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Wanted to lay the floors of Children's Room 1 + Children's Room 2 through the mini hallway - the longest planks are about 6m

6 m should not be a problem, especially not with laminate. Parquet is more critical, it can warp and start to creak. The temperature differences between the rooms are not really the problem, rather the different humidity levels between summer and winter. That might be about 60% versus 40%. And if each plank only expands or contracts by 1/10 mm, you can quickly have trouble with parquet. Laminate is less critical in that regard.

Best regards,
Andreas

6 m shouldn’t be a problem, especially not with laminate. Parquet is more critical; it tends to warp and start creaking. The temperature differences between rooms aren’t really the issue, more the different humidity levels between summer and winter. That might be around 60% versus 40%. And if every plank only moves 1/10 mm, with parquet you’ll quickly have trouble. Laminate is less critical in that regard.

Best regards,
Andreas

I’ve now also gone all in and followed through… I’ll report if it was a mistake – for now it looks fantastic and since today our living/dining room is a little dance floor.

I’m already looking forward to resting from my "vacation" at work on Monday…

It must be noted that doing the painting and flooring ourselves was not as easy as expected.

Without occasional help from friends and an enormous amount of help from dad / father-in-law, it wouldn’t have been possible in two weeks. I roughly calculated: about 250 working hours; compared to a general contractor, we saved almost €7000.

On the left in the picture, is that a paragraph about the tiles?

It should be noted that the DIY painting and flooring did not go as smoothly as expected.

Without sporadic help from friends and a lot of help from dad / father-in-law, it wouldn't have been possible in two weeks.

Yep, it's easy to underestimate that. Back then, we laid about 230 sqm of flooring and installed 16 doors in 9 days. I had muscle soreness for a week afterward...

Best regards,

Andreas

Is that a recess for the tiles on the left side of the picture?

Optical illusion... it's relatively flush in height - just missing a trim strip

Would a small paragraph be so bad?