Carpet Over Radiant Slab

I m finishing a basement room for customers who want to put carpet over the radiant slab.

Carpet over radiant slab.

We wanted a wood floor and spent a lot of time talking to flooring experts. Carpet and in floor radiant heat work well together but it takes more coordination than usual. While you can. How to lay hardwood flooring on heated concrete.

You don t have to rule carpeting out though. The slab is 4 to 5 inches thick and the 1 2 inch pex tubing is laid out on 12 inch centers with 11 2 inches of styrofoam insulation under the slab and around its edges. According to a study conducted by the georgia institute of technology school of textile engineering. You need to use carpet sparingly with radiant heat because of this.

Installing radiant heating under carpeting on the other hand is not as effective. Radiant heating has a lot of appeal. 14 years later still in good shape and seems to keep house warm and comfortable. Both the heating system manufacturer and the carpet pad manufacturers will have to be consulted.

Underfloor heating is well suited for use under carpet provided that care is taken when choosing the carpet the overall thickness of any materials above the heater needs to be taken into account too as this will ensure efficient heat transfer. Carpet is naturally an insulator which makes it more difficult for radiant heat. The slab is at least 5 feet below. Make the right choice for carpet and pad underneath so radiant heat can still warm the.

Tile and hardwood flooring work best when installed over a radiant heating system since these types of flooring feel cold in winter. In 1973 it has a concrete slab foundation with radiant heat water runs thru copper tubing within slab. The best carpet and cushion for radiant floor heating. You will sacrifice cushion for heat transfer.

But adding radiant heating under carpeting may be redundant. We were told the only way to go was a wood engineered floor glued down. It s comfortable and energy efficient and can be safely covered by a variety of traditional flooring. I m concerned the carpet will insulate off some of the heat but i can t talk them out of it.

It is the nature of the beast in floor radiant heat. Due to the excellent insulating properties of carpeting radiant heating systems will experience efficiency reduction and thus may require that the thermostat is turned up higher than it would be with hard flooring.