Bonded installation instead of click-lock installation

There are dif­fer­ent opin­ions on how par­quet and lam­in­ate floor­ing should be installed. The answer is quite simple: Full-sur­­face bond­ing rather than click-in-place install­a­tion. But what are the bene­fits offered by full-sur­­face bond­ing?

1. Longer ser­vice life, lower total cost

The most import­ant advant­age of bon­ded rather than click-lock floor­ing is its dur­ab­il­ity. If par­quet and lam­in­ate are laid loosely or clicked in place (also known as float­ing install­a­tion), the joints will expand over time. This means that water can pen­et­rate more eas­ily and impair the value of the floor. In most cases, the dam­age needs to be repaired and leads to high fol­low-up costs. It is there­fore much more advis­able to use high-qual­ity, low-emis­­sion floor­ing adhes­ives right from the start. The EMICODE^® seal helps you make the right choice.

2. Well suited for under­floor heat­ing

Full-sur­­face bond­ing is also recom­men­ded when installing the floor cov­er­ing on an under­floor heat­ing sys­tem. The reas­on is obvi­ous: Float­ing install­a­tion pro­duces a hol­low space between the floor cov­er­ing and the sub­strate. The heat emit­ted by the heat­ing sys­tem first flows into this inter­me­di­ate lay­er before it heats up the car­pet or the tiles. Nat­ur­ally, this costs time, energy and money.