Underfloor Heating On Concrete With Wooden Flooring?

[HappyHippyDad]

Hello all on the new forum (where's the full smiley page, I liked that!)

I have been asked to quote for some underfloor heating. It is more of an after thought from the customer as I am due to wire up the new kitchen she thought she may as well have a quote for UFH, although she doesn't think she will go for it. The base is concrete, the flooring will be oak boards and the room is a kitchen.

Usually I install the FCU and thermostat/controller and the builder deals with the actually heating mat, sub floor and tile adhesive etc on top of the mat, I stay out of that part!

My questions are:
1. Could this heating foil (http://www.warmup.co.uk/products/electric-underfloor-heating/foil-heater-system/) just be layed straight on to the concrete floor or do you HAVE to have the insulation boards?
2. Can you just lay the flooring underlay straight on top of the foil? The flooring will be oak floorboards.
3. Are there any other options for this scenario which don't involve screed/cement etc? Any cheaper options than warmup?

Cheer all.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Hello all on the new forum (where's the full smiley page, I liked that!)

I have been asked to quote for some underfloor heating. It is more of an after thought from the customer as I am due to wire up the new kitchen she thought she may as well have a quote for UFH, although she doesn't think she will go for it. The base is concrete, the flooring will be oak boards and the room is a kitchen.

Usually I install the FCU and thermostat/controller and the builder deals with the actually heating mat, sub floor and tile adhesive etc on top of the mat, I stay out of that part!

My questions are:
1. Could this heating foil (http://www.warmup.co.uk/products/electric-underfloor-heating/foil-heater-system/) just be layed straight on to the concrete floor or do you HAVE to have the insulation boards?
2. Can you just lay the flooring underlay straight on top of the foil? The flooring will be oak floorboards.
3. Are there any other options for this scenario which don't involve screed/cement etc? Any cheaper options than warmup?

Cheer all.

The forum sponsor @Uheat – Jake has some useful info on their page. http://www.uheat.co.uk/

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Cheers Lee, I'll take a look

 

[Dan]

See the thread in the arms about a discount too.

 

[GMES]

The forum sponsor @Uheat – Jake has some useful info on their page. http://www.uheat.co.uk/

See the thread in the arms about a discount too.

Cheers Lee, as Dan said before if you need anything from other sites like Amazon etc, it would be helpful to the forum if you could visit them via the links on here as it goes a small way to keeping the forum running. Every little helps

 

[Uheat – Jake]

Hello,

We have a special range of 140w Foilbacked heating mats suited for Under Engineered Wood & Laminate.

http://www.uheat.co.uk/140w-m2-electric-under-wood-laminate-heating-mat/

Our Foil heating mats are used with our Izotherm (Insulating Underlay) and Vapour Barrier (DPM)

Izotherm
http://www.uheat.co.uk/6mm-izotherm-insulating-underlay-6m2/

Vapour Barrier
http://www.uheat.co.uk/vapour-barrier-10m2/

It's sort of a big sandwich starting off with one layer vapour barrier to protect the Izotherm from any wheeping off the screed, the 6mm Insulating underlay is then just laid down, no glue or adhesive required.

Our 140w Foilbacked heating mat is then laid down directly on top of the insulating underlay followed by another layer of vapour barrier to protect the heating element. The engineered Wood floor is then placed directly on top as a floating floor.

It's critical it is a Engineered Wood or Laminate as a Solid Wood flooring would trap the heat and just cause the mat to burn out.

Below is a cross section of the build up.

If you're after a quote please feel free to give me a call or drop me a PM and I can arrange a price for you.
01394593305
Jake

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Hello,

We have a special range of 140w Foilbacked heating mats suited for Under Engineered Wood & Laminate.

http://www.uheat.co.uk/140w-m2-electric-under-wood-laminate-heating-mat/

Our Foil heating mats are used with our Izotherm (Insulating Underlay) and Vapour Barrier (DPM)

Izotherm
http://www.uheat.co.uk/6mm-izotherm-insulating-underlay-6m2/

Vapour Barrier
http://www.uheat.co.uk/vapour-barrier-10m2/

It's sort of a big sandwich starting off with one layer vapour barrier to protect the Izotherm from any wheeping off the screed, the 6mm Insulating underlay is then just laid down, no glue or adhesive required.

Our 140w Foilbacked heating mat is then laid down directly on top of the insulating underlay followed by another layer of vapour barrier to protect the heating element. The engineered Wood floor is then placed directly on top as a floating floor.

It's critical it is a Engineered Wood or Laminate as a Solid Wood flooring would trap the heat and just cause the mat to burn out.

Below is a cross section of the build up.

If you're after a quote please feel free to give me a call or drop me a PM and I can arrange a price for you.
01394593305
Jake

That's really helpful Jake, thanks. I'll give you a call!

 

[Uheat – Jake]

That's really helpful Jake, thanks. I'll give you a call!

No problem, hopefully answered all the questions you had earlier?

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Yep, thanks for the chat Jake, very informative and I'm happy with the quote. I'm sure I'll have a few more questions soon though☺

 

[Dan]

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