suitable for exposure to chair castors to DIN EN 12529.

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PCI Pecilastic® U

Waterproofing and isolating membrane underlay for ceramic, mosaic and natural stones

For indoor and outdoor use.
For floors.
For wet locations subject to non-pressing water such as bathrooms, showers in residential buildings, hotels, old people's homes and hospitals.
For balconies and terraces.
For all sizes of ceramic and natural stones.
On moisture sensitive, absorbent substrates, e.g. particle boards, OSB boards, magnesite screeds, gypsum fiberboards, anhydrite flowable screeds or gypsum-based screeds.
On mineral, absorbent substrates, e.g. concrete, screed, and self-leveling compounds, e.g. PCI Periplan.
On mineral, non-absorbent substrates, e.g. old ceramic tiles, mastic asphalt screeds (only indoors).
On underfloor heatings.
On green cement screeds (minimum quality CT F4) as soon as walkable and able to bear weight.
On anhydrite screeds with a residual moisture level < 2% (measured with a CM meter) when laying ceramic and natural stones.
Can be applied in the categories: EK-W-AIV-S, EK-H_(AIV)-S, EK-G-AIV-S, EK-H-(AIV)-S in accordance with the ZDB Merkblatt "Entkoppelungssysteme" (ZDB leaflet "isolating systems").

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PCI Pecilastic® W

Flexible waterproofing membrane underlay for ceramic tiles and natural stones

For indoor and outdoor use.
For walls and floors.
Suitable for use classes A, B and C in accordance with the test principles to issue an official test certificate.
Suitable for wet areas subject to non-pressing water such as bathrooms, showers in residential buildings, hotels, old people's homes and hospitals.
Suitable for water exposure classes W0-I, W1-I, W2-I to DIN 18534.
For balconies and terraces.
For swimming pools.
For waterproofing under ceramic tiles subject to chemical loads, e.g. in industrial kitchens, breweries, dairies, beverage industry, slaughterhouses, cold storage rooms, paper mills, laboratories, hospitals etc.
On moisture sensitive, absorbent substrates, e.g. plaster, gypsum floorboard, gypsum fibreboard, plasterboard, particle board, anhydrite screed in damp and wet areas subject to common use in households.
On mineral, absorbent substrates, e.g. concrete, screed, render, aerated concrete, cementitious fairing coat for walls such as PCI Pericret, PCI Nanocret FC/R2/R3/R4, and self-levelling compounds such as PCI Periplan.
With official test certificates.
For steam cabins.
Waterproofing under parquet flooring in private bathrooms (moisture use class A0).

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Declaration of performance ETAG 022-2

PCI Pecitape® 120

Special waterproofing tape system for waterproof corner and perimeter joints, pipe culverts and floor drains

For indoor and outdoor use.
For walls and floors.
For wet areas with non-pressing water such as showers, in residential buildings, hotels, old people's homes and hospitals.
For permanently wet areas with pressing water such as swimming pools.
For embedding in the waterproof coatings PCI Lastogum, PCI Seccoral 1K/2K Rapid, PCI Apoflex W/F.
For forming corner joints and floor/wall junctions in combination with the waterproofing membrane PCI Pecilastic W.
For use class A0/B/A/B/C in accordance with ZDB leaflet "Bonded waterproofing with bonded tiles and flagstones" and according to building regulation list A part 2 no. 1.10.
For water exposure class W0-I, W1-I, W2-I, W3-I to DIN 18534; DIN 18531-5 (balconies etc.); DIN 18535 (swimming pools and reservoirs).
PCI Pecitape 250 for additional embedding in the bitumen coating PCI Pecimor 1K and PCI Pecimor 2K to DIN 18533.

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PCI Pecitape® 90° A

Prefabricated external corner for waterproof corner and perimeter joints, pipe culverts and floor drains

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PCI Pecitape® 90° I

Prefabricated internal corner for waterproof corner and perimeter joints, pipe culverts and floor drains

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PCI Pecitape® Protect

Cut protection tape for all elastic sealants

For indoor and outdoor use.
For walls and floors.
Prevents the waterproofing layer from being damaged when cutting out the elastic sealant.
Suitable for all kinds of movement joints.
Suitable for junction wall/wall, wall/floor and for movement joints on floors.
Can be embedded in the tub sealing tape PCI Pecitape^® WDB.

