ᐅ Company Meister – Experience with Luxury Vinyl Flooring or Should You Consider Hardwood Flooring Instead?

Hello,
does anyone have experience with the design flooring from Meister? We like the DL800 Schloss Oak. It seems it can either be glued down or clicked together. In the living area, we’d probably glue it down since the kitchen is there and the kitchen installer prefers a glued floor. Does that make sense for this type of flooring, or is it not really suitable for gluing?
We also have the “problem” of leveling it with the tiles in the hallway. That should be about 7mm (¼ inch), considering the tiles are around 15mm (⅝ inch) thick in total. Can you feather or taper the leveling compound for this kind of floor?
Do you have any other great alternatives that come to mind? Design flooring alternatives are welcome as well.

We have also been considering parquet for a long time and have samples from Meister here. But since the floor will also be in the kitchen and we have small children and pets, we weren’t sure if parquet would be a good choice for us… Can anyone share their experience?

Thank you!

I have Meister parquet flooring installed as a floating floor everywhere here. This strange decision criterion would be immediately dismissed by me:

Toffifee88 schrieb:

the kitchen fitter prefers a glued floor.

Lucky for you, he doesn’t want any gold leaf..... 😀 Seriously, the kitchen fitter installs the kitchen on the floor YOU have.

Toffifee88 schrieb:

Does it make sense with this floor, or is it not suitable for gluing?

The best advice on that will come from the respective manufacturer.

Toffifee88 schrieb:

We also still have the “problem” of leveling to the tiles.

I wouldn’t unnecessarily create that problem in a new build. There are so many types of flooring out there….

Toffifee88 schrieb:

But since we also have the floor in the kitchen and small children and pets, we were unsure if we’re doing ourselves a favor with parquet…. Can anyone share their experience?

There is no universally valid answer to that. We were just discussing this in another thread. We have Meister parquet, second choice grade, including in the kitchen. Of course, tiles have their advantages, or something like luxury vinyl flooring, but ultimately that is a type of plastic and rather thin material. One sharp object on the floor and bang—the tile chips, plus there is often an unattractive transition between tile and wood.
I would always install whatever I like, unless it’s completely unreasonable—but that can’t be said for parquet in the kitchen. I have even had parquet in the bathroom without issues.
Children and pets are not only in the kitchen, and as long as there aren’t larger hoofed animals running around, parquet isn’t any more susceptible to damage than other materials. I find dents or scratches in wood acceptable, while I don’t like chipped tiles so much.
If you like wood, go ahead and install it, and accept the advantages and disadvantages just like with any other material.

Synthetic plastic flooring or a nicer, more natural wood floor? I wouldn’t have to think twice...

It’s not that black and white. A durable lacquered parquet surface is also just plastic on the surface, and a design floor with plastic on top mostly consists of wood underneath...

rdwlnts schrieb:

It’s not that black and white. A robust lacquered parquet floor also has a plastic surface, and a luxury vinyl tile floor with a plastic top layer mostly consists of wood underneath...

Parquet is usually preferred oiled, and luxury vinyl tile is actually vinyl and often made entirely of plastic. However, there are also some with a wood core.

Design flooring is generally characterized by not being made of vinyl. However, the distinction is unfortunately not always so clear-cut. For example, Meister design flooring is made from plant-based polyurethane (PUR), while Parador Modular One has a polyethylene (PE) wear layer. PE is the same material commonly used for food packaging, such as for butter, yogurt, and cheese.