What types of flooring can I lay over the floorheater panels?
Almost any kind of flooring material can be laid on top of the panels. However, different flooring materials require different methods of fixing down onto the panels. Wood floors can be laid directly on top of the panels, but due to wood’s “live ” expanding and contracting nature, must not be glued or fixed to them in any way. Hardwood floors should be left “floating” on the panels. However, some hardwood flooring manufacturers may state specifically that their particular flooring must be glued to an underlying surface. Where this is the case, plywood sheeting can be laid directly on top of the panels to create an intermediary surface that the hardwood flooring can then be glued down onto. Maple and beech should never be used with any underfloor heating system. For a more in-depth description of how best to lay a hardwood floor on top of an underfloor heating system, please download the ‘Wooden floors over underfloor heating’ document from our ‘Download’ page on this website. Ceramic t
