Does solid wooden flooring have an adverse effect on underfloor heating and is the heat bad for the wood?
2007-02-16 04:16:37 · 7 answers · asked by Carl J 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
It has to be a low heat underfloor heating, no more than 27*C
Stasis Oak from British Hardwoods is suitable
http://www.britishhardwoods.co.uk/images/stasis.pdf
2007-02-16 21:01:22 · answer #1 · answered by I got wood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well underfloor heating with a wooden floor sounds good as it makes the room warmer alot faster but when i had that after a while it made the wood start to shrink as wood does in heated areas bit like putting a wooly jumper in the dryer.. i'd have a look for a wooden flooring that has some sort of heat resistance..
hope this helps
2007-02-16 04:28:21 · answer #2 · answered by sami 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was involved with one of the first underfloor heating jobs in the country in a new build house about 27 years ago. It was a wet system (Wirsbo) and was in a concrete screed on the ground floor and suspended wooden floor on the upper floor. The flooring throughout was finished in solid Junckers beech. It is still like new to this day, I was actually in the house a few weeks ago
2007-02-16 05:56:40 · answer #3 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can provided you do not use heavy underlay such as cork or rubber and the would is laid on a screed floor(cement) . Sould, depending on correct boiler out put take no more than 15 minutes. However, should a spill occur on a wooden floor it must be totally dried up or warping of the wood may occur. Tile and carpet tend to work better with under floor heating systems.
2016-05-24 06:59:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wood does have some insulating properties, but what's your alternative? You can't walk directly on the heating elements. What kind of underfloor heating do you have?
2007-02-16 04:27:02 · answer #5 · answered by Ted 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heat is not, per se bad for the wood. Usually, solid wood flooring material is stable enough that it won't be affected by the repeated cycles of heating and cooling.
If your heating source is thermal electric, you should be fine, no adverse affects.
For obvious reasons, water based, radiant floor heating systems work best under concrete floors.
2007-02-16 04:26:30 · answer #6 · answered by ken erestu 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but i'd think the heat would warp the wood.
2007-02-16 04:26:10 · answer #7 · answered by nosy old lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