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Carpet Underfloor Heating

Transform your home into a haven of warmth with underfloor heating for carpet

What is carpet underfloor heating?

Underfloor heating and carpets are the ultimate pair, adding both comfort and warmth to your home. While carpets naturally add softness, they can sometimes lack the consistent warmth needed during colder months. Underfloor heating works to resolve this be evenly distributing heat from beneath, ensuring warmth under every step. Whether you're lounging in the living room or walking barefoot in your bedroom, the gentle warmth of underfloor heating for carpet will make any home feel cosy and inviting.

Benefits of carpet underfloor heating

Improved comfort
Nothing beats the luxurious feeling of warm carpet underfoot, especially during colder months. Carpet underfloor heating knocks it up a notch, ensuring even heat distribution in any room. Customers frequently report a noticeable improvement in overall comfort.
Eliminate radiators
With underfloor heating, you can say goodbye to bulky radiators taking up valuable wall space. This allow for more design flexibility in your home, freeing up additional space for furniture and decoration without compromising on heating efficiency.
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficient
Carpet underfloor heating systems are designed to be highly energy-efficient, using a lower temperature when compared to traditional radiators. By distributing heat evenly, these systems also reduce energy waste, saving up to 15-20% on heating bills.

Types of underfloor heating systems for carpets

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Choosing the right underfloor heating system for carpet

Room size

The floor size of your project will play a significant role in deciding on the best underfloor heating system for your project.

For smaller rooms, such as a bathroom or a kitchen, an underfloor heating foil is often the ideal choice due to its easier installation and faster warm-up time.

For larger areas, such as an open plan carpeted living area or a carpeted conservatory, water underfloor heating is the recommended choice due to its lower running costs.

Floor height

The available thickness or height of your floor build-up with underfloor heating installed will be a big influence on your final choice.

With electric underfloor heating foil, it has a much lower profile overall and so is ideal for renovations, adding little to no overall floor height to your room.

On the other hand, water underfloor heating systems typically have a bigger build up, adding extra height to the floor. This is an important consideration if your room has low ceilings, doors you want to avoid altering, or if you're concerned about creating uneven floor heights between a room with underfloor heating and one without. Water-based systems are ideal for new builds or when integrated into an extension, where changes to the floor structure are more easily accommodated.

Budget

Budget is an important factor when choosing an underfloor heating system.

With electric underfloor heating foil you'll find it has a lower upfront cost and is easier to install, making them a budget-friendly solution for smaller rooms or renovations, however can be slightly more expensive to run over time.

Water underfloor heating has a higher installation cost, but is more cost-effective in the long term due to lower running costs. Running costs can be next to nothing when paired with a renewable energy source such as a heat pump, making it an efficient and sustainable heating solution.

Energy efficiency

If energy efficiency is a priority in your home or project, water underfloor heating connected to a heat pump is often the best choice.

Electric underfloor heating foil is more suited for areas where quick heating is needed, but will consume more electricity if part of a full-house heating set up. However, if you have solar panels installed, the cost of electric will be significantly reduced, offsetting the energy consumption with the electricity generated by your renewable energy source, making it a more cost-effective option for your home in the long term.

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How thick can a carpet be with underfloor heating?

It is recommended to keep the carpet thin if using underfloor heating underneath. This is because a thicker carpet will limit the underfloor heating's ability to project and radiate heat through the carpet and into the room above. We advise that your carpet and underlay should have a maximum tog value of 2.5 tog.

How do you install underfloor heating on carpet?

Underfloor heating is installed under carpet, the installation process for underfloor heating foil usually follows the route of putting insulation down on a concrete or wood subfloor, putting a foil heating mat on top and connecting it an electric supply, using a dual overlay above that, before placing your carpet on top.

For water underfloor heating, this will vary depending on the fixing system used.

Can underfloor heating be used under carpet?

Underfloor heating can be used under carpet and is the perfect solution for those seeking a comfortable and efficient way to heat their carpet floors. This will provide consistent and controllable warmth throughout your home or business.

Is under carpet heating efficient?

Under carpet heating is efficient and effective for heating your home or business, as long as the system is insulated properly below, with the carpet on top being thin or at a low tog value to ensure heat can escape into the room above.