Our 80 wool 20 nylon carpets have a tog value somewhere between 1 4 and 2 3.
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.
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 tog value is displayed on each of our carpet pages and on our tog values page.
This showed that a carpet underlay with a combined thermal resistance of less than 2 5 togs allows underfloor systems to operate efficiently.
Underfloor heating can be used with most types of carpet.
Hard surfaces like stone or ceramic tiles or engineered wood offer the best heat transfer as they are the most thermally conductive but many other options work well.
The best flooring for underfloor heating is one that efficiently transfers heat from the ufh to the surface of the floor.
Does underfloor heating work with carpets.
Home underfloor heating the best flooring for underfloor heating carpet rugs with ufh.
The assumption is that because a carpet insulates it will prevent an underfloor heating system from.
The combined laboratory tested thermal resistance of these was in the range 2 6 3 4 tog.
The following guidelines will help you get the best from your nu heat new build or retrofit ufh system.