Our Quality
Compared to other floor coverings such as PVC or carpet, real wood flooring offers all kinds of advantages - from its naturally beautiful character to its suitability for everyday use and easy maintenance.
But not all wood is the same.
To be able to call itself high-quality, a parquet floor must meet a number of criteria. mafi stands for an overall package of dimensionally stable construction, an oiled surface and tested low-emission materials.
The Origin of the Wood
For us, using resources responsibly means: offcuts are put to use, and our products are designed so that as little wood as possible is lost. The story of a wooden floor does not begin in a specialist shop, but in the forest. Our wood grows in Central Europe. We supply FSC®-certified products on request.
The traditional family business attaches great importance to transparency and therefore manufactures exclusively in Austria: from the delivery of the wood to the finished parquet floor, everything is done in-house. This is how mafi ensures the high quality of its floors in the long term.
The Ingredients
Plasticizers, formaldehyde, solvents: many floor coverings contain more than meets the eye. At mafi, less is more. At their core, our planks consist of wood, formaldehyde-free white glue and linseed oil-based oil. Independent test reports such as those under the AgBB scheme confirm that they are safe.
The Surface
The treatment of the plank surface has a major impact on the quality and durability of the floor.
Varnishes and wax layers seal the surface and prevent the wood from developing its positive properties.
Even with UV-oiled surfaces, a dense, lacquer-like film forms during drying due to the intensive exposure to ultraviolet light.
This is why mafi uses an oxidatively oiled surface to finish its floors: the oiled planks are slowly air-dried so that the oil can penetrate deep into the wood. This is the only way to keep the floor open-pored and unaltered.
The Effect on Body and Space
The Plank Structure
The plank structure determines the stability and durability of the floor.
Solid parquet consists of the same piece of wood over its entire thickness. However, this means that the individual planks warp more quickly when they absorb and release moisture. In contrast, multi-layer parquet made from different layers of wood offers the necessary stability.
Planks from mafi are particularly robust thanks to their symmetrical structure of three solid wood layers. With top and back layers made from the same type of wood and the same thermal treatment, the natural movement of the wood is greatly reduced - perfect for underfloor heating.
The Installation Types
The symmetrical plank structure also means that there are several installation methods, offering solutions and flexibility for renovations and modernizations in particular:
- Full-surface gluing
- Partial gluing
- Nails/screws on battens
- Laying on boards
- Floating installation
The Color
Individual, unadulterated and always based on nature.
Natural wood floors from mafi not only impress with their inner values: they also present themselves in various appealing designs and color variations.
The nine different types of wood fit into any interior design style, even in their naturally treated state - whether modern, classic or rustic. The mafi Vulcano thermo treatment gives the European wood the exotic character of tropical wood. Light, Nordic concepts, on the other hand, often rely on white or gray oiled planks.
In the Tiger and Coral oak variants, the distinctive, strong cracks of this oak grading are beautifully accentuated with colored putty and provide an individual touch.
The Formats
A modern interpretation of classics.
The interplay between plank structure, surface and our hunger for innovation creates a broad spectrum of designs. From planks as classic country house planks, renovation planks or room-length planks to modern-interpreted formats such as herringbone, chevron or hexagon, through to end grain floors and Parquet panel - we offer flexibility for every project.
Maintenance
As easy as washing your hands.
To keep the floor looking its best even after years of use, care and cleaning are required. Here too, the open-pored surface of mafi natural wood floors proves its worth: dirt and stains can be easily washed out with warm water and mafi wood floor soap.
Minor repairs can also be carried out locally and easily, unlike with lacquered parquet, without having to treat the entire surface.
The Disposal
No lacquer, no UV oil. And in the end, waste wood.
Even the most durable wooden floor comes to an end at some point. The question then is where it goes. mafi floors contain neither lacquer nor UV oil and are recovered as waste wood at the end of their use.
