KlaRa
2020-12-01 17:06:53
- #1
Hello questioner.
First of all, I would like to protect the - even if unknown to me - parquet installer from unobjective evaluations such as "... was too lazy ...".
Certainly, in residential construction, all false joints in a screed are closed, meaning: flanks are force-locked connected.
If (another example) tiles are laid without covering or directional changes, the (closed) false joint is reworked.
With wood and wood-based materials, we have to think differently. For example, whether it is a heated screed (underfloor heating).
Then it is strongly recommended to transfer the joint between rooms, which we then no longer call a "false" joint but an expansion joint, into the top covering.
If we do NOT have a heated screed and the false joints were force-locked (properly) closed, then it again depends on the wood species (beech, oak, other), whether the construction is blocked, i.e., provided with several layers, whether it is a thicker solid parquet than strip parquet or mosaic parquet, possibly as an upright lamella.
This all sounds complicated.
And it is, if you want to evaluate it properly. And one of the most important components, the adhesive, I have not even considered yet.
Let us put it understandably this way:
If it is not a heated screed on which the parquet was laid and a parquet adhesive with a hard-setting adhesive joint was used, then nothing unusual will happen to you and the parquet given the specified room dimensions.
Now having a subsequent joint formed between rooms makes no sense to the power of ten!
Because what awaits you visually, you certainly do not want even with craft-wise demanding execution.
In short and concise terms: that will not work!
You do have a warranty period in which the craft company has a legal claim to remedy all damages caused by improper installation. Which does not mean that I call the installation method "improper"!
To your question: "Oh yes, he glued some kind of fleece over the expansion joint. The purpose behind it?"
Well, he should (!) have force-locked closed and filled the false joints with a reactive resin. If NO, then the fleece does not help, and in fact against NOTHING (wordplay). The installation would thus be pointless.
Final word:
Enjoy the seamless parquet floor, there is absolutely no reason to be afraid, but nevertheless keep the parquet installation order and/or the invoice findable in your files for the next 5 years …
Regards: KlaRa
First of all, I would like to protect the - even if unknown to me - parquet installer from unobjective evaluations such as "... was too lazy ...".
Certainly, in residential construction, all false joints in a screed are closed, meaning: flanks are force-locked connected.
If (another example) tiles are laid without covering or directional changes, the (closed) false joint is reworked.
With wood and wood-based materials, we have to think differently. For example, whether it is a heated screed (underfloor heating).
Then it is strongly recommended to transfer the joint between rooms, which we then no longer call a "false" joint but an expansion joint, into the top covering.
If we do NOT have a heated screed and the false joints were force-locked (properly) closed, then it again depends on the wood species (beech, oak, other), whether the construction is blocked, i.e., provided with several layers, whether it is a thicker solid parquet than strip parquet or mosaic parquet, possibly as an upright lamella.
This all sounds complicated.
And it is, if you want to evaluate it properly. And one of the most important components, the adhesive, I have not even considered yet.
Let us put it understandably this way:
If it is not a heated screed on which the parquet was laid and a parquet adhesive with a hard-setting adhesive joint was used, then nothing unusual will happen to you and the parquet given the specified room dimensions.
Now having a subsequent joint formed between rooms makes no sense to the power of ten!
Because what awaits you visually, you certainly do not want even with craft-wise demanding execution.
In short and concise terms: that will not work!
You do have a warranty period in which the craft company has a legal claim to remedy all damages caused by improper installation. Which does not mean that I call the installation method "improper"!
To your question: "Oh yes, he glued some kind of fleece over the expansion joint. The purpose behind it?"
Well, he should (!) have force-locked closed and filled the false joints with a reactive resin. If NO, then the fleece does not help, and in fact against NOTHING (wordplay). The installation would thus be pointless.
Final word:
Enjoy the seamless parquet floor, there is absolutely no reason to be afraid, but nevertheless keep the parquet installation order and/or the invoice findable in your files for the next 5 years …
Regards: KlaRa