Tog Rating Of Engineered Flooring

If underfloor heating is being used then the underlay should be suitable for use with the underfloor heating product and therefore have a low tog rating such as 0 35 tog.

Tog rating of engineered flooring.

Anything under 1 5 will allow a great heat output. In more technical terms a tog equates to ten times the temperature difference measured in c between two surfaces of a given material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square meter. When choosing a wood floor to pair with underfloor heating consider its tog rating. A lower tog rating allows the warmth generated by underfloor heating to efficiently pass through the duralay heatflow underlay evenly distributing across the floor and into the room saving energy and reducing heating bills.

Therefore in the case of a flooring underlay the tog rating refers to the difference in temperature between the top and bottom layers. This is a measurement of the thermal resistance in the floor. This is because the heat needs to be transferred from the underfloor heating system to the chosen floor covering so the least thermal resistance is needed. When it comes to wood flooring underlay again you should be looking for an underlay with a tog rating of 0 5 or lower to make sure that the heat can pass successfully.

Better still it s competitively priced compared to solid hardwood flooring. Upwards of 2 20 per square foot for engineered hardwood compared to upwards of 3 40 per square foot for solid.