ᐅ Underfloor heating: Is laminate or tile flooring warmer underfoot?
Created on: 6 Dec 2018 15:34
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Hexe1717
Hello,
We are installing underfloor heating in our KfW 55 house and are now considering whether to use tiles or laminate flooring.
Do you have any experience with this?
Which one feels warmer on the feet during summer, and which one in winter?
We don’t want our children to have cold bottoms, but I find carpet too unhygienic.
Thank you very much 🙂!
We are installing underfloor heating in our KfW 55 house and are now considering whether to use tiles or laminate flooring.
Do you have any experience with this?
Which one feels warmer on the feet during summer, and which one in winter?
We don’t want our children to have cold bottoms, but I find carpet too unhygienic.
Thank you very much 🙂!
We have real wood parquet flooring, and it feels very comfortable underfoot—both barefoot and with socks. It is also planed, which provides an incredibly tactile surface; you’d almost want to lie on the bare floor all day and stroke it :-) By the way, it wasn’t more expensive than a high-quality vinyl floor.
We have tiles throughout the ground floor. Yes, the tiles are hard, and it makes quite a loud noise when our little one falls face-first onto the floor, but it's no different outside, where the asphalt surface adds to that.
We also have play rugs, but unfortunately, Lotti can’t read and is not a dog that can be sent to a corner 😀
The ground floor is "generally" warm; our issues are mainly with the heating circuits. Because all the doors are usually open, not all heating circuits activate consistently. The thermostat picks up the temperature from the adjacent hallway or the still open kitchen. So, in winter, some of the tiles can end up being cold.
However, this is less about the tiles themselves and more about our "living habits."
In the study, there is a rough carpet over the tiles, and that room also stays warm. Upstairs, we have laminate flooring, and those rooms also get warm.
We also have play rugs, but unfortunately, Lotti can’t read and is not a dog that can be sent to a corner 😀
The ground floor is "generally" warm; our issues are mainly with the heating circuits. Because all the doors are usually open, not all heating circuits activate consistently. The thermostat picks up the temperature from the adjacent hallway or the still open kitchen. So, in winter, some of the tiles can end up being cold.
However, this is less about the tiles themselves and more about our "living habits."
In the study, there is a rough carpet over the tiles, and that room also stays warm. Upstairs, we have laminate flooring, and those rooms also get warm.
This has nothing to do with it; when all doors are closed, each thermostat controls the air in its respective room and all heating circuits operate.
However, since all our doors are open, we have about 60 sqm (650 sq ft) with 5 heating circuits and 3 thermostats in the kitchen/dining area, living room, and hallway. Depending on how I set the thermostats, either the kitchen heats the living room along with it, or the living room heats the kitchen.
The only solution is to close the doors—but try explaining that to a 2-year-old.
However, since all our doors are open, we have about 60 sqm (650 sq ft) with 5 heating circuits and 3 thermostats in the kitchen/dining area, living room, and hallway. Depending on how I set the thermostats, either the kitchen heats the living room along with it, or the living room heats the kitchen.
The only solution is to close the doors—but try explaining that to a 2-year-old.
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