ᐅ Combination of Tiles and Hardwood Flooring

Hello dear forum members!

I have some questions about a flooring combination of tiles and solid wood parquet, and I hope you might be able to answer some of them. :-)

We are about to purchase a single-family house. On the ground floor, there is a large “L”-shaped room, with the kitchen on one side and the dining/living area on the other. Currently, large tiles (about 30x80cm (12x31 inches)) are installed throughout the entire room, but in the dining/living area they are laid in a different direction (rotated 90 degrees) and in a different color, but that’s not important of course ;-)

Since we find parquet more comfortable and homely, we would like to replace the tiles in the dining and living area with oak parquet. We understand that this is not a one-day job and obviously you have to:

• Remove baseboards, cut the edge next to the tiles in the kitchen, and break out the tiles in the dining-living area
• “Repair” the screed, i.e., level and correct it again, which will likely have to be done by a professional company, as I can’t imagine doing it myself
• And finally lay or glue down the parquet

Both rooms have underfloor heating embedded in the screed, although I do not yet know if there is a separate heating circuit for the dining and living area; I rather suspect not. Now my questions :-)

• Could there be any technical heating issues if different floor coverings are installed on one heating circuit, in our case tiles and new parquet?
• Is there anything in particular that must be considered or observed when “repairing” the screed?
• Should the oak parquet boards ideally be laid along the length (of the room) or the width? The dining-living area where the parquet will be installed measures about 5x10m (16x33 feet).
• Should the possibility of installing the parquet as a floating floor also be considered?
• Is there any reason against using aluminum profiles at the tile-to-parquet edge, where the profile forms a 90-degree angle, one side next to the tiles and the other side resting on the parquet, with a silicone joint between the profile and the parquet?

Thank you very much for your help, I’m looking forward to your answers! :-)

Best regards from Steyr, Austria
Patrick

Hello Patrick,
first of all, is the birthdate you provided correct?
Please complete your profile according to the requirements, and then we can continue. Thank you.

Hello Neige! :-)

I have completed my profile as much as possible here on the mobile site!

Of course, I’m not 14 (I can’t change the birthdate afterward, so there was probably an error), I am 26 years old.

Best regards, Patrick

Thank you.
Regarding your question about whether having different floor coverings on one heating loop could be problematic, I can’t answer that off the top of my head. However, it is a fact that stone floors conduct heat better than wooden floors.
I hope that @KlaRa is following this thread and can provide you with some information.
I would not recommend installing the flooring as a floating floor.
Have you considered installing parquet flooring in the kitchen area as well?

Height could also be a factor. Hardwood flooring is usually thicker than tiles. I find that a slight step or uneven edge in the room always looks unattractive.

Thank you for your responses! :-)

@Neige We would like to keep the tiles in the kitchen as they are.

@86bibo I understand that a perfectly level transition from tile to parquet flooring won’t be possible, which is why we are considering a "clean" edge using an aluminum strip with a 90-degree angle, as described above.