Carpeting possibility - TilersForums.com

[Richard yeo]

Hi there,

Bit of a newbie, but we've just bought a house with UFH throughout. The ground floor is completely tiled, but in two rooms we want carpet.
Can we carpet over the tiles without any issues regarding the heating?
NB: I've selected water UFH as I had to select a prefix, but don't actually know yet.

Any help is much appreciated.

Rich

 

[Qwerty]

Yes you can

 

[Richard yeo]

Excellent. Mega quick respone thanks.
Do I need special underlay etc, and will it block the heat partially? There are no radiators in house, only the UFH.

Cheers

 

[Qwerty]

You need to check what type of ufh you have first, then find the lowest u-value underlay that also won't break down with heat. I've known it to be done a number of times and it's worked just fine.

This should help..... www.brintons.co.uk/underfloor-heating/

 

[Richard yeo]

Nice one, thanks for your help.

Much appreciated.

Rich.

 

[Spacey]

Best to put a smoothing compound over the the tiles first Makes it better to glue grippers to and also obviously smoooths out the grout lines. Cloud 9 radiance or simlar underlay should be used but also take into account the tog value of the carpet