Why 280 days of wood drying instead of the standard 30-60 days?

280 days of chamber drying isn't marketing—it's a technological necessity. In the first stage, timber sawn into 'frize' strips and air-stacked in piles with spacers is conditioned in ventilated workshops. That way we reduce moisture by 25–30% from the initial value as gently as possible. The second stage takes place in a vacuum-convective chamber with thermo-humidity treatment developed by our in-house engineering team. It is essentially the same natural process, scaled to an industrial workflow. Frize strips on trolleys with spacers enter the drying chamber. Hot air is the drying medium. Wood temperature is raised to +55 °C, then vacuum is applied with internal pressure reduced to 0.8 atm. Together, these conditions bring sap to a boil for 10–15 minutes per cycle. The cycle runs 48 times per day and continues until the wood reaches 9±1% moisture.

How do you work with clients and confidentiality?

100% of projects under NDA—this isn't optional, it's standard. We don't publish addresses, client names, or floor plan details without written permission. Photography only with client consent, often prohibited entirely. Our team signs personal non-disclosure agreements. For clients from public spheres (politics, business, culture), we can operate through structured legal entities without revealing the ultimate beneficiary. Payment possible via escrow accounts with bank guarantees from top-10 institutions.

Is the 25-year warranty real or just marketing?

Real, but conditional. The warranty covers structural integrity when the temperature-humidity regime (18-24°C, 40-60% humidity) and operating conditions are met.

What's the point of a comprehensive solution: floor + walls + furniture from the same wood?

First, aesthetics: unified grain pattern, tone, and transition from floor to panels, panels to kitchen facades creates a sense of cohesive space, as if the interior is 'carved' from a single block. Second, technology: using one timber batch, we guarantee identical reaction to humidity and temperature—floor and panels 'breathe' synchronously, no deformations at joints. Third, logistics: one supplier, one installation cycle, unified warranty. For clients: one call, design project with all technical nodes, one contract, one responsibility.

Can you restore 19th-century parquet in cultural heritage sites?

Yes, it's one of our core competencies. We've worked in the Kremlin (Red Square), Vaganova Ballet Academy, dozens of estates and mansions. Process: complete documentation (photos, measurements, species analysis, identification of historical installation techniques), then dismantling damaged areas while preserving 80-90% of the original, restoring lost planks by matching timber species, grain, and grade. Finishing layer restoration with application of protective coating (lacquer or oil) to extend service life.

Floor and kitchen from one lot: a room programme, not two trades

Kitchen and floor in an open plan are not two trades — they are one room programme.

At the island joint, “the same oak” from different suppliers most often drifts over 5–15 years: different lot, different finish, different wear from steam and grease versus traffic.

Here is floor and kitchen as a system: tone continuity, finish map, install sequence, and when fronts and parquet must share one lot.

In a kitchen-living room wood is read in one glance: plank at the island leg, front edge, skirting, door opening. With three suppliers you can still “almost match” at handover — a decade later the joint tells the truth.

One batch here is not an abstract whole-house USP. It answers the room programme: steam and grease on the vertical, abrasion and UV on the horizontal.

Lot logic and reserve — in one timber batch. Below is only the kitchen↔floor loop.

Floor and kitchen — one system, two wear regimes

The floor lives with traffic, grit and window light. Fronts live with steam at the sink and hob, grease splash and frequent wiping. The same “living-room” finish often fails sooner in the kitchen; different chemistries from different brands age even further out of sync.

Tone continuity matters where the eye does not pause: open plan, island on parquet, wood fronts on one axis with the floor. Where the kitchen is a closed volume without a through-view, requirements soften — but we still write an honest tolerance.

Grading and grain direction are agreed early: a bold floor character and quiet Select fronts from different lots almost always read as a mixed bag.

One glance at the island — one lot. Or two oaks in a few years.

Zone	What stresses the wood
Floor at the island	traffic, grit, UV
Front at the sink	steam, splash, frequent care
Front at the hob	grease, heat, wiping
Skirting / junction	visible joint of two wear modes

Finish map: not one coat “for everything”

A unified schedule does not mean “one can blindly on floor and fronts”. It means one compatible product system and tone from the same timber lot: oil or lacquer with a clear zone and care map.

On the floor — durability and repair under traffic; on fronts — steam and grease resistance plus local refresh. Incompatible systems from different trades cannot be “renewed with one product” five years later.

Finish type is locked on samples in your light before the lot runs — or the kitchen drifts one way and the floor another before UV even starts.

When fronts and parquet must share a lot

Mandatory: open kitchen-living, island on the same parquet field, wood fronts matched to the floor, long sightline without a partition, doors and portals as a continuation of the same plane.

Optional with tolerance: kitchen in a separate room, floor already closed under another protocol, wood on fronts in another species or a deliberate contrast. Then we agree samples and write “close”, not “identical”.

On-site tinting after the fact costs more and underperforms a production reserve. If budget cuts scope — simplify grading inside one lot rather than buy “similar oak” from a second mill.

Install sequence

First: room readiness and datum “0” — moisture, planes, services. Parquet and kitchen carcasses must not chase each other “by eye” in the last month.

Typical logic: substrate and climate → floor lay (or a clear island pocket) → carcasses and tops → fronts in one line → skirting and junctions from the same lot. Joint detail — in kitchen installation.

One team or a tightly agreed trade calendar: module axes, wall gaps, front height vs floor plane. Otherwise even perfect tone will not save steps and gaps at the junction.

How a project runs with us

Room programme and samples → one-lot reserve for floor and fronts → drying and geometry → zone finish map → install on datum “0” → handover with separate care cards for floor and kitchen.

Kitchen-only or floor-only is fine — peak value is in the pair. Scope in the catalogue; doors and portals join the same queue when the view is continuous.

In brief

Kitchen without parquet?

Yes. Peak value is when floor, fronts and doors share one lot. Scope is fixed before production.

Why two shades at the kitchen↔floor joint?

Different lots, drying and finish chemistry plus different wear: steam and grease on fronts, traffic and UV on the floor. Over 5–15 years the split grows.

Is one lot mandatory for a closed kitchen?

Not always. Without a through-view to the living floor, agreed samples with a tolerance can suffice. In open plan with an island — usually mandatory.

One finish on floor and fronts?

One compatible system and tone from the same timber; the zone map may differ for steam vs traffic. Incompatible brands from different trades are a common trap at refresh.

Floor or kitchen first?

First object readiness and datum “0”, then an agreed sequence: floor (or island pocket) → carcasses → fronts → junctions. Exact order sits in the object tech card.

Floor already laid — can the kitchen match?

We match samples and finish to the existing floor in your light. Full match to a foreign lot is not guaranteed — tolerance is written before fronts run.

Need a site diagnosis — describe the floor or joinery.

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