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Clod Tiles vs Laminate - Underfloor heating with Air source heat pump
Comments (3)Regardless of what finish you choose, the thing with wet UFH is that it relies on heat building up in and being stored in the floor slab. You don’t really ever turn it off in the winter, you just set the room thermostats for different temperatures at different times of the day. In the summer you just set the thermostat to frost setting so it never kicks in. We have tiles and I like having a cool floor in the summer heat, as do my dogs. In autumn and spring other finishes may feel more cosy as sometimes the tiled floor doesn’t feel obviously warm when the air is up to temp, tho it’s not properly cold either....See MoreEngineered Wood over existing flooring with Underfloor Heating
Comments (2)I would definitely remove the old floor. Let me know if you need help....See MoreNew tiled floor without underfloor heating? Yay or Nay
Comments (12)You’re making the decision the wrong way round. . First decide if you want underfloor heating . If you do you must add a lot of insulation under it otherwise you will spend a fortune on electricity/gas. Wet UFH and gas is cheaper - electric mat will be expensive. If you have solid floors retrofit will be hard and not much easier with wood! UFH will cost you a lot of money to install but is lovely once on if you have it done properly with good insulation. Then decide on flooring. if you don't want UFH then choose the floor you want ! We had real wood for 15 years and it was fine - but expensive now and engineered wood is ok - my neighbour has LVT and it looks great - we’ve retrofitted UFH with a heat pump everywhere and will now tile. Decide on your heating system first then the floor....See MoreUnderfloor heating dilemma
Comments (4)UFH aside, if either floor isn't insulated at the moment, i would consider shaving some concrete off (dining) and replace the wood with steel/reinforced boards (kitchen*), to enable insulating both and thereby make them level. You can calculate the investment return with a heating bill reduction of roughly 15%. (* whether or not the void needs to be filled depends on its height. For example; before our extension we dug away the old concrete slab shed foundation and placed 25cm hard polystyrene within the new foundation rim, before pouring new concrete floors. Our living room still has a 30cm crawl space, which also ventilates the wall cavities towards the attic.) You could then decide if UFH is worth the extra, but more like a luxury, as a couple radiators can warm up the rooms just fine....See More- 5 years ago
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