Hello,
I am still in the planning phase for building a house.
My wife would like a vinyl floor in the bathroom, including in the walk-in shower.
Does anyone have experience with this or know if and how it could be done?
From what I have found, it doesn’t seem like such a bad idea.
However, I have some doubts about the whole thing.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I am still in the planning phase for building a house.
My wife would like a vinyl floor in the bathroom, including in the walk-in shower.
Does anyone have experience with this or know if and how it could be done?
From what I have found, it doesn’t seem like such a bad idea.
However, I have some doubts about the whole thing.
Thanks in advance for your help.
That's funny, I also spoke with Franz Sießl back then. In the end, our 200 sqm (2,150 sq ft) of second-grade parquet flooring came from the supplier "Parketterlebnis," mainly because they had a large quantity of the specific B-grade parquet from the manufacturer MEISTER in stock. The price was around 25-30 euros about 4 years ago.
I don't have recent experience, but I would choose the same option again since B-grade is technically flawless, and you can hardly see any difference.
Personally, I would probably avoid using screed and instead screw OSB boards onto joists, insulate between them with wood fiber insulation, and install the parquet floating and by myself (I wouldn't want to glue it).
I’m sure this approach isn’t universally popular, but since our first house, that’s how we’ve done it and replaced it as needed; sometimes we even screwed the boards directly onto the joists without OSB. I didn’t want screed, and a floor heating system can work without it—it’s always been more a matter of personal preference.
I don't have recent experience, but I would choose the same option again since B-grade is technically flawless, and you can hardly see any difference.
Personally, I would probably avoid using screed and instead screw OSB boards onto joists, insulate between them with wood fiber insulation, and install the parquet floating and by myself (I wouldn't want to glue it).
I’m sure this approach isn’t universally popular, but since our first house, that’s how we’ve done it and replaced it as needed; sometimes we even screwed the boards directly onto the joists without OSB. I didn’t want screed, and a floor heating system can work without it—it’s always been more a matter of personal preference.
filosof schrieb:
If you can install parquet flooring as a floating floor, you can also glue it down. I was afraid of that too, but in hindsight, my concerns turned out to be unfounded.I can believe that—I’ve probably just had some deep-rooted worries until now... I should probably ask my psychiatrist about it...
Well, the mechanical process isn’t much more difficult, that’s true. But glued installations allow less room for error.
I either measured a room incorrectly or made a calculation mistake and ended up about 2.x cm (about 1 inch) short of the wall. So, actually too narrow to clip on another piece, but also too far to just finish there. I ended up taking almost everything down again and trimming the first row differently. It added about an hour of extra work, but it was manageable.
If you glue the flooring, that’s not an option. You’d have to saw a narrow strip lengthwise, smooth the tongue carefully (depending on the click system), and then hope the adhesive holds that small strip permanently. Or, if there’s a cabinet or wardrobe there anyway, just live with the gap.
Or better yet, get everything right from the start. But mistakes do happen.
So, I’d say floating installation works even if it’s your first time. For glued floors, you should at least have some experience installing floating floors in a few rooms first. That’s not to say naturally skilled people can’t get it right straight away.
I either measured a room incorrectly or made a calculation mistake and ended up about 2.x cm (about 1 inch) short of the wall. So, actually too narrow to clip on another piece, but also too far to just finish there. I ended up taking almost everything down again and trimming the first row differently. It added about an hour of extra work, but it was manageable.
If you glue the flooring, that’s not an option. You’d have to saw a narrow strip lengthwise, smooth the tongue carefully (depending on the click system), and then hope the adhesive holds that small strip permanently. Or, if there’s a cabinet or wardrobe there anyway, just live with the gap.
Or better yet, get everything right from the start. But mistakes do happen.
So, I’d say floating installation works even if it’s your first time. For glued floors, you should at least have some experience installing floating floors in a few rooms first. That’s not to say naturally skilled people can’t get it right straight away.
Tolentino schrieb:
When gluing, you should at least have installed a few rooms with a floating method at some point. That’s exactly what I wanted to convey with my statement.
filosof schrieb:
Anyone who can install parquet flooring using the floating method can also glue it down. You can overcome the fear quite well without a psychiatrist by doing the first room together with a professional, getting some tips, and realizing that it’s not rocket science. The most important thing is to think before you act. But that applies to many areas of life...
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