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U/floor heating with timber floorboards? To do or not to do?
- Thread starter blissbaby
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My experience is much the same as my friend's, except no loose boards as mine are screwed and not nailed. In the summer, the gaps close up and in the heating season they open up slightly. The floor does not draw any negative attention to itself and no obvious cupping (though as the newer boards are only 4" in width, that probably helps). The newer boards were all laid bark side up to prevent shelling of the grain, with the old boards being re-laid in their original orientation. And no cracking of any plaster (not sure why the OP of this thread thought the floor would make the plaster crack).
In fairness, the floor is not perfectly flat, but then it never was as I didn't do any heavy sanding of any part of it when I laid it (hence the old boards still look old). My only regret was trying to pre-season the timber using the UFH, which resulted in each board becoming slightly hourglass-shaped and made laying the boards difficult. If I'd had the chance to just stack them indoors for a couple of years instead, I would have done that.
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