ᐅ Vinyl Flooring: Should It Only Be Glued When Used Over Underfloor Heating?
Created on: 10 Jul 2017 15:51
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Hendrik007
Hello everyone,
I was a bit surprised when a professional (hammer) told me today that vinyl flooring on underfloor heating should definitely be glued down, otherwise the heat transfer would not be sufficient.
Is this a common opinion among you as well?
Best regards
I was a bit surprised when a professional (hammer) told me today that vinyl flooring on underfloor heating should definitely be glued down, otherwise the heat transfer would not be sufficient.
Is this a common opinion among you as well?
Best regards
Sorry to ask again, but I really have no idea: for underfloor heating, it’s better to glue it down, that part is clear. But if you want wood flooring, can you use Haro click-lock parquet and just glue it down without any insulation? Or does it have to be a wooden floor without a click system? If so, what is it called?
Only what the flooring installer, the supplier of the coverings, and the heating engineer say: no matter what is written... Wood significantly reduces the efficiency of underfloor heating. Everyone I asked, including BU, who even offers parquet through his joinery department, told me to use glued vinyl, tiles, possibly linoleum or PVC, or glued carpet. Nothing else. Karsten
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Caspar202024 Jul 2017 21:52Parquet is parquet is parquet.
It’s simply wood. And wood just feels completely different from other materials.
We had glued, lacquered multi-layer (3-layer) parquet installed (wear layer was 3.9mm (0.15 inches)). We then sanded it down and oiled it.
The tactile experience is absolutely amazing; especially for walking barefoot.
However, you can only sand it down completely once more at most. After that, the wear layer is too thin. This is basically the biggest downside of typical pre-finished parquet flooring.
If we ever had to redo the floor again (in many years, as you keep re-oiling it), I would actually go for raw parquet and oil it on site.
It’s simply wood. And wood just feels completely different from other materials.
We had glued, lacquered multi-layer (3-layer) parquet installed (wear layer was 3.9mm (0.15 inches)). We then sanded it down and oiled it.
The tactile experience is absolutely amazing; especially for walking barefoot.
However, you can only sand it down completely once more at most. After that, the wear layer is too thin. This is basically the biggest downside of typical pre-finished parquet flooring.
If we ever had to redo the floor again (in many years, as you keep re-oiling it), I would actually go for raw parquet and oil it on site.
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