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On top of the pipes is 18mm chipboard + 6mm plywood and I have used the proper high temperature glue for the Karndean.

Thanks. I will see if I can borrow one of those of someone

I don't know if this will work but it only cost me £1.39 Temperature range looks about right When it arrives ill stick it down on the cold floor then turn on the heating, ill see what it gets to to after 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours etc...

So for the job I have done. If I had used some plastic pipe under the floorboards could I have got the floor surface as warm as it gets now ? (it gets very warm ) The outside of the plastic pipe I don't think would have got as hot so how would the floor get as warm ? Plastic is one of the...

I did not experiment with plastic pipe as I only had the stiff 15mm stuff and would not have been able to get tight enough bends. Would you say that the 15mm plastic pipe that has quite a thick wall can get as hot as a piece of copper pipe with same temperature water inside. I am only guessing...

I am not sure how much heat you will get out of 15mm plastic pipe as I think that has been designed to keep the heat in. The underfloor heating plastic pipe is a thinner wall pipe and is 16mm outside diameter, this would be a problem to join into the flow and return on central heating system...

Anything like that I would take a photo with my mobile phone before I disconected anything, its always in my pocket.

Thanks. It was my friends bathroom floor that gave me the idea. He said his bathroom floor was quite warm in places because there were some pipes running near to the floor boards. I didn't have a lot to loose in trying what ive done. For me it was a no brainer, there was no way it couldn't work.

BUT, the UFH plastic pipe is different to the normall 15mm pipe. it is single wall and is 16mm so I wouldn't be able to join it in to my flow and return for my bathroom radiator.

I was going to use 15mm plastic pipe, then the more I thought about it I realised it would not work. Plastic 15mm pipe is designed to keep the water hot inside the pipe and not to let the heat out which is what I want. The plastic pipe used in underfloor heating is 16mm and has a thinner wall to...

Yes they are compression fittings onto the chromed copper tube. It was a couple of weeks before I screwed the floor down so I kept checking them. I am only a DIY'r not a proffesional plumber. If I do another job in the future I will use all solder joints wher possible, I know its better.

Only cost me the price of 3 x 3 metre lengths of 15mm tube plus some 15mm elbows and some insulation, about £30 total. I am really happy I did it, it makes a big difference.

I used travertine

I have just been working on my bathroom and decided to replace all the floor and install some underfloor heating. It works great. The finished floor is covered with Karndean.