Architects and Designer Wooden Hardwood Flooring Projects
Wood Floor Specification
Timber, Forestry Resource and Wood Flooring Guide
Wood Flooring Display at The Building Centre London
What is Engineered Wood Flooring and why use it
Fitting Methods
Wood Flooring Fitting Services
Custom Finishes
Why choose wood flooring
Fitting Solid Wood Floors
Fitting Engineered Hardwood Floors how to do it and all the potential pitfalls including fititng over underfloor Heating
Wood Flooring for Underfloor Heating
Fitting under Skirting Boards
Replacing a floor board in the middle of a floor
Sanding a wooden floor without dust
Creating a White Wood Floor
Applying Blanchon and WOCA oils for wooden floors
Bona Refresher Application
Using Bona Adhesive
Wood Flooring Advice
Oiled Wooden Floor that is sticky
How to Clean a really grubby dirty Brushed and UV Oiled Oak Floor with one of our maintenance kits
WOCA Softwood Lye & Brazil Brown Finish
How to deal with concrete floors when laying wood flooring
Wood Flooring Grading and Type Test Results
Wooden Floor Videos and fitting wooden flooring
Basements and Wood Flooring
Water and Wood Moisture and Humidity

WOCA Oils from Wood Care Denmark ...more info
Fitting Wood Floors beneath Skirting Boards ...more info
WOCA Oiled Finished Wood Flooring ...more info
Buying Wooden Flooring on the Internet ...more info
EAZY FIT Parquet Flooring fitting costs ...more info
Parquet Wood Flooring for use with underfloor heating ...more info
Personal Quotation for Wood Flooring ...more info
WOCA Wood Floor Maintenance Kits ...more info
Micro Bevel and Square Edged Wood Flooring ...more info
Technical Specification Documents ...more info
Wood Flooring for Underfloor Heating
Wood Flooring for Underfloor Heating
WOODEN FLOORS HARDWOOD FLOORING AND UNDERFLOOR HEATING (UFH) : This is a brief overview of an article that can be downloaded and has been produced after extensive research and more importantly our own experience in fitting wooden flooring over underfloor heating (UFH). All of our engineered wooden flooring is suitable for any type of UFH. There is a very interesting article from Brain Sensecall at the end of this publication that gives an independent view of wooden flooring with UFH. As carpets are an insulating material they are not as effective with UFH. PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS.
 
Do not just our word for what we say you can access the Architects NBS web site which is part of the Royal Institute for British Architects here and see for yourself. Please see an extract from their web site:

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Rugs over a wood floor with UFH This is a major disaster waiting to happen, please see a case study on this where rugs weer placed over a wood floor and the consequences of what can happen.
 
Fitting Methods for wood flooring with underfloor heating: There are two main methods for this one is floating a floor with an underlay and the other is gluing the wood floor direct to the screed if you have one and this is the best method.

The following are the basic steps when you are considering choosing UFH with a wooden floor. Wooden flooring is the best material and choice for UFH as it is natural, warm to the touch (not like stone) and environmentally friendly as it is a renewable source that helps the environment and reduces global warming. You should get a certificate from the company that fitted the UFH system to ensure that it is fully operational with controlled temperatures so that the surface temperature does not exceed 27 degrees centigrade.

If no certification is available from the installer:
Before the floor is fitted the under floor heating system should be calibrated back to the boiler to ensure the surface temperatures of the sub floor are correct.
 
If there is no certification it may well invalidate any guarantees that apply to the wooden flooring and you should look at UFH problems. You must follow the advice in the document below for any of our warranties to be effective.  
 
 
Choice of System
Your choice of a UFH system will depend on your current sub floors, height restrictions and what you want the system to do for you. A good source of information can be found on this web site http://www.uhma.org.uk/   Electric carbon film and mat systems are acceptable for background heat and many are now getting more effective but hot water system are generally more efficient and when you glue a wooden floor directly to the heated screed you get the best floor with the warmest touch.  

You should always understand the consequences of what you are doing especially with regards to a wood floor with UFH. There is also a comprehensive document produced by the National Wood Federation (TNWF)in the USA which has been using timber for their wooden floors as well as building since the formation of the states.

There are now a huge number of UFH system manufacturers and installers. It is potential minefield. Wood flooring is the best solution for underfloor heating and if it is left on all the time as a background heat then it will not affect solid wood as much. However you will not always want to leave it on in the summer which is why we always recommend engineered flooring for use with UFH systems. However you can also use Bamboo Flooring with any system as well. The most effective are the hot waters systems.

Wood Flooring for Underfloor Heating
 Wood Flooring for Underfloor Heating
 Wood Flooring for Underfloor Heating
 Wood Flooring for Underfloor Heating
 Wood Flooring for Underfloor Heating