Floor Type To Go Over Heated Floor

We wanted a wood floor and spent a lot of time talking to flooring experts.

Floor type to go over heated floor.

Engineered timber is the best type of wood flooring to use with an underfloor heating system as it performs well with changes in floor temperature. If you choose electric heated flooring under hard flooring and plan to use an area rug consider installing the cables only under the flooring that won t be covered by the rug. But adding radiant heating under carpeting may be redundant. Due to the excellent insulating properties of carpeting radiant heating systems will experience efficiency reduction and thus may require that the thermostat is turned up higher than it would be with hard flooring.

In 1973 it has a concrete slab foundation with radiant heat water runs thru copper tubing within slab. Other wood floorings may also be used but with softer and less dense wood attention must be paid to the thickness of floorboards so that the floorboards do not act as an insulator blocking the heat. We were told the only way to go was a wood engineered floor glued down. 14 years later still in good shape and seems to keep house warm and comfortable.

Yes you can install just about any type of flooring over a radiant heat system but i would not recommend any type of vinyl flooring. According to a study conducted by the georgia institute of technology school of textile engineering. And also you want to check with the manufacturer because installing some floor over a radiant heat system will void the warranty.