We have planned a multipurpose room on the ground floor for sports, guests, and a desk area.
Before now, we had no experience with hardwood flooring, except for some research (including here in the forum), but no personal experience.
We have now received a sample of an oiled, open-pored two-layer bamboo parquet.
We like the texture; the tone could be a bit darker, but maybe a mid-tone (honey-colored) will work better for about 14 sqm (150 sq ft).
Now to my questions:
1) Open-pored oiled: how does it perform with moisture (not wet), for example during sports activities... barefoot?
2) Color: is it possible to darken the tone with oil? In other words, are there hard oils with color pigments? Or does the wood naturally darken over time?
3) Cleaning: can it be cleaned with a damp mop?
4) Chair casters: how does open-pored parquet hold up? Is it prone to scratching?
The underside of the carrier layer (5 mm (0.2 inch)) has grooves, about every 3 cm (1.2 inches) approximately 2 mm (0.08 inch) deep... The parquet is supposed to be ideal for underfloor heating (glued installation).
5) How do the grooves affect this? Wouldn’t they create air pockets when glued that reduce heat transfer? (We plan to glue/install it in an elevated level).
We have also seen parquet at specialty stores that already include insulation. Is that necessary with glued installation? Do you then glue the insulation as well?
P.S. The material is 10 mm (0.4 inch) thick, 5 mm (0.2 inch) upper layer, 5 mm (0.2 inch) carrier layer, which is also bamboo but appears to be cross-laminated.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
Before now, we had no experience with hardwood flooring, except for some research (including here in the forum), but no personal experience.
We have now received a sample of an oiled, open-pored two-layer bamboo parquet.
We like the texture; the tone could be a bit darker, but maybe a mid-tone (honey-colored) will work better for about 14 sqm (150 sq ft).
Now to my questions:
1) Open-pored oiled: how does it perform with moisture (not wet), for example during sports activities... barefoot?
2) Color: is it possible to darken the tone with oil? In other words, are there hard oils with color pigments? Or does the wood naturally darken over time?
3) Cleaning: can it be cleaned with a damp mop?
4) Chair casters: how does open-pored parquet hold up? Is it prone to scratching?
The underside of the carrier layer (5 mm (0.2 inch)) has grooves, about every 3 cm (1.2 inches) approximately 2 mm (0.08 inch) deep... The parquet is supposed to be ideal for underfloor heating (glued installation).
5) How do the grooves affect this? Wouldn’t they create air pockets when glued that reduce heat transfer? (We plan to glue/install it in an elevated level).
We have also seen parquet at specialty stores that already include insulation. Is that necessary with glued installation? Do you then glue the insulation as well?
P.S. The material is 10 mm (0.4 inch) thick, 5 mm (0.2 inch) upper layer, 5 mm (0.2 inch) carrier layer, which is also bamboo but appears to be cross-laminated.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
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nordanney8 May 2013 22:14A fingernail is effective for simulating scratches. A chair with casters naturally has a larger contact area, moves around, and applies the corresponding pressure. However, the focus was on the scratches... and for that, the fingernail test is entirely sufficient.
By the way, there are special parquet casters designed for office chairs.
By the way, there are special parquet casters designed for office chairs.
nordanney schrieb:
....than with what I consider a musty carpet. Anyone who has done wet cleaning of a carpet after some time knows what I mean.Well, we don’t want to install a musty carpet; we’re thinking more of a new one.
I’ve lived with carpet in the bedrooms for years, and wet cleaning hasn’t been necessary so far. With two people walking around in socks, you hardly get that kind of “dampness.” In my opinion, carpet is still the coziest flooring—you just need to choose the right one. Besides, I’m not a slave to my house... cleaning the floor every day isn’t possible or necessary (carpet doesn’t produce lint or similar issues).
Thanks very much for these answers.
We chose bamboo (whether wood or grass) partly because of its hardness.
That it is now offered without this layer makes sense, as the supplier says it should be glued down.
Since it will only be a secondary room, having a contrast to the rest of the ground floor, which is tiled, would be interesting—and with a chair mat (which we already have for our woven carpet), it’s definitely doable.
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