Hi, I'm planning to install water-based underfloor heating throughout the house and with that, I want to lay the same flooring throughout the house, including the kitchen. Does anyone have experience with which floors are good for underfloor heating?
I'm trying to read up on which floors could be good. But I mostly end up on flooring manufacturers' websites, and they're the last ones I trust, I feel.
We have just done something similar, about 95 sqm of flooring and underfloor heating. We chose Barlinek 3-strip parquet based on recommendations from friends who recently did the same.
It wasn't very clear if you were looking for parquet, laminate, or tiles? https://www.byggmax.se/parkettgolv-ek-3-stav-lackad-14mm-barlinek
We just did something similar, about 95 square meters of flooring and underfloor heating. We chose Barlinek 3-strip parquet on the recommendation of friends who recently did the same project.
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It wasn't very clear if you were looking for parquet, laminate, or tiles?
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Thanks for the response. I'm not really looking for anything specific, just what works best with underfloor heating. I haven't really been able to find what actually works best. But it's leaning towards parquet.
Never heard anything other than that all types of flooring work well with underfloor heating. Provided that the temperature in the floor stays below the limit specified by the flooring manufacturer.
An expert I spoke with at SP (now RISE) suggested that clinker is preferable as flooring over underfloor heating because it conducts heat more quickly than wood.
Wood can crack, especially parquet can crack if the underfloor heating exceeds 27 degrees and the walls are not sufficiently insulated. Therefore, we did not install underfloor heating where we have solid wood flooring, only where we have stone/clinker.
When looking at different click flooring/parquet, you can ask the supplier if it is compatible with underfloor heating.
On the other hand, I know people who install underfloor heating under wooden planks as well, and they seem to survive
In new constructions, it is common to have underfloor heating beneath parquet, laminate, tiles, etc. I know someone who built a house just over 10 years ago, and nothing has happened to their parquet.
Underfloor heating generally works best in well-insulated houses, and particularly, there should be no drafts from the windows, as that will lead to a cold draft from the floor.
I should perhaps add that we took the opportunity to add extra insulation to the exterior walls and that we recently replaced the windows. But I can honestly say it wasn't because of the underfloor heating, but because we felt it was generally needed for our 70s house.
Should perhaps add that we took the opportunity to add extra insulation to the exterior walls and that we recently replaced the windows. But I can honestly say that it wasn't because of the underfloor heating but because we felt it was generally needed for our 70s house.
Yes, adding extra insulation might have been appropriate. Brick house though, so it's a shame to have to take up space indoors. Windows have already been replaced, we'll see if we feel additional insulation is necessary.
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