Which flooring is suitable in new construction with underfloor heating?

Hello,

we are looking for the right flooring for the upper floors.

In the basement and ground floor, the developer will have tiles installed everywhere.

In the first and attic floors, we want to lay the floor ourselves.

We are looking for a floor that can be laid easily without much knowledge (I think it will be a floating floor).

The floor should, of course, be suitable for underfloor heating, meaning it should absorb the heat well and release it into the room.
The floor should also be pleasantly warm underfoot.

The rooms are bedroom, dressing room, and children's room.

The floor should also be robust (not get scratched or damaged quickly).
We don't have children yet but plan to have one in the future, and the floor should also withstand a large dog (approx. 40-50 kg) walking on it with its claws.

What flooring can you recommend?

Parquet? (expensive and sensitive)
Laminate? (with usage class for commercial use)
Vinyl?

What is the innovative Bio Boden?
[it is promoted as very robust and made from natural raw materials]
Is the BioBoden a new alternative to parquet, laminate, or vinyl? Or is it just marketing and unnecessarily expensive products?

You are looking for a jack of all trades. It does not exist.

Parquet: relatively inexpensive from €25 per sqm. Sensitivity is relative and depends on the wood. But for me, it is the first choice – natural, lively, and warm underfoot.
Laminate: plastic flooring for rental properties, "good laminate" also gladly over €20 per sqm.
Vinyl: plastic flooring that is hyped as design flooring and therefore has a catastrophic price-performance ratio.
BioFloor: plastic again, but without PVC, instead with PU. Also hyped and too expensive at €30-60 per sqm.

We are looking for a floor that one can install oneself without much knowledge (I think it will be floating)

So any floor you mentioned. Floating installation is even easier than gluing. Gluing is only a problem if you have two left hands and feet.

The floor should also be pleasantly warm underfoot

Then please switch from tiles to another covering on the ground floor. Tiles are damn cold, especially in the transitional season, especially if there is a child around.

Oh yes, on the subject of dogs and underfloor heating. Dogs like a sleeping place without underfloor heating very much. Therefore, we spared an area for the dog (he was a Bernese) a few years ago. He liked it.

Thank you

Tiles on the ground floor are installed
I know they can also be colder

We care about a warm floor on the upper floor and attic

Where did you see parquet for 25€/sqm? When I briefly looked, the price was 60€+/sqm

Our budget: approx. 35€/sqm

What minimum wear layer should parquet have?
Do you mean sealed parquet or oiled (which has to be regularly oiled)

You wouldn’t recommend high-quality laminate, vinyl, or biofloor? Even though they are all currently very hyped?

We can’t exclude a part of the underfloor heating, the developer won’t agree to that

Where did you see parquet for 25€/sqm? When I looked briefly, the price was 60€+/sqm

You have to search a bit. Start in Buch or ask Sießl Franz (sits in Riedering and sells Haro second choice). I have glued several hundred sqm of parquet in the last 8 years and only once paid more than 35€ per sqm (that was oiled wenge).

What minimum wear layer should parquet have?

2.5mm is more than enough. Everyone talks about sanding parquet. But it is only done after 50+ years, if at all.

Do you mean sealed parquet or oiled (which must be oiled regularly)

Neither. Sealed probably means lacquered for you. There are modern lacquers that don’t look so glossy anymore, but they are not my thing. I mean factory oiled/waxed parquet. It needs care but doesn’t have to be oiled regularly.

A very robust and hard floor, also somewhat suitable for the claws of dogs, is bamboo parquet. Bamboo is not wood, but a grass, and therefore resistant to moisture and very hard. When using underfloor heating, be sure to check suitability. We ourselves have bamboo parquet, albeit only in one room (installed as a floating floor) and have no complaints. It does what it is supposed to do, also allowing the heat from the underfloor heating to pass through. It is also sustainable and a natural product. You can probably get it from 30€/sqm.

How would the maintenance of a parquet look like? How intensive is the maintenance? How scratch-resistant is, for example, an oak parquet? One would have to see how bamboo looks visually.