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Bath · Somerset
A floor over underfloor heating has to let heat through and stay flat while it does; 107 of the 122 floors in the range with the attribute are listed as compatible, and the ones that are not are the solid oak boards. In Bath 79% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (29%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Underfloor Heating in Bath
The Bath and North East Somerset district counts 79,250 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a underfloor heating floor is specified here.
Semi-detached houses are 29% of the Bath and North East Somerset stock, and the semi's extension is where Bath's underfloor heating is, more often than not, under a kitchen-diner on a new screed. An engineered board or a rigid-vinyl floor is listed for it; the screed dries at roughly a day per millimetre for the first 50 mm, and the system is run through its commissioning cycle before either goes down.
Terraced houses are 27% of the homes in Bath and North East Somerset, and underfloor heating in a terrace usually arrives with the kitchen extension: a new screed at the back, radiators at the front. The floor over the heated screed is chosen from the compatible ranges, engineered oak, laminate or rigid vinyl, and the floor at the front can be the same board, floated over the timber, so the two rooms read as one.
Owner-occupation is 66% in Bath and North East Somerset, and an owner installing underfloor heating in Bath is usually doing it once, with a screed, and wants oak over it. The engineered range is listed for it, every board; the solid range is not. The wear layer of 3 mm or more still allows a sanding cycle later.
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Shop Underfloor HeatingSource: ONS, Census 2021, Bath and North East Somerset (E06000022) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography)
We deliver across Bath and Somerset. Most in-stock orders reach Bath within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Bristol, Frome, Wells, Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon and the surrounding Mendip and West Wiltshire areas.
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Listed as compatible: all 33 engineered boards, from Ascot Cottage Oak Wood Flooring to the 20 mm Victorian Antique Dark Oak Flooring; all 15 parquet products including the Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak; all twelve 8 mm laminates; all 36 rigid-vinyl products; and the 11 porcelain tiles. Not listed: the 15 solid oak boards and blocks, such as Windsor Solid Smooth Oak Wood Flooring.
| Range | Listed for underfloor heating |
|---|---|
| Engineered Wood | 33 of 33 |
| Solid Wood | 0 of 15 |
| Parquet | 15 of 15 |
| Laminate | 12 of 12 |
| Rigid Vinyl (SPC) | 36 of 36 |
| Porcelain Tiles | 11 of 11 |
Local fact sheet
Bath and North East Somerset in the 2021 census: 79,250 households, 78% houses, 21% flats.
More than a quarter of Bath lives in a terrace, and a further one household in eighteen in a flat carved out of a larger house. Much of that stock is Georgian, much of it is listed or in a conservation area, and both of those change what can be done to a floor before anything is chosen.
Bath’s Georgian heritage is among the most architecturally significant in Europe, from the iconic Royal Crescent and the Circus to honey-coloured Bath stone townhouses lining Great Pulteney Street. Period interiors with high ceilings, original cornicing and proportions designed for grand entertaining demand flooring that respects centuries of craftsmanship.
A Georgian floor is suspended timber over a void ventilated by airbricks that later work has often closed up. Before anything goes over it, the question is whether air still moves under there — Lansdown, Bathwick and the streets off Kingsmead all hold houses where it does not.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in Bath
Shop the rangeEngineered WoodRead guide 
Buying guideBest Flooring for Underfloor Heating: What Works and What to AvoidRead guide 
Technical guideMoisture, Humidity and Room ClimateRead guide 
How to chooseFlooring Underlay: What It Does and How to ChooseRead guide 
How to chooseFlooring for Period HomesRead guide Bestsellers
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The engineered oak, the parquet, the laminate, the rigid vinyl and the porcelain tiles are all listed as compatible. The solid oak boards are not. The commissioning cycle and the screed reading come before any of them.
Yes, engineered oak: every board in the range is listed for it. Trade guidance sets no blanket ban on wood over heating but ties it to the temperature limit, which the system's controls hold.
It is half of the thermal resistance. Floor and underlay together stay within 0.15 m²K/W; an underlay rated for heating is thin for that reason, and its tog value divided by ten gives the figure to add.
In a Georgian townhouse what goes under the floor is more constrained than what goes on it, and the constraint is depth: the finished level cannot rise past a threshold or a stair nosing that is part of the fabric. A thin build-up matters more here than in anything built since.
Yes. We deliver across Bath and Somerset from our UK warehouse, including the BA1 and BA2 postcode districts. Delivery cost and timing depend on the delivery postcode and are shown at checkout, and samples come by post first so the floor can be seen in the room before the full order.
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Bath address. Two or three side by side on the floor, in the room's own light morning and evening, settle the colour faster than any photograph.
All ranges
Every range and room for Bath, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Bath33 floors
Solid Woodin Bath15 floors
Parquetin Bath15 floors
LVT Vinylin Bath36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Bath36 floors
Laminatein Bath12 floors6 materials · scroll sideways to see all
Kitchenin Bath
Bathroomin Bath
Living Roomin Bath
Bedroomin BathHallwayin Bath
Conservatoryin BathUtility Roomin Bath7 rooms · scroll sideways to see all
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