Wooden flooring on top of existing tiles

Hi Paul, well both options are good I believe, either skinny layer of adhesive and new tiles(c.10-12mm new layer on top of existing floor) or timber floor/man-made up to 15-20mm on top. If your existing u/f heating is good and you got nice equal heat distribution, extra 15mm approx shouldn't lower heat temp too much, it might take few minutes longer to heat up, but once is on it will keep it. Hope it help a bit. Regards Mark

When laying any wooden floor weather we are laying a cradle system or sticking or clipping the boards where under floor heating is involved you should be laying direct to the subfloor unless cradle system was specified. As for laying on top of floor tiles that’s out of the question. Floor should be stripped back. Approx combined depth with floor tiles and solid or engineered wood we are looking around 40mm. Read the spec on underfloor heating and I’m Pretty sure by the time the heat got through that thickness we would have changed seasons. Strip the floor and do the job properly.

Wood is a good insulator mate, even the man made planks you will surely lose a lot of heat from the underfloor heating. Tile on top of it is your best option I would presume if you try to take up the existing floor you will damage the underfloor heating and have to renew complete

I agree with all the above however I’d have concerns with laying tiles on top of existing tiles without levelling the floor first,especially if the current tiles are textured instead of flat as you’d risk the new tiles being uneven and potentially lifting or cracking.

Hi, as Matthew above says, you can `chance it`or do it properly. The REAL answer, which is that it won`t. Not what you probably want to hear, agreed, but it`s the truth.Chris.