Wood-look tiles - What do you think of these tiles?

"...That's nice for you if you like them!

But tiles in wood look, in formats which then in my opinion also offer less design flexibility? I just want to understand how a person gets the idea to put wood in the form of tiles on their floors."


Quite simply, if you want a low-maintenance, relatively resilient flooring that doesn't swell immediately if something is spilled, doesn't scratch when you have a small stone under your shoe, and conducts the heat from underfloor heating very well.
BTW, we can hardly get enough of our wood look tiles and find them rather more and more beautiful.
Our kitchen builder, on the other hand a "tile hater" and "parquet fetishist," had to look twice himself to see if they were really tiles (which I don't quite understand)...

...in new buildings with low flow temperatures, the surface temperature will certainly be significantly below your body temperature -> the tiled floor will be perceived as "cool." The maximum flow temperature for us on the coldest winter days, for example, is around 30 degrees.

And the skin surface temperature is, to my knowledge, about 27 - 28 degrees (which is also why the waterbed is set at this temperature). So we never have cold feet with approximately 30 degrees flow temperature @ 0° outside.

And the skin surface temperature is, to my knowledge, about 27 - 28 degrees (hence the waterbed at this temperature). So we never have cold feet at around 30 degrees flow temperature @ 0° outside.

...but the 30 degrees flow temperature (which, in my opinion, is already a lot in a new building at 0 degrees ambient temperature) never actually reaches the surface of the floor covering.

Right, according to the thermal imaging camera, I think it was between 26 and 27... But the feet are never unpleasantly cold, except on the unheated stair steps down to the basement. The 30 degrees are needed (especially in the bathroom), since my wife likes to have at least 24 degrees in the living room. For me, it could be about 2 degrees cooler, then probably 27-28 would be enough. The house is also built according to the Energy Saving Ordinance 2009, so it's basically already old.

Right, according to the thermal imaging camera it was probably between 26 and 27... But the feet never feel uncomfortably cold, except on the unheated stair steps down to the basement. The 30 degrees are needed (especially in the bathroom) because my wife already likes at least 24 degrees in the living room For me, it could be about 2 degrees cooler, then 27-28 would probably be enough. The house is also according to the Energy Saving Ordinance 2009, so basically already old

I believe that it does not only depend on the temperature how "cold" something feels, but to a large extent also on the thermal conductivity. Therefore, 20°C cold carpet may feel much warmer than 27°C warm tiles because the heat is not withdrawn from the body/feet as much. There is also the factor of subjectivity. What is still bitterly cold for one person might already be warm for someone else.

There is also subjectivity. What is bitterly cold for one person may already be warm for someone else.

Oh yes - while I prefer to jump through the house in short clothes, my wife could very well bundle up warmly.