Construction progress: Duplex with WU basement and developed attic

The whole thing is a bit like Fitzcarraldo.
The house is the ship and is Klaus Kinski.

So you mean: it will be a "visual artwork"? And in the end Kinski stands grinning broadly with the cigar on the ship... So he probably ended up happy ;) We all probably wish that for as well.

It all reads like a gambling addict who can't accept the end because they've already put so much into the machine. They are not open to advice either. Rather, they cling to a straw that's already bending and sucking in air.

The OP was asked by several members to report on the construction progress. It is probably inappropriate to respond to that with such an absurd comment.

What is written here sounds completely illogical to me. Our ex-heating engineer, who back then mentioned the underfloor heating pipes under the tub, said that we shouldn’t use parquet flooring in the whole house because the heat wouldn’t come through sufficiently there.

But that is also utter nonsense. My whole life I have lived in houses that have wooden floors on underfloor heating. None of them failed to heat adequately. Do you know those depictions of objects that look completely different from two different sides and each viewer from one side claims to be right? The shadow of a cylinder is such an example. If the light comes from one side it is a circle, if it comes from the other side it is a rectangle. It seems to me that you are not able to turn your perspective by 30 degrees to realize that the other person might also not be wrong. Many things, especially in construction, can be implemented reasonably one way or another. Not everyone who builds something different than what you have read up on or what your expert considers the ultimate is a bungler. You will not find a house that was built 100% DIN-compliant. You can wear yourself out on such things — or you can have your house built. Your aggressive way of communicating does the rest. Nobody puts up with that long in real life. I predict that you will never finish the house if you don’t make a course correction.

... You will not find a house that is 100% DIN-compliant built...

I believe is more concerned with the house being completed according to contract. She is a contract specialist if I remember correctly. And I recall a saying regarding contracts: A contract is a contract is a contract. And contracts must be fulfilled. I am happy about progress on every construction. Whether and how the OP reaches the goal is up to her, and we should simply take the opportunity to draw our own lessons from her reports ;)

That is complete nonsense. My whole life I have lived in houses with wooden floors over underfloor heating. None of them failed to heat sufficiently.

Do you know those depictions of objects that look completely different from two sides and each viewer from one side insists they are right? The shadow of a cylinder is one such example. If the light comes from one side, it is a circle; if it comes from the other, it is a rectangle.

With you, it seems to me that you are not able to turn your perspective by 30 degrees to realize that the other side might also not be wrong. Many things, especially in construction, can be sensibly implemented one way or the other. Not everyone is a bungler who builds something different from what you have read or what your expert considers the ultimate standard. You will not find a house built 100% according to DIN standards. You can exhaust yourself over that—or you can have your house built. Your aggressive way of communicating adds to the problem. No one puts up with that for long in real life. I predict that you will never finish the house if you do not change course.

You don’t have to predict anything to me. Tell me, don’t you all have children or anyone else you feel the need to lecture or can’t you read? I am ending this thread now because you obviously do not understand that I neither need your great advice nor your criticism. Sorry to those who asked me to continue writing, but this makes no sense here.

: Thank you. But as you can see, it is pointless. Regards

What is written here sounds completely illogical to me. Our former heating installer, who dealt with the under-bathfloor heating pipes, said back then that we shouldn’t take parquet flooring in the entire house because the heat wouldn’t come through sufficiently there. And now you want to tell me that the heat from the underlying underfloor heating pipes can pass through 1. the screed and tiles, 2. the styrofoam of the bath carrier, and 3. also through the bathtub itself and warm the room. Well, I believe many things, but not that.

Underfloor heating works by heating the screed and through the resulting warming of all objects in the room; it is a radiant heating system. Naturally, this also heats objects and materials lying on and above the screed. This also includes the bath carrier and the bathtub itself. If you have areas in the screed without pipes, this area must be warmed by the surrounding pipes; as a consequence, you deliver less heat overall to the room and have to work with higher flow temperatures.