What kind of flooring can be installed over in floor radiant heating?

It’s the gift that just keeps giving: warm in floor radiant floor heating. Just ask anyone who has in floor heating in their home and they’ll tell you how wonderful it is to have a warm floor underfoot (especially during winter!) If you decide that radiant floor heating is an affordable luxury you want in your home, you have two options. If you use a boiler to heat your home, radiant heating can be installed with your hydronic heating. For a home without a boiler, an electric mat can be purchased and installed under these kinds of flooring:

Carpet

If you really want to combine warmth and softness, let the sales associates at the flooring station know when you order the carpet. They can recommend the ideal carpet pad that ensures you can feel the warmth from the in floor heating through the pad.

Laminate

Wood flooring is not an ideal product to install over in floor heating, but laminate is the next best thing. Because laminate is a floating floor, it’s easy to install over radiant floor heating. And with the look of wood or stone, laminate flooring gives you the look you want and the warmth from your in floor heating.

Tile

Tile is one of the most popular floors to install over in floor radiant heating. It’s easy to see why: without radiant floor heating, tile can be cold to the feet. With in floor heating underneath, tiles conduct the heat from a radiant floor heating system and look great.

Engineered hardwood

Engineered hardwood floors differ from wood floors in construction; engineered wood floors are manufactured in layers, making some products suitable for installing over in floor heating. To find out what engineered hardwood products would work, ask an expert at your flooring store to point out what products give you warmth and beauty.