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My bathrooms kitchen utility room all feel lovely and warm to touch as did the karndean I've just removed it's only the carpeted rooms where you would be hard pressed to know there is a heat source beneath them.. That's another story, but when it's the only source of heat in the house if it was...

I've got a wet ufh system with an asphalt top that was uneven has now been screeded and is fairly level. I've been reading and reading about engineered wood but read a few conflicting bits about floor temps and gluing the floor down for conductivity as a pose to using underlay. Also I really...

No idea anything that requires input from the builder is out.

Yes but not directly from my knowledge the asphalt is laid on top of the floor that the pipes are set in.

Yeah it's messy. .and to me the only solution is just pay for it all myself because solicitors may well get me nowhere and they money could go towards the work. no one has made sense of the floor why it has asphalt on it. .and god only knows why it was left so lumpy and hidden with thick...

Hi thanks for reply Yes brand new house with wet ufh system when I moved in. had the manufacturers round who said it's setup wrong worst installation they have seen. .but it works sort of . My partners uncle screeded and laid the karndean. He owns a flooring shop. I picked it was told it was...

Any thoughts anyone. ..thanks in advance

Hi all I've bought a new house and having nightmares with floors. Mostly carpeted with felt underlay which doesn't radiate any heat at all. I decided to tackle 1 room at a time. ..a friend removed carpet screeds floor expensive karndean floor. .heating then really works but realise floor is...

The heat just doesn't get past the underlay. ..by the looks of it

here is difference between 31degrees on hard floor heating on for 30 min to an hour and heating under carpet on good 3 hrs

Does asphalt melt or soften at a low temperature? I have 2 floors with several rooms that have asphalt under carpet and over ufh. . And I am trying to find out if it is a suitable floor..

Here is the floor design From clay ground strata approx 200 mm of compacted mot stone fill, 25 mm of sand blinding , plastic membrane , Jablite insulation , 200 mm reinforced concrete slab , underfloor heating pipework fast end to secured plastic rail system , approx 65 mm floor screed ...

I am gonna speak to builder today and see if I can get a diagram what's under there...after some reading last night I'm concerned the asphalt floors simply move when heated ...depends on the type of asphalt it seems at what temp it softens ? But am I right in thinking this could be true? Even...

Also some looking about i came up with this not sure if it gives any clarity on the floor situation

As its a small developer, I think they would rather go bust than fix it, ive been down the route before of taking people to court for poor workmanship, it never amounts to anything but more costs for me and no outcome, and lots of sleepless nights.. I have no idea about the asphalt its solid...

There are definitely none of those anywhere. I dont know exactly how long they have been down at a guess down 6-8 months, heating was only used for 4-6 weeks prior to me moving in, the builder had the idea to put it on full and leave it on for 4 weeks to see if any cracks appeared in the house...

is this what i am looking for re expansion joints? i dont think the tiles are ready to come up yet... they are just wobbling at the moment... i am just presuming they will get worse... heating is off most of the time because of the weather...

Hi Paul, the total area depends where your talking but kitchen about 35sqm, utility about 5-6sqm and hallway about 15sqm all close guesses. I cannot see any expansion joints, presuming i would be able to see them? It looks like the gaps are about 3mm pic attached. Hard to photo the whole area...

Thanks for that there are lots of issue 1 the kitchen needs to come out 2 the tiles go into the hall and utility room 3 the whole utility room will have to come out and downstairs toilet 4 the hall cupboard was built onto the tiles so will need to be knocked down ..and more probably The ufh...

What exactly is an expansion joint ?