Hello,
I had a seller come out to look at installing underfloor heating on the ground floor. It's an uninsulated slab on grade with insulation on top (from the 70s). The seller suggested removing the particle board to save building height and replacing it with a 30mm groove board only. It sounded smart at the time.
But how does it work with non-load-bearing interior walls that stand on top? Do you cut the particle board so that there is a 90mm strip under each wall? Does the foam plastic hold up without the weight being distributed with the help of the particle board? Or if they now tear down the interior walls and lay heating over the entire surface, you get the same problem there building a wall directly on the grooved underfloor heating board?
Maybe it's obvious how it works if you're a carpenter...
Thanks!
I had a seller come out to look at installing underfloor heating on the ground floor. It's an uninsulated slab on grade with insulation on top (from the 70s). The seller suggested removing the particle board to save building height and replacing it with a 30mm groove board only. It sounded smart at the time.
But how does it work with non-load-bearing interior walls that stand on top? Do you cut the particle board so that there is a 90mm strip under each wall? Does the foam plastic hold up without the weight being distributed with the help of the particle board? Or if they now tear down the interior walls and lay heating over the entire surface, you get the same problem there building a wall directly on the grooved underfloor heating board?
Maybe it's obvious how it works if you're a carpenter...
Thanks!