ᐅ Saving costs / basement / affordable tiles / sealed screed?
Created on: 27 Jan 2014 21:18
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Irgendwoabaier
Hello,
since my girlfriend wants to spend a bit more on the hardwood flooring upstairs, I need to find where we can save money elsewhere. Naturally, the flooring in the basement came to mind as a potential cost-saving area—specifically in the storage room (unheated) and my planned workshop/office combination (planned with underfloor heating to prevent it from getting too cold).
The first idea was to use anhydrite screed or anhydrite heated screed laid on insulation boards, with inexpensive tiles on top. Both rooms would also work fine with cheaper floor coverings—if the potential savings are significant enough. However, it seems that if we skip the tiles, the screed might need to be sealed differently or maybe even a different screed should be used. So, it’s not really clear whether savings are actually possible here...
As someone with no building expertise, my question is: what cheaper alternatives exist—and how much could be saved compared to affordable tiles (material cost under 12€/m²)?
Regards from Lower Franconia
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since my girlfriend wants to spend a bit more on the hardwood flooring upstairs, I need to find where we can save money elsewhere. Naturally, the flooring in the basement came to mind as a potential cost-saving area—specifically in the storage room (unheated) and my planned workshop/office combination (planned with underfloor heating to prevent it from getting too cold).
The first idea was to use anhydrite screed or anhydrite heated screed laid on insulation boards, with inexpensive tiles on top. Both rooms would also work fine with cheaper floor coverings—if the potential savings are significant enough. However, it seems that if we skip the tiles, the screed might need to be sealed differently or maybe even a different screed should be used. So, it’s not really clear whether savings are actually possible here...
As someone with no building expertise, my question is: what cheaper alternatives exist—and how much could be saved compared to affordable tiles (material cost under 12€/m²)?
Regards from Lower Franconia
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angoletti129 Jan 2014 15:31I changed my mind at short notice and switched from cement screed to flowing screed at no additional cost.
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Irgendwoabaier29 Jan 2014 23:14Just under 50m² (540 sq ft) – we’ll see how we decide. It definitely won’t be PVC flooring or cork here, so it will either be sealed concrete (and maybe later laminate in the office area) or tiles... Thanks for the opinions – everything will be discussed next week!