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Underfloor heating | Existing house ground floor
Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.35 PM
Hi there, We are renewing the floor finish with laminate flooring on GF of an existing house and would like to understand if it's suitable to install wet/dry underfloor heating system on GF only. The boiler is on the 1F. I assume that we need a survey visit by the specialist contractor, recommended contractor whose workmanship and repair service is at high quality? Thanks, T
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Complete Maintenance Essex Ltd
Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Yes this is possible, with wet underfloor heating
If your house has suspended floors, with floorboards and a void below. Then you would need to install 100mm celotex fitted between the floor joists, on top of this you would install alluminum spreader plates, and run the pipe work inside the plates. Once this has been laid, you can then put your floorboards back and laminate on top. This is the best option as you lose no floor height.
With a concrete floor, you would lose floor height, because you would have to install insulation with the pipes run inside the insulation, and then lay a self leveling screed on top
With electric, you can lay a thin insulation on either screed or timber floors, then put an electric underfloor heating mat down and then lay the laminate on top.
Wet is expensive to fit because of the work involved, however is far cheaper and more effective than electric for every day use.
Andy
Answered19 December 2020
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Gary King Plumbing & Oil Heating
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Yes that is all possible
Answered15 December 2020
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