My house was built in the 50’s on a cement slab. The only heating we have is a boiler with the old style in floor heating (copper pipes that seemed like they were randomly placed trough out the house). I’m considering installing pergo – style flooring right over the top of the existing vinyl tiles that are glued to the slab. Would this new flooring effect the way my house is heated? I’m afraid the new flooring would decrease the efficiency of the heating system, or maybe I’m just paranoid.
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Greetings BC,
This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again.
Perhaps it will catch someones attention that can help you with advice.
Cheers
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BC-
Laminate flooring topics have been addressed here on Breaktime a number of different times in the past.
In the event you fail to receive the information you desire, you might find it in the archives.
If you scroll down in the lower left corner of your screen there is a search function that will take you to previous threads dealing with whatever you type in the search bar.
If you type in 'pergo' 'laminate flooring' or other keywords of the subject matter you'll get a supply of data from those old threads.
Perhaps this heating site might be beneficial:
http://www.heatinghelp.com/
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My friend has another laminate installed over two big rooms of radiant heat and it works just fine.
Have a good day
Cliffy
I have oak flooring (3/4" x 2 1/4") installed over radient embedded in gypcrete. It works fine although there is a definate lag time. You should notice some but not significant decrease in responce with your system.
I'm curious about your house. I grew up in a early 50's house that my father built. He installed in-floor using copper. As I understand it, the pipes eventually corroded and the system had to be abandoned. This was after I moved from the area and after Dad sold the house. How is your system holding up?
The first winter we spent in this house we noticed some areas of the floor were real cold. After having an expert over he drained the system and bled the lines which to a long time but he got it working real good. The copper lines that were installed in the floors seem like they're just kind of randomly placed and not embedded very deep. You can actually see the outline of the copper pipes in areas of our original vinyl tiles. This is the only heating system we have in the house and when I first saw it I was definately worried about corrision. To abandon the system would mean running duct work. I definatley don't want to go there.Also, where all the individual in-floor copper lines meet into one main line, three of the connections started to leak recently at the individual shut offs (I'm not sure if those connections are shut-offs or what they are). Over all I like the in floor heating and if I ever get to build a house, in floor heating will definately be my main heating system.