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PCI Pecitape® Silent

Self-adhesive insulation tape for preventing sound transmission

For indoor use.
On concrete floors, floating screeds or screeds on an isolating layer, wooden floorboards and particle boards, old ceramic tiles and natural stones.
For the transition area floor/wall to prevent sound transmission when applying flowable floor levellers (e.g. PCI Periplan, PCI Periplan Fein), non-sag fairing coats and tile adhesives (e.g. PCI Flexmörtel, PCI Nanolight, PCI Nanoflott light) or parquet or flooring adhesives to all suitable substrates.
For preventing three-sided adhesion at elastic edge joints.
Especially for renovation works.

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PCI Pecitape® WDB

Acoustically insulating bathtub sealing tape for bathtubs and showers

For sealing the edge of bathtubs and showers against the wall.
Durable, reliable water barrier behind flexible joint sealants, e.g. silicone joints.
With acoustic insulation strip for effective acoustic insulation.

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PCI STL 39

Non-sag fairing coat light

For indoor use.
Prior to the installation of
- textile flooring and resilient flooring
- parquet flooring or laminate flooring to be glued.
Cementitious fairing coat for leveling hollows, holes, irregular substrates and for producing inclined surfaces on
- cementitious substrates
- calcium sulphate screeds
- magnesite screeds
- mastic asphalt screeds
- particle boards
- wooden floors
- ceramic tiles
- coatings.
For repairing treads and risers.
For layer thickness from 0.5 to 50 mm.
Suitable for
- underfloor heating
- exposure to chair castors (from 1 mm minimum layer thickness).
Suitable as filling base coat on timber floors, particle boards and ceramic tiles when adding PCI VG 2 multi-use primer during the mixing process.

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Declaration of performance EN 13813 (CT-C20-F6)

PCI TKL 315

Textile flooring adhesive

Dispersion adhesive for floors in the interior.
For gluing
- textile flooring with textile backing,
- textile flooring with jute backing,
- textile flooring with latex foam backing or latex coat,
- textile flooring with PU foam backing,
- textile flooring with synthetic secondary backing,
- fibre bonded carpet,
- woven textile flooring,
- PCI sound reducing underlay.
Suitable for underfloor heating.
Suitable for exposure to chair castors to DIN EN 12529.
Suitable for cleaning by wet shampooing and spray extraction (after 7 days).

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PCI UKL 302

Multi-use flooring adhesive

Dispersion adhesive for floors in the interior.
For gluing
- textile flooring (tufted and woven)
- light-weight fiber bonded carpet
- PVC design flooring
- heterogeneous and homogeneous PVC flooring
- CV flooring
- quartz vinyl coverings
- linoleum flooring
- natural rubber flooring with smooth, sanded backing up to a thickness of 4 mm
- PCI/THOMSIT sound reducing underlays on absorbent substrates ready to take further coverings.
Suitable for underfloor heating.
Suitable for exposure to chair castors to DIN EN 12529.
Suitable for cleaning by wet shampooing and spray extraction.
Suitable for the use on ships; meets the requirements of Marine Equipment Directive (MED) 96/98/EC.

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PCI USP 32

Multi-use levelling compound

For indoor use.
Cementitious leveller for smoothing and levelling floors prior to the installation of
- textile flooring and resilient flooring,
- parquet flooring or laminate flooring to be glued.
For producing smooth and level surfaces.
For levelling
- cementitious substrates
- calcium sulphate screeds
- magnesite screeds
- mastic asphalt screeds
- non-absorbent substrates.
For layer thickness from 0.5 to 15 mm; for parquet flooring or laminate flooring to be glued from 2 to 15 mm; on mastic asphalt screeds from 2 to 5 mm.
Suitable for
- underfloor heating
- exposure to chair castors at a layer thickness of min. 1 mm.

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Declaration of performance EN 13813 (CT-C25-F5)

PCI USP 32 S

Multi-use leveler

For indoor use.
Cementitious leveller for smoothing and levelling floors prior to the installation of
- textile flooring and resilient flooring,
- parquet flooring or laminate flooring to be glued.
For producing smooth and level surfaces.
For levelling
- cementitious substrates
- calcium sulphate screeds
- magnesite screeds
- mastic asphalt screeds
- non-absorbent substrates.
For layer thickness from 0.5 to 40 mm; for parquet flooring or laminate flooring to be glued from 2 to 40 mm; on mastic asphalt screeds from 2 to 5 mm.
It is possible to blend PCI USP 32 S with silica sand when layer thickness exceeds 20 mm, but it is not necessary.
Suitable for
- underfloor heating
- exposure to chair castors at a layer thickness of min. 1 mm.
Suitable for the use on ships; meets the requirements of Marine Equipment Directive (MED) 96/98/EC.

