ᐅ Solid wood parquet on underfloor heating

Benutzer200 schrieb:

...BUT: Glued-down parquet sounds higher quality when walking on it because it is firmly attached to the subfloor. That alone is reason enough to glue down the parquet. I couldn’t care less about saving 50 cents a month on heating costs 😉

Personally, I have a very different opinion. Walking on glued-down parquet sounds rather "hard." I have floating parquet myself (installed by me, with a maximum expansion length of 7.1m (23 feet 4 inches) ;-). There are special rubber dampers under the cross joists, and subjectively, it feels wonderfully "soft" to walk on.
My brother has screwed-down solid wood planks, also floating, a bit harder since it's solid wood and without extra cushioning, but still a great walking experience. A friend has glued parquet (in an old house, "strip parquet"); it fits the house visually but also feels "hard," partly due to the concrete (screed) subfloor.

I already mentioned that combining with underfloor heating is possible. There is someone in this forum who has posted pictures of that, but unfortunately, I don’t have a sharp memory of who it was @11ant. If I recall correctly, it was a timber-frame house and possibly even with a wooden basement?

My recommendation to the original poster: Try out walking on as many types of flooring as possible, preferably barefoot or wearing socks. Creaking noises on self-installed or screwed floating floors? Probably yes. I like that 😉

i_b_n_a_n schrieb:

Personally, I have a completely different opinion. Walking on glued hardwood flooring tends to sound "harder." I installed floating flooring myself (maximum expansion length = 7.1m (23.3 ft) ;-) with additional rubber dampers under the cross joists, and walking on it feels (subjectively!) wonderfully "soft."
My brother has screwed-down solid wood planks, also floating but with some movement, a bit harder since it's solid wood and without extra cushioning, yet still a great walking experience.

But that’s different from simply installing floating flooring over a concrete slab with impact sound insulation 😉

i_b_n_a_n schrieb:

I have already mentioned that a combination underfloor heating system works; there is someone here in the forum who has documented this with pictures, but unfortunately I don’t have a good memory for @11ant who it could have been. I seem to recall it was a wooden house and possibly even with a wooden basement?

Parquet flooring is not really my area of expertise. For wooden houses with some photo documentation, I think of @Climbee and @hampshire, for example:

Climbee schrieb:

Afterwards, the 3-layer boards that we had already painted were installed on the ceiling in the attic, then the underfloor heating was laid, and finally the tiles and parquet flooring could be installed.

Climbee schrieb:

On the screed, there were these green mats again, and on top of them the panels for the underfloor heating, which were basically placed into a "wooden frame." Then natural parquet was laid on that and oiled afterwards:

hampshire schrieb:

Here we used Weitzer oak parquet “Ice” with a heavily brushed finish.

hampshire schrieb:

We chose the floor installer Hillen in Vilkerath and Weitzer parquet. After one and a half years, we would choose the same again without hesitation.

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Hello everyone,
I just skimmed through this thread. What I find interesting is that many say that installing hardwood flooring as a floating floor feels more comfortable underfoot. That might be true—I’m currently facing the same decision. However, I’ve consulted several flooring installers, and they all clearly recommend gluing the hardwood down. Otherwise, the floor would have a kind of “laminate feel” when walked on.

Yes.
In my opinion, the difference is that a floating floor feels noticeably more flexible, which is pleasant for cushioning footsteps.
A glued floor is firmer but produces fewer creaky noises, which can be perceived as more "premium."

For me, the question was:
Is the "solid material feel" more important (glued), or the (slight) cushioning effect of a floating sports floor?
I considered both and regret that the glued floor feels firmer.
I chose to have it glued because it reduces resistance to heat transfer (mineral materials like tiles or concrete would be even better) and overall feels more stable to me.
The glued oak layer will only be 8mm (0.3 inches) thick, which also benefits the heating effect.
Different wood types have varying suitability regarding heat transfer. Oak is considered less insulating (material density) than, for example, softwood, which is often glued in layers under the parquet wear layer in floating installations as the load-bearing element.

Also, the "laminate feel" is something completely different! I recommend you try it for yourself. That way, you can form your own opinion and don’t have to rely on comparisons that don’t provide much information.