The right basis for comfortable living

What’s under­foot in your home? From the hall to the kit­chen to the bath­room – floor­ing is every­where and cov­ers the entire floor space. It thus has a strong impact on the appear­ance of a room. And we always feel it under the soles of our feet. Car­pet, par­quet or vinyl floor­ing? Let your own taste decide – as long as the selec­ted mater­i­al meets the require­ments of the room. With the right type of wood and full-sur­­face bond­ing, even par­quet is suit­able for kit­chens and bath­rooms. Above all, it’s the struc­ture under­neath that determ­ines the com­fort and dur­ab­il­ity of a floor. If you want to make sure that, even after many years, the floor­ing still looks and feels good, you should install it with a health and envir­on­ment­ally friendly adhes­ive.

Bon­ded floor cov­er­ings accom­pany us through­out our lives. They are well able to res­ist foot­steps, romp­ing chil­dren or pets and heavy fur­niture even if it is moved from time to time. Hav­ing been bon­ded to the screed with a power­ful adhes­ive, they will firmly stay in place. How­ever, when choos­ing loose lay or float­ing install­a­tion, floor cov­er­ings like par­quet ele­ments and vinyl planks will always remain in motion. This leads to faster wear and tear at corners and edges. The ele­ments may also start to vibrate and cause dis­turb­ing room noise. Loose-lay car­pet and PVC floor­ing can form bumps and waves or start to shift. When exposed to heat and humid­ity, some floor­ing mater­i­als tend to expand, which may lead to buck­ling and tent­ing seams. At low tem­per­at­ures and dry room air, by con­trast, the floor­ing tends to shrink, which may res­ult in the form­a­tion of joints. But if you choose full-sur­­face bond­ing instead of loose lay, the floor­ing will be pro­tec­ted from these cli­mat­ic influ­ences.

A bene­fit for our envir­on­ment and your house­hold budget: With bon­ded install­a­tion, the heat from under­floor heat­ing sys­tems is trans­ferred into the room much more quickly and effi­ciently, because there is no sep­ar­at­ing air lay­er between floor cov­er­ing and sub­strate. In terms of design, there are prac­tic­ally no lim­its. Dif­fer­ent floor­ing mater­i­als can be mixed and installed through sev­er­al rooms in a row, on the same height and with no need to install dis­turb­ing rails. All in all, there are many argu­ments in favor of bon­ded install­a­tion. But how healthy is this install­a­tion meth­od for your home?