ᐅ Natural flooring options suitable for underfloor heating systems
Created on: 23 Jul 2017 15:59
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Arifas
Hello everyone,
Please excuse my non-professional wording, I’m still new to this topic.
If everything goes well, we plan to start building later this year and want to gradually decide on our flooring. The house will have underfloor heating and will be occupied by 2 adults and 5 children, who often walk barefoot and have treated floors with great care over the past 11 years. I would like to keep it that way ;-). We clean by mopping after every meal and do a full cleaning once in the evening with a lightly damp vacuum mop.
We visited specialty stores and various home improvement centers. The result: more confusion than before due to contradictory information.
I’ll share our plan now and would really appreciate your opinions and expert advice:
I would like to have natural flagstone tiles glued down in the hallway and bathrooms, possibly also in the kitchen and living room. The material cost at the local specialty store is about 45 Euros per square meter (about 4.2 USD per square foot). What do you think the installation cost would be for tiles in size 30 by 60 centimeters (12 by 24 inches)?
My husband thinks the tiles are not bad overall, but they are too uneven for him. Are there smoother options available?
For the children’s rooms, bedrooms, and the office, we would like wood or cork flooring. But please something easy to install, so we can save somewhat on installation costs or be able to do it ourselves with friends’ help.
Question: Is wood or cork compatible with underfloor heating? If yes, should it be glued down or click lock installed? With an underlay? And what exactly should we be looking for? I understand that traditional planks might not be suitable for underfloor heating?
By the way, in three home improvement stores, we were given five different opinions on this ;-)
If we decide to have these floors installed professionally, what should we expect to pay per square meter (per square foot)?
Please excuse my non-professional wording, I’m still new to this topic.
If everything goes well, we plan to start building later this year and want to gradually decide on our flooring. The house will have underfloor heating and will be occupied by 2 adults and 5 children, who often walk barefoot and have treated floors with great care over the past 11 years. I would like to keep it that way ;-). We clean by mopping after every meal and do a full cleaning once in the evening with a lightly damp vacuum mop.
We visited specialty stores and various home improvement centers. The result: more confusion than before due to contradictory information.
I’ll share our plan now and would really appreciate your opinions and expert advice:
I would like to have natural flagstone tiles glued down in the hallway and bathrooms, possibly also in the kitchen and living room. The material cost at the local specialty store is about 45 Euros per square meter (about 4.2 USD per square foot). What do you think the installation cost would be for tiles in size 30 by 60 centimeters (12 by 24 inches)?
My husband thinks the tiles are not bad overall, but they are too uneven for him. Are there smoother options available?
For the children’s rooms, bedrooms, and the office, we would like wood or cork flooring. But please something easy to install, so we can save somewhat on installation costs or be able to do it ourselves with friends’ help.
Question: Is wood or cork compatible with underfloor heating? If yes, should it be glued down or click lock installed? With an underlay? And what exactly should we be looking for? I understand that traditional planks might not be suitable for underfloor heating?
By the way, in three home improvement stores, we were given five different opinions on this ;-)
If we decide to have these floors installed professionally, what should we expect to pay per square meter (per square foot)?
Slate? [emoji33]
Slate is great, a natural stone—we wanted it for the bathroom... but even we (without children) decided against it because it’s quite delicate.
I would suggest choosing a tile that imitates the look of slate.
There are many threads here about wood and cork: just type “parquet” and “underfloor heating” or something similar into the search bar at the top right 🙂
And something off topic (also for others reading here):
I also use TT, where the signature with your phone model is preset. But what does that have to do here in the forum? I kindly ask you to disable it or change it accordingly.
Thank you 🙂
Best regards, Yvonne
Slate is great, a natural stone—we wanted it for the bathroom... but even we (without children) decided against it because it’s quite delicate.
I would suggest choosing a tile that imitates the look of slate.
There are many threads here about wood and cork: just type “parquet” and “underfloor heating” or something similar into the search bar at the top right 🙂
And something off topic (also for others reading here):
I also use TT, where the signature with your phone model is preset. But what does that have to do here in the forum? I kindly ask you to disable it or change it accordingly.
Thank you 🙂
Best regards, Yvonne
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winnetou7823 Jul 2017 17:03If you add this to every one of your posts now, it will be even more annoying than the Tapatalk signature.
winnetou78 schrieb:
If you add this to every one of your posts now, it will be even more annoying than the Tapatalk signature
I won’t add it to every post just because I have removed three posts recently.
Regards, Yvonne
Marvinius II23 Jul 2017 17:30Installing click-lock parquet flooring as a floating floor costs approximately 12€ per m² (around $12 per 10.8 sq ft), while gluing it down costs about 22€ per m² (around $22 per 10.8 sq ft). Gluing is preferable for underfloor heating. We are choosing parquet everywhere except in the entrance hall on the ground floor, bathrooms, and utility room, and we will have floating installation in the basement.
Marvinius II schrieb:
Floating installation of click-lock parquet costs about €12 per m2 (approximately $13 per sq ft), while glue-down installation is around €22 per m2 (approximately $20 per sq ft). For underfloor heating, glue-down installation is preferred. We are using parquet everywhere except the entrance hall on the ground floor, bathrooms, and utility room, and in the basement we have it installed as a floating floor.
Thanks, that’s helpful! What flooring are you using in the rooms without parquet?
The signature is gone again. Hopefully.
Slate can apparently peel off somewhat, but over time it smooths out and wouldn’t bother me. That was the explanation we received. It then looks somewhat more lively ;-).
What exactly is sensitive about it?
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