Which floors are suitable for single-family homes? What does the home-building elite recommend?

- Cork the all-rounder, I would lay it immediately, but it just looks so damn sh****... Honestly, I haven't seen a nice cork floor yet :D

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The floor is actually called Liquid Design; you can google it. There are different colors and you can also see the cork pieces in it. Attached are our four selected variants:

We are also considering what to put in the kids' rooms...

- In my opinion, vinyl is quite expensive for the "crappy material," but certainly quite comfortable for kids compared to laminate
- Laminate is cheap but relatively uncomfortable for kids
- Parquet looks great, relatively high quality but probably not the best choice for kids' rooms
- Cork is the all-rounder, I would install it immediately, but it just looks so crappy... Honestly, I've never seen a nice cork floor :D

I can fully agree with these statements :D I see it exactly the same way. Therefore, we have set our sights on vinyl for the kids' rooms. I tend to go for click vinyl which you can easily and cleanly install yourself. I just wonder whether it might be worth the effort to actually glue the vinyl there instead?!

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That's kind of like linoleum, right? Honestly, it looks a bit too sterile to me... Joints/edges/corners are actually also nice :D

How "difficult" is it actually to glue down parquet yourself? It is very strongly recommended for underfloor heating after all...

Certainly more time-consuming than installing it as a floating floor, but all doable if you are willing and not completely clumsy. Regarding the recommendation for underfloor heating, I see it as very relative. Of course, heat transfer is better when glued down than with floating installation, but is this really "significant" nowadays? I believe these recommendations come from earlier times, when houses were less well insulated, considerably higher flow temperatures were used, and everyone still tried to fiddle with the heating. Meaning day and night setbacks, etc. Ultimately, the parquet was also not designed for or suitable for underfloor heating....!? So it probably said: "if at all, then glue down."

I myself have not yet decided conclusively, but will probably glue it down because I don’t really like the "floating and flexible walking feeling." Others ( ) see precisely the latter more as an advantage.

But I did NOT say ugly at all. That is basically very good looking in northern German (or Swabian). :P

Children’s room: When they move out, it has to be renewed anyway. SchalZi: for the 6 hours per night I’m there, I don’t need the floor...

Oh yes, the Swabians... ;)

Basically, you are right. Although that certainly does not apply to the children’s room...!

I can only speak from my own experience, when years ago I chose the flooring in a rented apartment exactly according to this principle. For the larger living room area (35 sqm), I wanted to save and opted for the cheaper laminate (also not no-name) at auction price (about 10 EUR/sqm). For the bedroom (about 15 sqm), I had bought B-grade goods (remaining stock) from a well-known manufacturer for little money and thought that would be enough since I only sleep there. Ultimately, however, this was the cheapest, best and most pleasant floor we had had until then, so we still lamented it for years and learned to appreciate quality goods. For me, if you want to save, better B-grade from a top manufacturer than A-grade from a "no-name" for the same money.

- Parquet looks great, relatively high quality but certainly not the best choice for a children's room

for me there is nothing better for the bedroom ..... I was also skeptical at the time because something like that would bother me, but a carpenter once told me: ok, there are dents, but does it really matter, because life has been lived there and that gives the parquet a special character :-) ...

In the end, I just took parquet and have not regretted it at all :cool:

for me there is nothing better for the bedroom ..... I was also skeptical back then, because something like that would bother me, but a carpenter once told me: ok, there are flaws, but isn't that irrelevant, because life took place there and that in turn gives the parquet a special character :) ... I finally just took parquet and never regretted it at all :cool:

Yes, we will definitely lay parquet in the bedroom, that is not a question for us! I am mainly concerned about the children's rooms... I think it might be more comfortable for children to play on cork/vinyl flooring than on parquet.. But as I said, we ourselves still do not know what we will do... :(