JanineR
2015-05-28 23:29:54
- #1
Hello!
We originally wanted to lay laminate in the living room with dining area and open kitchen. Toscana Flair from OBI.
Now I am reading and reading and wondering about the pollutants in laminate.
Since we have two small children, this is especially important to me.
Here are my thoughts on this:
1. Laminate, questionable whether it contains pollutants aside from the texture.
Alternatives:
We don’t want tiles, PVC and linoleum are also out of the question.
2. Parquet,
Did I understand correctly regarding underfloor heating: heating up takes longer, but once the wood is warm, then basically no difference?
And then ideally fully glued down for underfloor heating (although some say floating wouldn’t make much difference...)
3. Engineered hardwood with click system would suit me, but what about pollutants there (since it’s not solid wood)?
4. Cork engineered hardwood would also be interesting for us in the children’s rooms, no underfloor heating there. But what about pollutants here?
And with underfloor heating, does it also take longer to warm up but then works well?
5. Solid wood planks/solid wood floorboards, actually our dream covering... unfortunately high build-up height. Due to underfloor heating, extreme gap formation possible.
Please share your thoughts on this with me, have I understood everything correctly so far?
And what do you think about my concerns regarding pollutants?
Best regards
We originally wanted to lay laminate in the living room with dining area and open kitchen. Toscana Flair from OBI.
Now I am reading and reading and wondering about the pollutants in laminate.
Since we have two small children, this is especially important to me.
Here are my thoughts on this:
1. Laminate, questionable whether it contains pollutants aside from the texture.
Alternatives:
We don’t want tiles, PVC and linoleum are also out of the question.
2. Parquet,
Did I understand correctly regarding underfloor heating: heating up takes longer, but once the wood is warm, then basically no difference?
And then ideally fully glued down for underfloor heating (although some say floating wouldn’t make much difference...)
3. Engineered hardwood with click system would suit me, but what about pollutants there (since it’s not solid wood)?
4. Cork engineered hardwood would also be interesting for us in the children’s rooms, no underfloor heating there. But what about pollutants here?
And with underfloor heating, does it also take longer to warm up but then works well?
5. Solid wood planks/solid wood floorboards, actually our dream covering... unfortunately high build-up height. Due to underfloor heating, extreme gap formation possible.
Please share your thoughts on this with me, have I understood everything correctly so far?
And what do you think about my concerns regarding pollutants?
Best regards