How cheap can parquet be?

Quick question about that: In your opinion, is oiled or lacquered better? I really can't figure out the difference?

Okay, I see, we completely misunderstood the sanding part - but if the parquet would last for 10 years first and then a big sanding job would be needed during the holidays, that would be okay.

But I am mainly struggling with this gluing vs floating installation. I find very contradictory information on Google about it. Do I understand correctly that impact sound insulation is better with gluing and the wood has less play, which then also affects durability?

If I understand that correctly, I have no doubt that gluing would be more sensible. But if we have to pay several thousand more for the gluing by a professional, I unfortunately have to say: just not possible.

That's why we are now wavering again whether laminate might actually be more sensible. Parquet does get more expensive, and before we do it half-heartedly later...

Oh, two more layman questions:

We understood that the wear layer is important to know if and how often you can sand. That also affects the price.

But what about the specification of the thickness?

And: In the house there is impact sound insulation foil under the current laminate. It is then 22 years old. Does it need to be renewed or can it stay?

I am registered in tapa as Mizit, but somehow ...

The gluing of solid planks or parquet is no rocket science either. The planks are cut the same way, only that glue is applied underneath with the notched trowel. Give it a try.

I am not a craftswoman and nevertheless we have already laid parquet several times. Once we glued down prefinished parquet (parquet from Bauwerk) and once glued down solid wood parquet, which then had to be sanded and oiled. The former option, meaning simply gluing down prefinished parquet, is really not rocket science in my opinion, anyone can do it. You just inform yourself how it works and then you get started. Gluing down and sanding solid wood parquet is somewhat more difficult. The sanding, filling and oiling is time-consuming, we needed about two weeks for roughly 40m².

Best regards
Sabine

"You just find out how it works" - you, that sounds very good, but sometimes when it comes to such handiwork things, I try to inform myself by reading and watching tutorials, but I still can't manage it.

As for sanding, let's put that off for now... if we were to lay parquet now, that hopefully wouldn't be an issue for the next few years anyway, and if then in 10 years we hire a professional for sanding, that won't ruin us.

But again about this 20-year-old impact sound insulation foil: it's just lying there now, do you think it can stay like that or does something like that need to be renewed?

We have repeatedly weighed laminate against parquet, but in our own house, of course, everything speaks in favor of parquet.

However, since we have generally underestimated the costs of this and that, we are specifically looking for rather inexpensive parquet. We currently have something from Parador Basic in mind; there, the price per square meter for oak engineered parquet would be just under 28 euros, wear layer 2.5 mm, sorting probably "Rustic." Do you think the quality is okay or not worth the money? We are aware that it can only be sanded once.