What floor types can accommodate under-floor heating?
Virtually any type of floor can accommodate an under-floor heating system: carpets, tiles, wood, laminate or concrete. If you are starting from scratch and laying a solid concrete or screeded floor, the plastic pipe-work is laid out and permanently embedded in the solid floor, with insulation directly beneath the pipe-work to minimize heat loss. If you already have a solid concrete floor and do not want to dig it up, we can install a floating floor on the top, incorporating under-floor heating pipes pressed in to high-density polystyrene sheet with pre-formed pipe grooves in. The floating floor system is then covered with chipboard sheeting. This can be used on all floor coverings not just concrete. Total depth usually: circa 25mm + floor covering. An alternative for existing solid or timber floors is a low-profile panel system, overlaid on the existing surface with panels glued together, 12mm pipe-work laid in the grooves and then the whole is covered by tiles, laminate, or a plywood
