LVTs vs Floor Boards and Ceramic tiles

rammster

I have bought a new 4 bed property and this has entire ground floor underfloor heating. (about 1000 square feet ground floor area). The second floor has conventional heating and we will carpet that . The underfloor heating is of the water pipe variety.

I was advised by Carpet right staff that LVTs are the best product for floor installation over underfloor heated surfaces.

Obviously having studied the matter, LVTs do accrue scratches (we will obviously install an expensive product with a wear layer of atleast 0.5mm for living room and 0.7mm for kitchen diner), but to spend 5-6k on a floor and still be left wondering about permanent dents and scratches in a couple of year's time, is a position we dont want to be in.

Is there anything preventing us from installing ceramic tiles and wooden floors on the ground floor.

If so what type of ceramic tiles and what types of wooden floors should we use.

PheoUK

rammster wrote: »

I have bought a new 4 bed property and this has entire ground floor underfloor heating. (about 1000 square feet ground floor area). The second floor has conventional heating and we will carpet that . The underfloor heating is of the water pipe variety.

I was advised by Carpet right staff that LVTs are the best product for floor installation over underfloor heated surfaces.

Obviously having studied the matter, LVTs do accrue scratches (we will obviously install an expensive product with a wear layer of atleast 0.5mm for living room and 0.7mm for kitchen diner), but to spend 5-6k on a floor and still be left wondering about permanent dents and scratches in a couple of year's time, is a position we dont want to be in.

Is there anything preventing us from installing ceramic tiles and wooden floors on the ground floor.

If so what type of ceramic tiles and what types of wooden floors should we use.

Ceramic tiles shouldn't be a problem with flexible adhesive from what I have read. However a solid wooden floor is a bad plan apparently as normally you nail them down. Floating is apparently hard. Engineered wood flooring is meant to be better as it can be installed floating. Also doesn't expand/contract much. You can get wear layers that are 3mm+