Carpets For Ufh

That is one of the most common questions plumbers and builders are asked along with which carpet is best for underfloor heating and we are then asked by people that want the luxury and efficiency of a warm water underfloor heating system.

Carpets for ufh.

Underfloor heating can be used with most types of carpet. Our 80 wool 20 nylon carpets have a tog value somewhere between 1 4 and 2 3. Does underfloor heating work with carpets. The assumption is that because a carpet insulates it will prevent an underfloor heating system from.

This showed that a carpet underlay with a combined thermal resistance of less than 2 5 togs allows underfloor systems to operate efficiently. Don t forget to consider the tog value of both the carpet and underlay not just the carpet to be compatible with an underfloor heating system the total combined tog value should not. Carpet rugs with ufh. Carpet acts as a thermal insulator put simply this means that carpeted flooring takes slightly longer to heat up initially but stays warm longer.

Home underfloor heating the best flooring for underfloor heating carpet rugs with ufh. Five different carpet types and two different underlays were tested over an underfloor heating installation in a test chamber that was 4m square by 3m high. The following guidelines will help you get the best from your nu heat new build or retrofit ufh system. The tog value is displayed on each of our carpet pages and on our tog values page.