Hello
In the process of thinking out a new ground floor for a bungalow in need of renovation. Current joists are only 38mmx115mm however there are piers in most rooms reducing average spans from 4.2m to 2.5m.
Looking at fitting UFH whilst renewing the joists and im leaning towards a pipe in PUG system for added efficiency but hate the idea of having to cover it with a very thermally inefficient ply or chip board to give me something solid to tile onto.
Is there any better alternatives? Ive seen some gypsum based boards claiming a 30-40% greater efficiency but they arent structural and are meant to be laid over a solid subfloor.
Is there any good thermally conductive replacements for floor boards/ chip/ply that would be good enough to tile over when finished?
Concrete floors are also an option but are looking expensive due to depth of the void.
Thanks Neil
In the process of thinking out a new ground floor for a bungalow in need of renovation. Current joists are only 38mmx115mm however there are piers in most rooms reducing average spans from 4.2m to 2.5m.
Looking at fitting UFH whilst renewing the joists and im leaning towards a pipe in PUG system for added efficiency but hate the idea of having to cover it with a very thermally inefficient ply or chip board to give me something solid to tile onto.
Is there any better alternatives? Ive seen some gypsum based boards claiming a 30-40% greater efficiency but they arent structural and are meant to be laid over a solid subfloor.
Is there any good thermally conductive replacements for floor boards/ chip/ply that would be good enough to tile over when finished?
Concrete floors are also an option but are looking expensive due to depth of the void.
Thanks Neil
