ᐅ Your Experience with Vinyl Flooring – Click Installation or Glue Down?

Created on: 11 Dec 2017 10:28

Hello everyone,

Could you share some experience with both glued and click-lock vinyl flooring? We are currently undecided between glued and click-lock.

I’ve heard that glued vinyl has the advantage of transmitting heat faster (underfloor heating). Okay, but is that really a benefit? If with click-lock it takes 12 hours longer, that’s not such a big deal, and once the heat arrives, it stays.

Thanks in advance. And please don’t criticize right away, I know everyone has different opinions and preferences, but that’s why I’m asking for your experiences. Maybe there’s something we haven’t even considered yet.

Deliverer12 Dec 2017 10:30

#13

77.willo schrieb:
Bonding saves energy and is therefore preferable with underfloor heating.

This is claimed here repeatedly – and as in every other thread, I maintain that it will not be measurable.
So far, no proof has been provided for either theory. That’s why bonding and floating installations continue to be used without issue.

77.willo12 Dec 2017 13:02

#14

That is basic physics. What is there to prove?

chand198612 Dec 2017 13:23

#15

Deliverer schrieb:
This is repeatedly claimed here – and as in every other thread, I argue that it cannot be measured.

Then the air layer beneath clicked flooring would have to conduct heat just as quickly as the adhesive layer under glued flooring. Since air is certainly a much poorer heat conductor than adhesive, the difference must come solely from the thickness of the layers: adhesive >> air.

If that is not the case, identical surface temperatures of the floor must be "bought" with higher temperatures of the heating pipes the slower heat can be transported vertically. This means more energy consumption.

At which point an additional amount of kWh per year is considered significant enough to be measured, I will leave open.

ruppsn12 Dec 2017 13:29

#16

Why should physics be the one field where evidence is not required? Without proof, a theory remains just that: a theory[emoji6]

But no matter how practical it is, what is the actual difference between bonding and clicking, for example, in euro per year? Do you happen to have any figures on that? [emoji4]

Deliverer12 Dec 2017 13:29

#17

77.willo schrieb:
That’s basic physics. What is there to prove?

That’s what I’m saying – but people still insist that even the tiniest bit of air trapped under the floor would end up noticeably affecting the heating bill...

130 square meters (1400 square feet) of vinyl flooring cause about 400 EUR worth of heat pump electricity consumption per year in my case. Even if I could save an incredible 10% by fully bonding it down (I actually estimate it to be at most 1-2%, but I don’t want to sound too controversial), that would never be enough to influence my decision for or against one type of floor covering or another...

Tina mit K9 Jul 2018 14:52

#18

Hello, I would like to revisit this topic and ask if any of you have installed click vinyl flooring in the bathroom?

We are considering it for the bathroom, among other reasons because we don’t have underfloor heating and find tiles too cold underfoot.

Would you know of any reasons against this? The walls and shower will have regular tiles.

ᐅ Your Experience with Vinyl Flooring – Click Installation or Glue Down?

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