Engineered Flooring Over Hydronic Heating

Heated hardwood flooring is the single most effective luxury upgrade for your home.

Engineered flooring over hydronic heating.

Engineered wood flooring works better for radiant heating than under solid hardwood. North american oak american cherry and american walnut are all appropriate. Engineered flooring even comes in bamboo. However not all engineered wood flooring is recommended or appropriate for use over radiant heating systems.

A good compromise is to install the hydronic system right in a concrete slab and install the wood on the concrete. Engineered wood flooring like laminate it is produced in layers so it has a more stable base that won t react to the heating and cooling process. A correctly installed engineered hardwood floor can resist damage from underfloor heating better than it can resist most localized heating sources. Our laminate flooring is approved for use over radiant heating systems.

The cut and thickness of the wear layer lamina peeled sliced or sawn may also affect how the. One of the best options over radiant heat is to use an engineered hardwood floor. Most manufacturers that manufacturer engineered floating floors provide a warranty for installations over radiant systems with the possible exceptions of their maple and brazilian cherry species but the installation of their flooring have to be done according to their specifications. Engineered wood flooring is in general more dimensionally stable than solid wood flooring.

Laminate over radiant heat shaw s laminate flooring goes perfectly with radiant heating systems. Certain solid hardwood floors are appropriate as well. When you are installing wood floors over top of concrete the double layer two layers of 1 2 ply floating plywood method will be the best method. The purchase of laminate flooring to be installed over hydronic radiant floors or radiant heat should only be entrusted to trained professionals who are qualified to assess the heating system and determine the best type of laminate floor for installation.

There is an alternative to solid hardwood flooring that looks identical but won t dry out from exposure to underfloor heating. Engineered flooring with a less stable wear layer species such as hickory beech and maple are not normally best suited over radiant heat unless otherwise suggested by the flooring manufacturer. But if you do wish to put radiant heating under solid hardwood use quarter sawn wood flooring instead of plain sawn wood flooring. The heating element should be embedded within a sleeper system subfloor under a traditional subfloor or embedded within concrete.

Get your new laminate floor with the carpet guys. But that said even a wood floor will warm up and heat you and the room quite well. With launstein hardwood floors you can enjoy the beauty of natural wood with the comfort of radiant heat. The top layer or wear layer is solid wood and comes in all the same varieties that you ll find with other solid hardwood flooring.