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I’m looking for advice about laying wide pine over radiant heat. My client wants to uses flooring to match the orginal type in this renovation project. I’m not sure how the radiant heating will affect the stablity of the wide t&g floors. The job is in coastal RI and the floors will probably be installed after the heat season this year but long before next fall. Any advice?
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I'm looking for advice about laying wide pine over radiant heat. My client wants to uses flooring to match the orginal type in this renovation project. I'm not sure how the radiant heating will affect the stablity of the wide t&g floors. The job is in coastal RI and the floors will probably be installed after the heat season this year but long before next fall. Any advice?
Dan: I posted what looks like identical question on flooring (see below) and wondered how you made out with your project.
Thanks,
Adam
Looking to re-install random width pine flooring (from existing 200 yr old house, 4" to 15") over a hot water radiant floor heating system on entire first floor of house. Subfloor is 3/4 AdvanceTech and looking at options of either Stadler Viega grooved panels or IPI grooved panels w/aluminum surface. Has anyone done this before? I've seen recommendations about acclimating wood/moisture to minimize movement, but this would appear less of issue with 200 yr old wood, always in house, but recently resurfaced. Will have new tongue/grooves milled in flooring.
Will this work? Any recommendations? Engineered wood or even narrow hardwood just not an option for this restoration project.
thanks,
Adam