Alpinemist Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Going to remove the existing horrible carpets upstairs and put down wooden floors. In Bricorama I've seen Pine wood planks (Tounge and groove, 2cm in depth) on sale.Questions: Can you put electric underfloor heating under pine planks or does the wood need to specially treated?If we don't go with underfloor heating does anyone have experience of what thickness mats we should use to avoid the wood getting cold. We live in a wooden chalet in (74). Seen in Bricorama green under matting 5mm or 2.2mm in depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymcc Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 don't now about electric but we have piled hot water underfloor heating under ordinary pine (non t+g) floorboards, and it works fine, but the gaps probably help with radiation of heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 You will be OK if you use wood suitable for UFH. It will be marked on the packet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We took up the old floorboards of some of our rooms where the floor was too damaged by woodworm to restore, before putting the new ones down, insulated between all the joists with polystyrene about 3 inches deep wedged between them. You can tell which are the new floors!!! Much warmer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemist Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Thanks everyone, maybe some more insulation will give us the warmth instead of UFH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymcc Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 might, if there are cold draughts, however if this is upstairs it might also stop heat rising from downstairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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