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Edinburgh · Scotland

Underfloor Heating Flooring in Edinburgh

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.

Underfloor Heating in Edinburgh

Underfloor Heating flooring in Edinburgh: what the housing says

The new developments in Edinburgh are built with underfloor heating as standard on a screed, and every floor laid over it goes through the same three gates: the screed dry on a hygrometer reading, the heating through its full commissioning cycle, and a floor from the ranges listed as compatible with an underlay rated for it.

Edinburgh has conservation areas, and underfloor heating goes into a period house through a new floor build-up in a kitchen or an extension rather than under the original boards. The floor over it is chosen from the compatible ranges; an engineered oak keeps the look the interior asks for.

conservation areas
50
postcode districts we deliver to
13

Source: Council conservation area register · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography)

Delivery to Edinburgh

We deliver across Edinburgh and Scotland. Most in-stock orders reach Edinburgh within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Glasgow, Stirling, Dundee and the Scottish Borders.

Delivery details

Compare the underfloor heating range

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.

RangeListed for underfloor heating
Engineered Wood33 of 33
Solid Wood0 of 15
Parquet15 of 15
Laminate12 of 12
Rigid Vinyl (SPC)36 of 36
Porcelain Tiles11 of 11

Room by room

Underfloor Heating in Edinburgh, room by room

  • Room

    Kitchens

    Porcelain tiles and LVT handle Edinburgh’s colder climate well. Both are easy to clean and compatible with underfloor heating for added warmth during Scottish winters.
    Kitchen flooring in Edinburgh

Our Scotland delivery covers: Edinburgh city centre, New Town, Old Town, Stockbridge, Morningside, Bruntsfield, Marchmont, Corstorphine, Leith, Portobello, Cramond, Dean Village, Inverleith, Murrayfield, Gorgie, Dalry, Granton, Edinburgh Park, Musselburgh, Livingston and surrounding East Lothian

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Local fact sheet

Edinburgh's homes, by the numbers

Edinburgh by postcode district: EH1, EH2, EH3, EH4, EH5 and EH6 and 7 more.

Edinburgh's tenements put flats over flats behind stone facades, and in the New Town a great many of them stand inside a conservation area or a listed terrace. That combination is unusual: the floor is governed from below by the flat underneath and from outside by the building's protection.

Edinburgh’s architectural heritage is unrivalled, from Georgian townhouses in the New Town to traditional tenement flats across Marchmont and Bruntsfield. Many properties are listed or in conservation areas, where flooring must complement original features like stone fireplaces, cornicing and sash windows. The city’s newer developments in areas like Granton and Edinburgh Park offer modern open-plan layouts.

Two sets of rules therefore apply at once. The title deeds usually set a minimum for impact sound underfoot, and the listing governs what may be done to original fabric — including lifting historic boards. Both are settled before a board is chosen, not after.

Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Edinburgh

  • Commissioning before the floor The heating is run through its full drying and commissioning cycle before any floor covering goes down, on the CFA's guidance.
  • Thermal resistance, floor plus underlay Kept within the 0.15 m²K/W the systems are designed around; a tog value is divided by ten to get there. Thick underlays fail this.
  • The surface temperature limit EN 1264 caps it at 29 °C in the room. The controls hold it; the floor is chosen to live under it.
  • The screed reading A new screed is dry when a hygrometer says so; a heated screed is tested with the heating off and cool.
  • Heating under an old floor Retrofitting heating under an original floor in a listed house is an alteration that needs consent. Over a new screed in an extension, the engineered range is listed for it.

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Questions

Underfloor Heating flooring in Edinburgh: questions, answered

Which floors can go over underfloor heating in Edinburgh?

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.

Can I have real oak over underfloor heating?

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.

Does the underlay matter over underfloor heating?

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.

Is flooring affected by Edinburgh’s cold climate?

Cold alone does no harm. What moves a floor is the swing between a long heating season indoors and a cold, damp stair outside the flat door — so fit at the moisture content the flat will actually hold, and leave the expansion gap the board asks for at every edge.

Do you deliver underfloor heating flooring to Edinburgh?

Yes. We deliver across Edinburgh and Scotland from our UK warehouse, including the EH1, EH2, EH3, EH4, EH5 and EH6 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.

Can I see a underfloor heating sample before ordering in Edinburgh?

Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Edinburgh 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.

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