underfloor heating

[mindz]

we are about to install underfloor heating in the hall, we have bought chipboards that are milled for the heating pipe... but what should be applied before the tiles? there must be something better than floor gypsum that conducts heat better?

 

[SBH]

spackling the floor? either leveling or "regular"

 

[pbengtsson]

Underfloor heating plates before the drywall plays a part, but regardless, it will be warm, and it's what's underneath that is more crucial if you're considering energy losses. Spackel or drywall makes little difference; they are essentially the same. If you want quick temperature regulation, I would skip the chipboard and lay the pipe directly in the self-leveling compound.

 

[mindz]

we will use underfloor heating plates and have placed 19cm insulation under the chipboard, but it feels like there should be something that conducts heat better than a gypsum board?

 

[pbengtsson]

What do you mean by conducting heat better?

 

[SBH]

either filler or drywall. there isn't much else.
you should not have more particle board