Wood and Timber Under Floor Heating: Mathewson Underfloor Heating Solutions

Timber Floor Underfloor Heating

Timber floors fall into 3 distinct categories:

Suspended Timber Floors

A traditional joint and flooring system in which the timer floor joists provide the structural support for the flooring material and underfloor heating is provided by installing aluminium diffusion plates between the joists and above thermal insulators.

Sprung Wooden Floors

This is really a derivative of the traditional joisted floor but in this situation the supporting timber joists/battens do not provide the main structural fabric of the building but are part of a system which provides a performance floor for a specific purpose, e.g. a sports hall/dance studio.

In this situation we would generally recommend that the underfloor heating is installed using aluminium diffusion plates laid between battens, but there are some situations depending on the thermal resistivity of the flooring systems in which the underfloor heating could be laid in the supporting structure, either in the slab or the screed.

Floating Floor

Floating floors have become increasingly popular with the increased use of concrete floors as the main structural element.

Generally a floating floor would consist of a concrete floor/substrate being overlaid with an insulating material, a vapour barrier and a particle board floor which is glued together but not actually fixed to the insulation/subfloor. This allows the floor to move in line with changes in the temperature/humidity within the room.

In this situation it would be necessary to utilise pre-routed floor panels with an inlet aluminium diffusion plate to achieve the required output.

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