Thickness of floor coverings

2016-03-18 14:35:34

Do me a favor and plan something more sustainable than laminate there.
Laminate would be an option for me only in a rental apartment, never in a home you own.

Why? It is cheap, "anyone" can easily install it themselves, and if you get tired of the look or it is worn out, it is quite easy to replace. Especially in children's rooms, for example, I would never install parquet.

2016-03-18 15:00:42

For example, I would never lay parquet flooring in children's rooms.

Why?
Our parquet (our three children don't know any other type of flooring) does not suffer from the children. They would really have to try hard to get marks on the oiled country house floorboards - so far it has gone very well for eight years.
Laminate is just plastic, and I don't want to walk and live on plastic.
But - as so often - it's a matter of the budget and above all personal taste.

2016-03-18 15:49:21

Haptics are overrated, at least my feet aren't that picky. Otherwise, it's also a matter of taste; with laminate, you have clearly more and different designs, colors, etc. than with parquet and the like (only vinyl can keep up). In the children's rooms, we use it because of the look and because it doesn't have to last forever.

Maybe for you... a person with healthy senses should even be able to feel the surface through socks. I don't find it exciting that you support the production of artificial materials by buying them, but I can understand it if there's really no money for other coverings and then you resort to the easy-to-lay laminate. I also sometimes use this crutch. I also find the variety of designs in laminate questionable, because the more of something you have available and use, the cheaper the overall impression looks. I simply question it and never cease to be amazed when ecology and organic are talked about, but this material is used as flooring. The flooring has a big influence on the room’s effect. Why this material when something more valuable at the same price can be taken? Is it the childhood of the 90s that led to this "practical" taste? That, for example, linoleum is undervalued even though it's a nice product? I, for example, am a child of the 70s and swear by a warm carpet floor in bedrooms.

2016-03-18 17:22:19

Maybe for you..., a person with healthy senses should even be able to feel the surface through socks.

I don't find it exciting to support the production of synthetic materials by buying them, but I can understand if the money really isn't available for other coverings and one then resorts to the easily installable laminate. I also sometimes resort to this crutch.

I also find the variety of designs in laminate questionable, because the more of something is available and used, the cheaper the whole impression appears.

I simply question and am amazed when ecology and organic are spoken of, but this material is used as a floor covering. The flooring has a very big impact on the room effect. Why this material, when something equally priced but more valuable can be chosen? Is it the childhood of the 90s that has brought about this "practical" taste? That, for example, linoleum is devalued even though it is a nice product? I, for example, am a child of the 70s and swear by a warm carpet floor in bedrooms.

You read things between the lines that are not there. Feeling the surface or assigning relevance to these small differences are two different things. And the difference between laminate and parquet is extremely minimal for the feet, especially with socks. Your post seems very subjective (crutch), but with little argument. By the way, I believe that carpet or multi-layer parquet in manufacturing/installation is also not necessarily "without" impact. And linoleum? And regarding design... Of course, that is an advantage. You are now trying to downplay that quite artificially. Then flooring could be reduced to just wood/light/dark because otherwise the whole impression is cheap. On the contrary, I find that more choice leads to a better harmonious overall picture.

2016-03-18 19:36:56

Just as your subjective feeling does not or barely allow you to perceive the difference, others feel differently. Of course, feeling is subjective, and that is not negative.
You yourself spoke about _yourself_, so I am not reading between the lines.
I do not find it bad at all if someone feels less or sees something as the same, even though others perceive big differences; people are like that: one is more sensitive, the next insensitive.
Just because I have an opinion does not mean that I am perfect or follow the mainstream.
And maybe you should read the meaning of the last sentence, namely that I also have my own lived preferences that "one" nowadays cannot understand with an argument.

Ever been to the barefoot park?

2016-03-18 19:47:14

Ever walked in socks from a room with good laminate flooring into the next with parquet? The feel isn't different, unless it has just been waxed and polished. Aside from that, I prefer to walk barefoot at home rather than with socks and believe my feet are neither sensitive nor delicate, but relatively perceptive. When it comes to texture, the other materials differ more, like carpet, cork, linoleum, vinyl from parquet or laminate, etc., but that's a matter of taste, there are no crutches for that.

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