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Ghostwriter schrieb:
I wanted to lay flooring from Children's Room 1 to Children's Room 2 through the small hallway – the longest planks are about 6 meters (20 feet)

6 meters (20 feet) should not be a problem, especially with laminate. Hardwood flooring can be more critical; it can warp and start to creak. Temperature differences between rooms are usually not the main issue, but rather the varying humidity levels between summer and winter. That can be around 60% compared to 40%. And if each plank expands or contracts by just 0.1 millimeters (0.004 inches), you can quickly get issues with hardwood flooring.

Laminate is less sensitive in this regard.

Best regards,
Andreas

andimann schrieb:
6 m (20 feet) should not be a problem, especially with laminate flooring. Parquet is more critical because it can warp and start to creak. The temperature differences between rooms are not really the issue; it’s more about the varying humidity between summer and winter. That might be around 60% compared to 40%. And if each board expands or contracts by just 0.1 mm (0.004 inches), you’ll quickly have issues with parquet.
Laminate is much less sensitive in this regard.

Best regards,
Andreas

I’ve now gone all in and completed the project... I’ll report back if it turns out to be a mistake – for now, it looks fantastic, and since today our living/dining room is basically a small dance floor.

I’m already looking forward to “recovering from vacation” at work on Monday...

It should be noted that doing the painting and flooring myself was not as easy as I expected.

Without occasional help from friends and a great deal of support from my dad/father-in-law, this wouldn’t have been finished in two weeks. I roughly estimated about 250 working hours, and compared to a general contractor, we saved nearly €7000 through self-performance.

On the left side of the picture, is that a ledge for the tiles?

Ghostwriter schrieb:
It should be noted that doing the painting and flooring work ourselves was not as easy as we had expected.

Without occasional help from friends and a tremendous amount of support from dad / father-in-law, it wouldn’t have been possible to finish in two weeks.

Yeah, it’s easy to underestimate. We laid about 230 sq meters (2,474 sq ft) of flooring and installed 16 doors in 9 days back then. I had muscle soreness for a whole week afterward...

Best regards,

Andreas

tomtom79 schrieb:
Is that a step for the tiles on the left side of the picture?

Optical illusion... it's roughly level height-wise – just missing a trim strip.

Would a small paragraph be such a problem?