Hi!
We are currently considering which flooring options to choose for our new build. The tendency is to mainly use tiles or natural stone. However, that doesn’t seem to be very suitable for the two children’s rooms (and possibly not for the bedroom either). I’ve done a lot of research online, and bamboo or cork appear to be good flooring choices for the children’s rooms. What do you think? Cork seems to be more affordable.
For the living room, we are thinking about treating ourselves to marble.
Bedroom? If we go with bamboo parquet for the children’s rooms, then maybe the bedroom as well.
We are currently considering which flooring options to choose for our new build. The tendency is to mainly use tiles or natural stone. However, that doesn’t seem to be very suitable for the two children’s rooms (and possibly not for the bedroom either). I’ve done a lot of research online, and bamboo or cork appear to be good flooring choices for the children’s rooms. What do you think? Cork seems to be more affordable.
For the living room, we are thinking about treating ourselves to marble.
Bedroom? If we go with bamboo parquet for the children’s rooms, then maybe the bedroom as well.
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R.Hotzenplotz9 Jun 2017 20:29I visited a flooring store today and looked at both hardwood flooring and vinyl.
The contractor recommended that if we choose vinyl, we should opt for the glue-down option instead of the click-lock system. He explained that the click-lock system, due to its thicker underlay, causes too much heat loss. Most suppliers don’t like to admit this, but it is the case. So, definitely only glue it down!
However, his primary recommendation was hardwood flooring. He couldn’t provide any information about whether sealed hardwood flooring could be harmful to children’s health. Besides the click-lock hardwood, he also had solid wood planks available in the store. I really liked those. But I just can’t get used to the idea of them getting damaged, stained, and so on.
On the other hand, I found the vinyl from the company Gunreben to be of acceptable quality, but somehow I’m reluctant to use a plastic material that imitates wood.
My next visit will be to a tile showroom. The decision won’t be easy if you want to have only one type of flooring per floor.
In terms of price, vinyl and click-lock hardwood were about the same—both around 50 € (approximately 55 USD) including installation. The solid wood planks are already around 65 € (approximately 71 USD).
The contractor recommended that if we choose vinyl, we should opt for the glue-down option instead of the click-lock system. He explained that the click-lock system, due to its thicker underlay, causes too much heat loss. Most suppliers don’t like to admit this, but it is the case. So, definitely only glue it down!
However, his primary recommendation was hardwood flooring. He couldn’t provide any information about whether sealed hardwood flooring could be harmful to children’s health. Besides the click-lock hardwood, he also had solid wood planks available in the store. I really liked those. But I just can’t get used to the idea of them getting damaged, stained, and so on.
On the other hand, I found the vinyl from the company Gunreben to be of acceptable quality, but somehow I’m reluctant to use a plastic material that imitates wood.
My next visit will be to a tile showroom. The decision won’t be easy if you want to have only one type of flooring per floor.
In terms of price, vinyl and click-lock hardwood were about the same—both around 50 € (approximately 55 USD) including installation. The solid wood planks are already around 65 € (approximately 71 USD).
R
R.Hotzenplotz9 Jun 2017 21:14Oiled wood is not a problem. How do you come to that conclusion?
What kind of plastic planks? Do you mean vinyl?
What kind of plastic planks? Do you mean vinyl?
R
R.Hotzenplotz9 Jun 2017 21:30RobsonMKK schrieb:
You wrote about health in the context of hardwood flooringHowever, oiled hardwood flooring was not mentioned as harmful. I had only read something about sealed hardwood flooring in that regard.
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R.Hotzenplotz12 Jun 2017 20:47We visited a large hardwood flooring store today. They recommended avoiding underfloor heating when using hardwood floors. Alternatives mentioned were infrared heaters or heaters with floor-level air outlet grilles (the salesperson did not know the exact name of this type). We are not committed to underfloor heating, but we hadn’t really considered these heating options before.
Cork is ruled out for aesthetic reasons. We haven’t seen bamboo flooring available anywhere yet.
Vinyl has tactile disadvantages compared to hardwood. More importantly, the salesperson said that vinyl without plasticizers is not possible—while the worst types are no longer used, plasticizers are definitely present. He said he wouldn’t let HIS children crawl on it and would choose hardwood flooring instead.
Cork is ruled out for aesthetic reasons. We haven’t seen bamboo flooring available anywhere yet.
Vinyl has tactile disadvantages compared to hardwood. More importantly, the salesperson said that vinyl without plasticizers is not possible—while the worst types are no longer used, plasticizers are definitely present. He said he wouldn’t let HIS children crawl on it and would choose hardwood flooring instead.
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