Hello,
as we continue planning our house, the question now is which flooring to choose for the entire ground floor (hallway, utility room, kitchen, dining/living room). We have underfloor heating, white interior doors, and a fireplace.
The options are wood-look tiles in sizes 20x80 cm (8x31 inches) or 15x90 cm (6x35 inches), a high-quality laminate flooring designed for commercial use, or engineered hardwood flooring.
What would you recommend based on durability, comfort, and sensitivity?
as we continue planning our house, the question now is which flooring to choose for the entire ground floor (hallway, utility room, kitchen, dining/living room). We have underfloor heating, white interior doors, and a fireplace.
The options are wood-look tiles in sizes 20x80 cm (8x31 inches) or 15x90 cm (6x35 inches), a high-quality laminate flooring designed for commercial use, or engineered hardwood flooring.
What would you recommend based on durability, comfort, and sensitivity?
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Bieber081517 Apr 2016 23:22nils1985 schrieb:
The options are wood-look tiles in sizes 20x80 or 15x90 cm (8x31½ inches or 6x35½ inches), a high-quality laminate flooring for commercial properties, or prefinished parquet flooring? If you want wood-look, then 15 x 90 cm (6 x 35½ inches)! Even better: parquet or cork. Does anyone still install plank flooring in single-family homes?
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Bieber081518 Apr 2016 07:19nils1985 schrieb:
What about hardwood flooring in the kitchen? Nice! But, as with everything in life, it comes down to personal preference. Not everyone likes hardwood, and if you butcher an animal every week, you’re better off using stainless steel or possibly tiles (up to ceiling height). From what I’ve seen, households don’t do anything in their kitchens that wouldn’t also work well with hardwood flooring (if that was the direction of your question).
In an open-plan living-dining-kitchen area, I would use the same flooring from the living area in the kitchen, not the other way around.
We have tiles everywhere... so far, we haven't noticed any coldness underfoot; some slight occurrence is normal and definitely not uncomfortable. The tiles are very durable – but unfortunately, cleaning is unavoidable.
The only thing that bothers me is the impact noise when the kids (who are definitely heel-walkers) play “horse” in the upstairs hallway.
What would I do now? I think I’d go with hardwood flooring downstairs and cork upstairs, just to try it out.
We’ve had laminate flooring many times in apartments, which clearly ranks below tiles. Carpet is nice but too high-maintenance for us... and it swallows Lego bricks.
The only thing that bothers me is the impact noise when the kids (who are definitely heel-walkers) play “horse” in the upstairs hallway.
What would I do now? I think I’d go with hardwood flooring downstairs and cork upstairs, just to try it out.
We’ve had laminate flooring many times in apartments, which clearly ranks below tiles. Carpet is nice but too high-maintenance for us... and it swallows Lego bricks.
Over the past few years, we have lived with all kinds of flooring. The least pleasant for me was laminate. Well, in the respective house, the cheapest option was installed, but it wasn’t nice. The artificial feel underfoot and the noise when walking (and playing) were unpleasant. We had mostly tile flooring. That was especially nice and comfortable with underfloor heating. However, the quality of the tile makes a big difference. Currently, we have large, anthracite-colored tiles without underfloor heating—which is also uncomfortable! The tile is very sensitive; just after cleaning it, if you walk over it once, it looks dirty again. And I find it somewhat cold.
My favorite was hardwood flooring and the 100-year-old wooden floorboards currently exposed on the upper floor.
For the current house planning, it looks like we will go with hardwood or vinyl flooring on the ground floor (including the kitchen) and vinyl upstairs. There will also be carpet in the bedrooms.
My favorite was hardwood flooring and the 100-year-old wooden floorboards currently exposed on the upper floor.
For the current house planning, it looks like we will go with hardwood or vinyl flooring on the ground floor (including the kitchen) and vinyl upstairs. There will also be carpet in the bedrooms.
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nordanney18 Apr 2016 12:43Saruss schrieb:
Well, I think that’s a very general statement. I couldn’t imagine my life without plastics.. Yes, that’s true – but that’s just my opinion about flooring in the house. You spend hundreds of thousands of euros on a house and then save 2,000 € for a significantly higher-quality floor (whether it’s a really nice tile or hardwood flooring).
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