Parquet from the hardware store: Is a 2.5mm wear layer sensible in the long term?

Hello,

I saw parquet flooring today at the hardware store of the company "Haro," which was offered as clearance stock at 40% off. It looked quite interesting.

More precisely "Living by Haro." Does anyone know exactly what that is? Seems to be the hardware store version of the real "Haro"? Poor B-quality or just the cheaper 2.5mm wear layer variant? At least the surface seemed quite decent to me.

An alternative could also be birch parquet from Skandor (Hornbach), for a similarly low price (but that is probably because it is birch).

We would have the parquet glued down because of underfloor heating. However, only in the basement, the rooms will be used less frequently.

Is it any good?
Does anyone have experience with it?
Is it even worth gluing down 2.5mm parquet since you might not be able to sand it and then have a lot of trouble removing it?
Will we regret it in 5 years because it's cheap hardware store stuff?

Nobody sands parquet nowadays. So I don't see a problem with parquet from the hardware store.

I wouldn't do it. A flexible adhesive is required for bonding. Tearing it out again is more than a punishment task. The risk of having to tear it out would be simply too high for the wear layer. It's enough if the hammer falls out of your hand in the basement to break through the 2.5 mm wear layer.

No one sands parquet anymore nowadays. So I don’t see a problem with parquet from the hardware store.

Why does no one sand anymore? It’s not just about the wear layer, but whether it can be properly installed, whether the planks are cut straight, etc...

It’s enough that a hammer falls out of your hand in the basement for the 2.5 mm wear layer to be penetrated.

Hm... in the bedrooms and children’s rooms we have now decided on parquet with a 2.8 mm wear layer. Let’s see if we will regret it. But more wear layer just costs too much.

So does that mean you only glue down parquet from about ~4 mm wear layer or what? But even then, the dents stay for a while after the hammer...

Well, if it is your custom to throw hammers around in the bedroom, then that can certainly happen quickly. In general, however, I would assume that the stresses in bedrooms are different from those in the basement. We have wood flooring throughout the entire house, except for the bathrooms. And where heavy objects have fallen, the dents are clearly deeper than 2 mm. Additionally, we have already had 3 floorboards replaced due to damage. The floor fitter cursed. This flexible adhesive is really hell when it comes to removing it.

In general, I would assume that the loads in the bedrooms are different from those in the basement.

Certainly not in our case. There will be more going on in the bedroom and children's room than in the basement. The basement only contains a study and a hobby room (music, no heavy tools).