ᐅ Temporary floor covering for underfloor heating systems
Created on: 23 Sep 2014 10:13
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Teufelchen1985
Hello everyone,
As is often the case with a self-built home, you also plan rooms intended for future use, such as a child's bedroom without children yet. Since these rooms are not really needed at the moment, it doesn’t make sense to invest a lot of money in them. But even in these rooms, everything should be prepared so that no construction dust, for example from unsealed screed, constantly lingers in the air. And maybe from time to time guests might stay who could use this room...
Painting the walls white is no problem; in fact, that’s already done!
But what about the floor?
I’ve been told that with underfloor heating, only glued flooring is suitable. However, I’d rather not glue tiles, parquet, or carpet down now, which might have to be removed after a few years if I want something different for the child’s room. So the idea came up to simply “seal” the floor somehow, maybe with a type of floor lacquer like the kind used in garages...?
I have no experience with this at all and would appreciate comments, opinions, and advice from those more experienced ;-)
Have a nice day,
Teufelchen
As is often the case with a self-built home, you also plan rooms intended for future use, such as a child's bedroom without children yet. Since these rooms are not really needed at the moment, it doesn’t make sense to invest a lot of money in them. But even in these rooms, everything should be prepared so that no construction dust, for example from unsealed screed, constantly lingers in the air. And maybe from time to time guests might stay who could use this room...
Painting the walls white is no problem; in fact, that’s already done!
But what about the floor?
I’ve been told that with underfloor heating, only glued flooring is suitable. However, I’d rather not glue tiles, parquet, or carpet down now, which might have to be removed after a few years if I want something different for the child’s room. So the idea came up to simply “seal” the floor somehow, maybe with a type of floor lacquer like the kind used in garages...?
I have no experience with this at all and would appreciate comments, opinions, and advice from those more experienced ;-)
Have a nice day,
Teufelchen
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Teufelchen198525 Sep 2014 10:23So you mean it’s not necessary to glue this? My heating engineer said that if you never turn on the heating in a room, for example a bedroom, then you could lay a floor that doesn’t have to be glued down. Otherwise, the flooring should be glued... That’s why the idea came up to use this “coating,” which is apparently applied directly to the floor. At the moment, I don’t know the costs for that.
Or should the PVC flooring be glued?
Or should the PVC flooring be glued?
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Bauexperte25 Sep 2014 10:58Hello,
And didn’t he strongly advise you against keeping the heating off constantly? By doing so, you create cold bridges, which should be avoided during the planning of a new build 😉
Do you perhaps mean a “smooth concrete finish,” as is often found in basements? For a single room, the cost shouldn’t be very high.
Regards, Bauexperte
Teufelchen1985 schrieb:
My heating technician just said that if you never turn on the heating in a room, for example a bedroom,
And didn’t he strongly advise you against keeping the heating off constantly? By doing so, you create cold bridges, which should be avoided during the planning of a new build 😉
Teufelchen1985 schrieb:
That’s why the “idea” came up to use this “coating,” which apparently is applied directly onto the floor. Although I don’t know the costs yet.
Do you perhaps mean a “smooth concrete finish,” as is often found in basements? For a single room, the cost shouldn’t be very high.
Regards, Bauexperte
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Teufelchen19858 Oct 2014 10:13Yes, I will probably ask my building expert about that. As I said, I have never used something like this before, so I didn’t know the exact term.
Can this "concrete smoothing screed" be simply left as is or sanded down later if you decide to install tiles or parquet flooring, or does it need to be completely removed?
Can this "concrete smoothing screed" be simply left as is or sanded down later if you decide to install tiles or parquet flooring, or does it need to be completely removed?
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Bauexperte8 Oct 2014 10:27Hello,
Best regards, Bauexperte
Teufelchen1985 schrieb:For this, you would already need to know today which floor covering (tiles, parquet, carpet, cork, etc.) will eventually be installed… primarily because of the different floor levels between hallway and rooms (screed heights) as well as the height of the interior doors. Once all of this is final, you can install any floor covering you want—following the relevant installation guidelines.
Is it possible to simply leave this "concrete smooth screed" as it is or maybe sand it down later if you decide on tiles or parquet, or does it have to be completely removed?
Best regards, Bauexperte
We have underfloor heating throughout the entire house and installed click-lock laminate/click-lock vinyl flooring everywhere (except in the bathrooms and kitchen, where tiles were used). The laminate/vinyl is suitable for underfloor heating (this is also indicated on the respective products), so in my opinion, it is not absolutely necessary to use glued flooring with underfloor heating.
doitlikeralph11 Nov 2014 12:26I find click-lock laminate very practical
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