Flooring. Laminate, engineered parquet, vinyl? Where is the best place to buy?

This office chair has been rolling over the parquet for 2 years!

RobsonMKK, Alex85: Your experiences then completely contradict the almost unanimous opinion of experts that can be read online (websites of parquet layers, articles on websites, etc.).

I can’t tell you anything about that. Really not. I also don’t want to contradict that. It may very well be that annual oiling preserves the floor better. The people I know (apparently) don’t do that. They also refuse to sand after 20 years because the patina of the floor is simply desired.

As written. This felt argument.

Do you actually orient yourself solely based on data sheets? We are talking – I repeat – about flooring for a LIVING space here. It’s not primarily about finding the rationally most effective floor covering for a production hall, garage, or basement. Of course, price, durability, etc. also play a role. But clarify your priorities first. What do you even like? There are worlds between parquet and vinyl, far from car comparisons. One is a high-quality natural product, the other printed plastic. Again: priorities, what is important to you?

In this respect, parquet “felt” is simply parquet in terms of quality. After that, “felt” nothing better except solid wood or natural stone (although I find the latter ugly). But feeling in terms of haptics, smell, etc., is extremely important for a floor covering – living space!!

So you really believe that this advice, to oil once a year, is not necessary, even though it is so often recommended? You think that oiled parquet can compete with or even be superior to vinyl in wear classes 23/34 in terms of resistance?

Based on what you have outlined so far, I can only recommend concreting your living room. Then you can read and compare on the sack beforehand which one is best.

So you really believe that this advice, to oil once a year, is not necessary, even though it is recommended so often? You think that oiled parquet can match vinyl in abrasion class 23/34 in terms of durability or is even superior? Moving furniture around, swivel chair with wheels, Bobby Car, dropping things => all no problem with oiled parquet? Also for dirt and grime in the entrance area is oiled parquet super suitable? Also for the kitchen? Where something might get spilled and possibly only cleaned thoroughly a few hours after the meal?

Hello,

we have had cheap, medium, and expensive engineered parquet, carpet, laminate, cork, and now solid wood floor (2.5cm continuous) oiled, laminate, and tiles. Cheap beech engineered parquet with 4mm wear layer scratched immediately, one dog walked over it = scratches, remote control dropped from 40cm = dent. Cork was an absolute horror, it attracted dirt like nothing else and was no longer cleanable. The laminate has so far no scratches at all, at least we haven't seen any yet and it looks like freshly laid, very easy to maintain. The solid wood floor already scratches and certainly doesn't look like the bamboo floor under the wheels (bamboo is extremely hard anyway) in our home. You just have to come to terms with the scratches on parquet and tell yourself that it looks even better now. At least that's what you read everywhere. If you occasionally wipe the parquet slightly damp, the oil slowly disappears from the wood pores and you should re-oil, otherwise the floor gets dirty very quickly. However, you can also oil only parts of the floor, e.g. leave out the entrance area and the part under the cupboard. We completely re-oiled our wooden floor in the study three weeks ago, it's a bit of work, but afterwards it looks very nice again. However, I find that lacquered parquet only has disadvantages. The floor is practically as cold as laminate, you see the scratches very clearly and moisture penetrates through the scratches into the wood and the scratches turn gray. Then the floor no longer looks nice at all.

Best regards
Sabine

This is what the floor looks like at our place. Bobby cars are driven on it, doll prams, Duplo is played with, and so on.

very nice floorboards you have there!

This office chair has been rolling over the parquet for 2 years!

And is it now oiled (i.e. unsealed) solid bamboo parquet? Never re-oiled and without any blemishes? Not planned to be done anytime soon?