Solid wood parquet on underfloor heating

...BUT: Glued-down parquet sounds more valuable when walking on it, as it is firmly connected to the floor. That alone is reason enough to glue the parquet. The heating costs saved by 50 cents per month mean nothing to me ;)

I personally have a completely different opinion. Walking on glued parquet sounds rather "harder". I myself have floating parquet (installed by myself, maximum expansion = length 7.1m ;-). Extra rubber dampers under the crossbeam layer and it feels (subjectively!) wonderfully "soft" to walk on. My brother has screwed solid wood floorboards, also floating, somewhat harder as it is solid wood and no extra buffers, but still a great walking feel. A friend has glued parquet (old house, "strip parquet"), it fits the house optically, but is "hard" also thanks to the concrete (screed) subfloor. I already wrote that combined underfloor heating works, there is someone in the forum who has also illustrated this, but unfortunately I have no loose memory who that might have been. I seem to remember it was a wooden house and possibly even with a wooden basement? My recommendation to the OP: Try to walk as much as possible on various types of floors, gladly barefoot or in socks. Creaking of self-installed / screwed floating floors? Yes, probably. I like that ;)

I personally have a very different opinion. Walking on glued parquet sounds rather "harder." I myself have floating installation (done it myself, maximum expansion = length 7.1m ;-). Extra rubber dampers under the crossbeam layer and it feels (subjectively!) amazingly "soft" to walk on. My brother has screwed solid wood planks also floating, somewhat harder because solid wood and no extra buffers, but still a great walking feeling.

But that is different from simply floating on concrete floor with impact sound insulation ;)

I have already written that combined underfloor heating works, there is someone in the forum who also illustrated it, but unfortunately I have no @11ant-like memory of who that could have been. I seem to remember it was a wooden house and possibly even with a wooden basement?

Parquet is not really my area, with wooden houses and quite a few illustrations here I think of and , for example:

After that, the 3-layer boards we had already painted are installed on the ceiling in the attic, then the underfloor heating is laid and the tiles and parquet can be installed.

On top of the KSS came these green mats again and on top of that the panels for the underfloor heating, which were basically laid into a "wooden frame." Then natural parquet was installed on top and it was oiled:

Here there is Weitzer oak parquet "Ice" with a strong brushed finish.

Our decision was for the floor layer Hillen in Vilkerath and Weitzer parquet. After one and a half years we would make the same decision again.

Hello everyone, I just skimmed through the thread here. What I find interesting is that many say that installing parquet as a floating floor would feel more comfortable to walk on. That may be true, I'm currently facing the decision myself. However, I have now consulted various floor installers and they all clearly say to glue it down. Otherwise, the parquet would have a "laminate feel" when walking on it.

yes. In my assessment, the difference is that the non-glued floor is noticeably a bit more flexible, which is pleasant for the "cushioning" of steps. The glued floor is harder but also makes less "rattling" noises, and this can be perceived as more "valuable." For me, the question was: Is the "massive material feel" more important to me (glued), or the (slight) cushioning sports floor property (floating installation). I thought about both and regret that the gluing will feel harder. I decided on gluing because it hinders heat transfer less (mineral materials like tiles or concrete would be even more effective) and overall seems more solid to me. The glued oak layer will only be 8mm thick and is therefore also more favorable for the heating effect. Different types of wood also have different suitable properties regarding heat transfer. Oak is considered less insulating (material density) than, for example, softwood, which is often glued in layers under the parquet wear layer as a supporting element in floating installations.

So "Laminatgefühl" is something completely different! I recommend you try it out. Then you can form your own opinion and don’t have to rely on uninformative comparisons.