ᐅ Underfloor Heating and Carpet Flooring

Our development includes 65 terraced houses, each with underfloor heating installed in 1978. At least every second one has had wall-to-wall carpet upstairs since then. We do too. And we have warm feet.

Living with tiles in the bedrooms is also a "rare" preference.

Additionally, no dust floats around because it is attracted to the carpet.

ypg schrieb:

Also, no dust flies around because it is attracted to the carpet.

Wow, as a former severe house dust allergy sufferer, I have to strongly disagree... If that were true, a carpet in the bedroom would be the solution for allergy sufferers, but unfortunately, the opposite is the case.
The only advantage of a carpet is that you don’t see the dust.

Hello Der Da,

Der Da schrieb:

The only advantage of carpet is that you don’t see the dust

Sorry, I have to disagree!

Carpet traps dust, which makes it suitable for people with house dust or mite allergies.

“Borrowed” from daab: “For allergy sufferers, hard floors are only better if they are cleaned very frequently – several times a week – with a damp mop, because dust tends to become more airborne on hard floors than on low-pile carpets.”

PS: My daughter is, among other things, allergic to house dust.

Regards, Bauexperte

When I was still allergic, I couldn’t open my eyes in the morning or breathe properly. This improved after the carpet was removed. I had the same problem in hotels. But after four years of injection therapy, I think I could even sleep inside a vacuum cleaner bag.

My dermatologist also advised me to remove the carpet. There was a nice colorful brochure listing everything you should do: replace mattresses, use allergen-proof bedding, change covers weekly, and so on, up to removing the carpet. Only after this step did my situation become bearable in the rental apartment.

DerDa, the advantage of smooth surfaces might be clear to you. Maybe you just overlooked the topic of underfloor heating, and sometimes you have to believe in it.
However, it is definitely true that dust tends to circulate more with underfloor heating and smooth surfaces.
In the 1990s, there was a trend to "smooth out" bedroom floors. But by now, that trend has been abandoned.

Hello..

In our building specification, for the upper floor hallway, bedroom/children’s room/guest room/office/dressing room, and storage room, carpet is listed as the standard flooring.