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Housing - Renovation: Floor Covering on top of Underfloor Heating

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    • CommentAuthormoogaloo
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2007
     
    I am currently having underfloor heating installed in my house. The type of underfloor is the one that sits on top of floor boards and you then need to put a thin covering on top. My underfloor guy suggests something like laminate or floor tiles would be good as they are not too insulating and relatively thin.

    I do like the idea of a wood or tile finish as I have a vomitting cat, but wondered what else was out there beyone laminate, perhaps something greener?
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    Why not go for real wood flooring? If you get it from the right places: the wood and the processing are from europe; the waste is recycled (mostly fibre boards); it's from managed forests; and it'll last a long time. I've just done 40sqm in oak (engineered - 4mm oak veneer, pine base) and it's survived my kids, builders and vomiting cats and dogs.
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    Our Duoplank Oak range wood-engineered floorboards (total thickness 21mm, solid top layer 6mm on 15mm water-resistant-plywood, all from sustainable forests) is guaranteed on underfloor heating.

    Case-study by one of our customers in a self-build project:
    http://woodyoulike.typepad.com/tips/2007/01/casestudy_duopl.html
    • CommentAuthorGuest
    • CommentTimeApr 17th 2007
     
    Solid hardwood timbers are also suitable providing the moisture movement class of the timber species is 'small'. Sweet chestnut is the most common choice - this is available from UK grown timber. Oak can also be used providing the boards are kept narrow (<100mm). If you are using solid timber make sure that you tell your supplier it wiil be used over UFH as the timber wiil have to be specially kiln dried to a moisture content of 6-8%.

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