Is the Floorify vinyl floor suitable for use with underfloor heating?
A vinyl floor really comes into its own when combined with underfloor heating. Rigid vinyl floors from Floorify are extremely thin (4 - 4.5 mm for our click floors and 2.5 mm for our glue-down floors) and have very low thermal resistance (R value). This makes them ideal for use in combination with underfloor heating. For our click floors, you can use the Floorify Performance underlay. It has a very low thermal resistance and is the preferred underlay in combination with underfloor heating. For our glue-down floors, an underlay is not needed.
Vinyl floor on underfloor heating in numbers
In figures: Floorify click floors installed in combination with the Floorify Comfort underlay has more than 50% greater efficiency than specified by the European standard for underfloor heating. The performance underlay itself does more than 80% better than the European standard:
low thermal resistance R - Floorify Comfort underlay
| / | Floorify floor | Floorify comfort underlay | total | european standard | % improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4mm | 0,012 | 0,054 | 0,066 | 0,15 | 56% |
| 4.5mm | 0,0146 | 0,054 | 0,0686 | 0,15 | 54% |
low thermal resistance R - Floorify Performance ondervloer
| / | Floorify floor | Floorify performance underlay | total | european standard | % improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4mm | 0,012 | 0,0093 | 0,0213 | 0,15 | 86% |
| 4.5mm | 0,0146 | 0,0093 | 0,0239 | 0,15 | 84% |