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Sars
Hi,
I have a stone cottage and am having sandstone flooring on the ground floor with underfloor heating due to the stone being so cold underfoot. I have ordered 23mm thickness calibrated sandstone and would like UFH. The subfloor is concrete and is mostly level.
I have read up and would like to fit the UFH myself but then get my stone masons to lay the stone on top. They have said they will be using a cement type mortar to lay the stone the same as outside but I have read that due to UFH we should be using the heat proof stuff.
I know the UFH is costly so I am trying to keep costs down where possible.
My questions are:
Is the insulation board necessary ?
If we use the special heat proof self level on top of the UFH matts can we then lay the stone using concrete mortar. The difference in price is phenomenal. To reiterate we are not using stone tiles we are using 23mm calibrated sandstone so obviously thicker.
We are just looking to basically take the chill out of the stone, not using the UFH as a primary source of heat as we have wood burner and radiator in the room. Plus the living room is only 22m2 of stone being put down anyway.
Any help please as don't want to get into something before we realise its too much work and cost.
I have a stone cottage and am having sandstone flooring on the ground floor with underfloor heating due to the stone being so cold underfoot. I have ordered 23mm thickness calibrated sandstone and would like UFH. The subfloor is concrete and is mostly level.
I have read up and would like to fit the UFH myself but then get my stone masons to lay the stone on top. They have said they will be using a cement type mortar to lay the stone the same as outside but I have read that due to UFH we should be using the heat proof stuff.
I know the UFH is costly so I am trying to keep costs down where possible.
My questions are:
Is the insulation board necessary ?
If we use the special heat proof self level on top of the UFH matts can we then lay the stone using concrete mortar. The difference in price is phenomenal. To reiterate we are not using stone tiles we are using 23mm calibrated sandstone so obviously thicker.
We are just looking to basically take the chill out of the stone, not using the UFH as a primary source of heat as we have wood burner and radiator in the room. Plus the living room is only 22m2 of stone being put down anyway.
Any help please as don't want to get into something before we realise its too much work and cost.