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Declaration of performance EN 13813 (CT-C40-F7)

PCI VG 2

Multi-use primer

Dispersion primer for floors in the interior.
For priming prior to the application of floor levellers and fairing coats, also when subsequently gluing parquet flooring.
For priming on
- absorbent substrates such as cement screed, calcium sulphate screed or magnesite screed
- mastic asphalt screed
- non-absorbent substrates such as tiles and coatings
- Terrazzo floors
- particle boards, OSB boards and wooden floorboards
- substrates with waterproof residues from dispersion adhesives and reaction resin adhesives.
Suitable as filling base coat on wooden floorboards, particle boards and ceramic tiles after adding it to PCI STL 39 non-sag fairing coat.
Suitable for the use on ships; meets the requirements of the Marine Equipment Directive (MED) 96/98/EC.

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PCI VG 5

PU primer

Polyurethane primer for floors in the interior.
For priming prior to the application of floor levellers/fairing coats and subsequently gluing parquet flooring.
For priming on substrates with residues of dispersion adhesive, reaction resin adhesive, water-soluble adhesive (e.g. sulphite liquor adhesives) and bituminous adhesive.
Wash primer with case-hardening effect on absorbent substrates such as cement screed, calcium sulphate screed and magnesite screed.
For priming on non-absorbent substrates.

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The right adhesive for floor laying

Parquetry poses special requirements for the substrate and for the adhesive to be used. For indoor wooden flooring, PCI has developed a special adhesive that is solvent-free and features low emissions: PCI PAR 365. This adhesive has a water-free formulation based on silane-modified polymers. As a result, the parquetry cannot swell and the adhesive is easy to spread, with stable ridges.

You can use this PCI parquetry adhesive for various materials such as solid wood parquetry blocks, multi-layer parquetry, upright lamella parquetry, laminated and other wooden flooring materials. The product, which is supplied ready for use, forms a relatively hard adhesive bed with elastic properties and allows a long working time.

Floating or bonded - laying parquetry with PCI

Floating installation is the easiest approach for a parquet floor. The wooden flooring is not durably bonded to the substrate and can be laid directly on the existing floor covering. However, if a durable solution is required, we recommend that the parquetry should be bonded using an SMP or powder adhesive from the PCI PAR family.

In preparation for the installation of parquetry, the old floor covering needs to be removed. Then the substrate must be inspected for any cracks, which may be sealed using products such as PCI Apogel® SH. If the surface is not level, we recommend our floor leveling compounds.

If you have any questions concerning our product systems, you are very welcome to contact our PCI specialist advisers. Just use the dealer search function on our website to identify your nearest PCI partner. You can then select the right products for your project during a personal discussion with our adviser.

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Laying parquetry with professional products

PCI Apogel® SH

PCI Armiermatte GFM

PCI Armiermatte GFS

PCI Epoxigrund 390

PCI Epoxigrund Rapid

PCI HSP 34

PCI Kupferband

PCI OKL 300

PCI PAR 360

PCI PAR 365

PCI PKL 326

PCI Pecilastic® U

PCI Pecilastic® W

PCI Pecitape® 120

PCI Pecitape® 90° A

PCI Pecitape® 90° I

PCI Pecitape® Protect

PCI Pecitape® Silent

PCI Pecitape® WDB

PCI STL 39

PCI TKL 315

PCI UKL 302

PCI USP 32

PCI USP 32 S

PCI VG 2

PCI VG 5

PCI Apogel® SH

PCI Armiermatte GFM

PCI Armiermatte GFS

PCI Epoxigrund 390

PCI Epoxigrund Rapid

PCI HSP 34

PCI Kupferband

PCI OKL 300

PCI PAR 360

PCI PAR 365

PCI PKL 326

PCI Pecilastic® U

PCI Pecilastic® W

PCI Pecitape® 120

PCI Pecitape® 90° A

PCI Pecitape® 90° I

PCI Pecitape® Protect

PCI Pecitape® Silent

PCI Pecitape® WDB

PCI STL 39

PCI TKL 315

PCI UKL 302

PCI USP 32

PCI USP 32 S

PCI VG 2

PCI VG 5

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Floating or bonded - laying parquetry with PCI

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