Vinyl vs. Lindura, cork print, laminate? (Logoclic Xtreme)

I wonder why everyone considers sanding the ultimate of parquet.

Now I would of course be interested to know how many parquet owners have ever sanded their parquet. That can't be the only main advantage. In the end, it also costs money, makes a mess, and you might be better off with a new floor.

I searched for statistics but found none.

Hello everyone,
we are also interested in the Lindura floor and want to lay it in all rooms on the ground floor (except the utility room). Can someone tell me something about the acoustic properties of the floor?
In the hardware stores, the floor was always laid without impact sound insulation. Does it rattle just as loudly as laminate?

I look forward to a testimonial.
Thank you!

Hello mwislander,

I personally find the sound characteristics pleasant. However, from my perspective, today's laminate floors no longer sound as terrible as they used to. The manufacturers, especially in the mid to upper price range, have learned a lot in this regard. In my opinion, the floor should be glued down even with underfloor heating, without impact sound insulation.

I am, of course, always interested in arguments for other installation methods.

Best regards

Fanta

Thank you Fanta for the quick response. That really sounds good in the truest sense of the word.

However, I do not want to dispense with impact sound insulation. I found the following passage in the installation instructions:

For floors that are not already factory-equipped with an impact sound insulation layer, you must use x-foam foil, x-Silence 15 DB, x-Silence 20, x-Silence 25 DB or x-Duo-Guard for insulation. (When using x-Silence 25 DB, x-Silence 15 DB or x-Duo-Guard, an additional 0.2-millimeter PE foil is not required.)

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All x-Lindura wood floors are suitable for installation on controlled warm water underfloor heating.

Please note the following instructions: When installed with x-Silence 25 DB, x-Lindura wood floors have a thermal resistance of 0.084 m2 K/W. Due to the natural foot warmth of the floor, the underfloor heating can be turned off earlier during transitional periods compared to ceramic floors. A uniform surface temperature is also achieved with x-floorboards on underfloor heating.
The floors must not be covered with coverings such as carpets, runners, mats, or other overlays, as these can cause heat buildup. Floor coverings of this type react with deformation and joint formation.

For installation, the product datasheet states:

Suitable for warm water underfloor heating.
An electrically operated underfloor heating system is generally suitable if it is installed in the screed or concrete layer and therefore not lying as a foil heating on the concrete layer. The heating coils | pipes | wires must be laid over the entire surface and not only partially present. If the surfaces are only partially heated, the floor covering must be provided with movement joints (system-bound rails). The maximum surface temperature of 26°C must not be exceeded.
Commercially available foil heating systems cannot generally be approved. An exception is self-regulating heating systems, provided the surface temperature of 26°C is observed.
Floating installation

Regards

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Good evening,

it really can’t be that difficult to follow the forum rules? I have now manually removed the advertising completely; next time I will delete, because that is faster.

Thank you very much and greetings from the Rhineland
Bauexperte

I have also read the installation instructions. We initially wanted to lay the floor floating as well. This would also be easier for us as laymen. However, in conversations with the specialist salespeople, we were repeatedly advised to glue the floor. On the one hand, the sound development is supposed to be significantly better and on the other hand, the heat transfer is supposed to be better. There are several posts about this on the WWW. Gluing is clearly better for heat transfer with underfloor heating. However, it is often criticized that removing the floor is more laborious and especially dirtier. It is also repeatedly mentioned that in some cases the floor was laid too early, on the still not completely dried subfloor. Maybe there is someone in the forum who has glued their finished floor? I would be grateful for tips on installing it. Best regards Fanta

Has anyone here already laid the floor? I have Lindura in mind, but I want to install it as a floating floor over underfloor heating (WW) and I still have a strange feeling about the floor (after all, it’s not really a genuine wood floor, is it?)