Good morning, I'm getting very mixed advice about the suitability of underfloor heating with engineered wood floors. I was planning on doing this for my entire ground floor open plan. Does it give enough heat? Will I still need radiators? Thanks in advance for any advice!

Hi, Engineered wooden floors are available in various thicknesses (plywood layering) and quality specifications. If you're intending on using underfloor heating it is best to speak directly with the supplier to ascertain if you should/not use this in conjunction with underfloor heating to avoid any potential hazards. Hope this helps

Getting conflicting and confusing info and advice on whether it's really OK to have engineered wood flooring with underfloor heating. All the flooring manufacturers say it's fine, our builder says yes it's better than solid wood, but it's not a good idea... Not good heat efficiency inevitably you get some 'lift'. If anyone has experience or views on this I'd love to hear them.

Hi Minipie, Great question - you're right to be concerned about the surface temperature being affected when using rugs with engineered flooring and UFH. We would advise against using a rug in this instance, especially a thick rug as the surface temperature will increase in that section and cause a 'heat spot' which may cause issues. If the surface temperature will still remain no higher than 27C then you should be fine but it's hard to guarantee that with a rug. In addition to this, your flooring underneath the rug would be a different colour to the rest of your floor due to lack of sunlight exposure (although this would even out over months). We hope this helps! www.kahrs.com/gb