Parquet with many small holes (woodworm) installed

How is waste defined here? ... hardly the visual, ....

Ha, you have no idea how these holes would catch my eye every day. And just knowing that I sank my money and the craftsmen's work into this Swiss "cheese" would really "get on my nerves".

Ha, you have no idea how these holes would catch my eye every day. And just the knowledge that I sank my money and the work of the craftsmen into this Swiss "cheese" would really "bother" me.

wrote how they can be sealed almost invisibly. Otherwise: do you scan the floor every day? This belongs to the famous things that go unnoticed unless you actively look for them.

wrote how they can be sealed almost invisibly. Otherwise: Do you scan the floor every day? That belongs to the famous things you overlook unless you actively look for it.

If it comes to that, you might as well roll out carpeting. And yes, that would bother me forever, having burned so much money on something like that. Just as I enjoy my chosen wooden staircase every day, I would be annoyed by the holey floor. But as already said, times change. Quality no longer seems important to many people or has shifted to other areas of consumption. The next generation prefers traveling and experiences instead of high-quality interior design.

Quality no longer seems so important to many people

The assumption that quality is not important to someone just because they have different criteria seems inaccurate to me .... ;-)

Quality no longer seems to be that important to many people

Or there is a different understanding of quality. Isolated tiny holes that could simply be sealed would not be completely irrelevant to me, but rather of tertiary importance.

Quality no longer seems to be as important to many people

I have to refer to this again now!! Quality is definitely very important to us!! Otherwise, we would have had laminate installed or laid 2mm wear layer DIY hardware store parquet floating ourselves. At the same time, the budget is of course limited after buying a house (at least for average consumers like us), so you HAVE to make sacrifices and compromises. In this case, we decided on a knotty, lively parquet because it is simply much cheaper (€50 vs. €90 for the quiet version). Joka is, I believe, a mid-range manufacturer, but definitely of good quality, and we had it glued down by the local master parquet installer. The workmanship is top-notch, and the parquet is generally nice.. except for the minor issue of the holes. We didn’t know about that; the parquet installer didn’t show us the Pd either. The word “wormholes” was not mentioned even once during the consultation/sample presentation. (By the way, there were no whining children present.) This is annoying in hindsight, but I still don’t blame the parquet installer because he did a good job and we don’t have the impression that he wanted to deceive us here. I think it’s just “normal” nowadays. Apparently, wormholes are actually a new phenomenon. I can also imagine this is a result of the sustainability trend and also the enormously increased price of wood… Be that as it may. We no longer get upset about it, we are happy with our nonetheless very beautiful high-quality parquet and keep in mind: next time ask exactly / read the Pd / leave nothing to chance!