ᐅ Which Type of Flooring Is Best for a New Build with Underfloor Heating?
Created on: 28 Jun 2022 12:30
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Pacc666
Hello,
we are looking for suitable flooring for the upper floors.
In the basement and ground floor, the builder will install tiles throughout.
On the first and attic floors, we want to lay the flooring ourselves.
We are looking for a floor that can be installed easily without much experience (I assume it will be a floating floor).
The flooring should be compatible with underfloor heating, meaning it should absorb and distribute heat well. It should also feel pleasantly warm underfoot.
The rooms are bedrooms, a dressing room, and children’s rooms.
The floor should also be durable (not easily scratched or damaged). We don’t have children yet, but one is planned in the future, and the floor should also withstand a larger dog (around 40-50 kg (90-110 lbs)) running across with its claws.
Which type of flooring would you recommend?
Wood flooring? (expensive and sensitive)
Laminate? (with commercial wear rating)
Vinyl?
What about the new bio flooring?
It is advertised as very durable and made from natural raw materials.
Is bio flooring a new alternative to wood flooring, laminate, or vinyl? Or is it just marketing and an unnecessarily expensive product?
we are looking for suitable flooring for the upper floors.
In the basement and ground floor, the builder will install tiles throughout.
On the first and attic floors, we want to lay the flooring ourselves.
We are looking for a floor that can be installed easily without much experience (I assume it will be a floating floor).
The flooring should be compatible with underfloor heating, meaning it should absorb and distribute heat well. It should also feel pleasantly warm underfoot.
The rooms are bedrooms, a dressing room, and children’s rooms.
The floor should also be durable (not easily scratched or damaged). We don’t have children yet, but one is planned in the future, and the floor should also withstand a larger dog (around 40-50 kg (90-110 lbs)) running across with its claws.
Which type of flooring would you recommend?
Wood flooring? (expensive and sensitive)
Laminate? (with commercial wear rating)
Vinyl?
What about the new bio flooring?
It is advertised as very durable and made from natural raw materials.
Is bio flooring a new alternative to wood flooring, laminate, or vinyl? Or is it just marketing and an unnecessarily expensive product?
Kokovi79 schrieb:
but it shouldn’t be run for longer than two to three weeks The length of time it runs depends on the outside temperature and the occupants. It hasn’t run as long as this year in the last 14 years. A minimum of 10 weeks continuously.
When summer is approaching and, for example, temperatures above 30°C (86°F) are forecast in three days, you can start the system gradually and set it to 20°C (68°F)… later then 19°C (66°F)… 18°C (64°F)…
Flow rates remain unchanged except for the bathroom, which I reduce to 50% there.
This way, we get through the summer well in our timber-frame cabin…
driver55 schrieb:
When summer is approaching and, for example, temperatures above 30°C (86°F) are forecast in 3 days, you can start the system slowly and set it to 20°C (68°F)… later then 19°C (66°F)… 18°C (64°F)… Does your temperature control not work automatically?
driver55 schrieb:
Flow rates remain unchanged except for the bathroom, where I reduce it to 50%. This way we manage well through the summer in our timber frame cabin… So you manually reduce the flow rate and increase it again for the heating season?
WilderSueden schrieb:
But what about underfloor cooling? 🙂
WilderSueden schrieb:
We don’t have underfloor cooling yet; I postponed it as a possible upgrade so we wouldn’t use up the budget before the selections. Is it possible to add it later? I didn’t know that.
Kokovi79 schrieb:
and have a humidity and temperature sensor installed. It bothers me that you have to install devices just to monitor that “nothing goes wrong.”
One device is controlling another device, which shouldn’t really be necessary. Something like that 😉
WilderSueden schrieb:
Tiles that look like tiles What do tiles look like anyway? A “tile” is just a term for a “slab.” For example, there are also carpet tiles.
The porcelain stoneware and other materials you think of as tiles come in most and very diverse designs. Whether light or dark, mottled or solid, colorful or monochrome, smooth or rough, textured or flat… any surface can be a tile. Sandstone, concrete, brick, slate, wood, natural stone in all colors… I don’t understand the argument “we don’t like tile look.” For me, it’s the first choice to live casually* in the house with a stylish floor that isn’t uniform like in other new buildings with timber construction, because you can play with the installation pattern… and then add a nice rug under the sofa. That looks elegant. Tiles with sandstone or slate appearance look much more refined than wood. But yes, I wouldn’t want tile in bedrooms either.
*If someone says their parquet floor “has withstood a lot so far,” I assume they take care of it, and for me, it would be annoying always to have to be careful. That’s not the case with “tiles.” But of course, everyone has to decide that for themselves.
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WilderSueden20 Sep 2022 11:05ypg schrieb:
Can these be retrofitted? I didn’t know that.According to the installer, in our case (brine-water heat pump), an additional heat exchanger is required (then it runs without the compressor), and he has to reroute some hoses to 3-way valves. The system is then adjusted according to the dew point table without sensors. It might be different for air-water heat pumps—I’m not familiar with those.
Tiles with a tile look simply mean that. Porcelain stoneware with visible grout lines. Of course, you can also choose thin tiles with a wood look and have them installed with minimal grout lines, but that will cost over 100€ per square meter (around $105 per square foot). That’s too expensive for a wood imitation since you can get the real thing for less. In our case, the trend is clearly moving towards wood look.
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WilderSueden23 Sep 2022 11:28@kati1337 To keep this out of the Flair thread
Yesterday we made the decision to go with hardwood flooring. There were 75 square meters (approximately 807 square feet) left at the promotional price of 70€ (about 70 USD), so the price difference compared to vinyl is still noticeable but not huge anymore. That won’t quite be enough; including waste, we’ll need about 20-25 square meters (215-269 square feet) more. However, it was indicated that the promotion will continue at a slightly higher price.
We are now using Kährs oak décor, which has quite a rustic look.
Yesterday we made the decision to go with hardwood flooring. There were 75 square meters (approximately 807 square feet) left at the promotional price of 70€ (about 70 USD), so the price difference compared to vinyl is still noticeable but not huge anymore. That won’t quite be enough; including waste, we’ll need about 20-25 square meters (215-269 square feet) more. However, it was indicated that the promotion will continue at a slightly higher price.
We are now using Kährs oak décor, which has quite a rustic look.
WilderSueden schrieb:
@kati1337 To keep this off the Flair thread:
Yesterday we decided to go with parquet flooring. At the promotional price of €70, there were about 75 square meters left, so although the price difference to vinyl is still noticeable, it’s not as significant anymore. This won’t be quite enough though — including waste, we’ll need about 20-25 square meters more. However, it was indicated that the promotion will continue at a slightly higher price.
We went with Kährs Oak Decorum, which is quite rustic. Cool, do you have a photo?
What was your decision based on in the end — what were the key factors?
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