Species

Wood Species and radiant heat

With radiant heat, the heat source is directly beneath the flooring, so the flooring may gain moisture or dry out faster than a similar floor in a home with a conventional heating system. Wood flooring can be installed over radiant heat as long as you understand radiant heat and how it can impact wood flooring, what precautions to take, and what type of wood flooring to use.

Which wood is best for my floor?

It is very important to choose the right wood floor. That can be sustainable and has mositure resistance against the heating system. It is not sure that all wood species are good, each wood has its own nature of shrinking, stress fractures, gaps and twisting. It is better to consult with your local wood buyer or contractor for getting right species suitable over radiant heating system. We have some wood species, we will discuss the following given species in future upcoming articles:

Laminated/Engineered Wood Flooring

The plus point of this wood is more dimensionally stable than solid wood flooring.
Floating Floors, Laminated/Engineered or Solid

Very popular wood species normally known as laminated wood flooring. It is tend to move as a unit to assist moisture content changes.
Inherent Dimensional Stability

Such species are American Cherry, mesquite, teak, American walnut, etc. Brazilian cherry are unstable. So be careful in selection.
Rift Swan Wood Flooring

Rift swan wood flooring is very common in North America because of more dimesnionally stable than plain swan wood flooring. It comes with narrow boards, it is best suited for solid wood flooring over radiant heat. Strip flooring is also a better choice than plank flooring.

Type of installation of wood flooring

We have the following installation system sucessfully running over radiant heat:

• Glue down.
  
• Direct nail to subfloor.
  
• T & G direct nail to sleepers.
  
• Single layer of plywood on sleepers.
  
• Double plywood floating.
  
• Floating solid/clip.


• Floating engineered/laminated.