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Carpet works well with EasyFloor. Select a typical jute-backed
carpet along with reasonable-thickness foam padding (specially designed
radiant floor pads are now available). Run a course of 2x4s on the floor
along the perimeter of the room to act as a nailer for the carpet tack strips.
Lay the EasyFloor inside of the nailers.
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Hardwood
also works great with EasyFloor. Engineered hardwood or
laminates work best natural hardwoods certainly will
work. Laminates can be floated on the thermal mass
first taping the joints on the thermal mass. Engineered
floors can be glued directly to the thermal mass. The
best natural hardwoods are 3/8 materials cut in 2 or 3
planks and/or nailed, as appropriate, to a thermal mass or
optionally to a layer of ¼ wood underlayment material
that has been glued to the thermal mass. (Note, in less
demanding applications, plywood can be used as the thermal
mass thereby eliminating the need for underlayment.)
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Ceramic tile is the most efficient material for conducting heat
into the room. Installation is straightforward: lightly glue a
¼ backer board to the grid; apply thinset to the backer; lay down a
second ¼ backer run perpendicularly to the first board; tape seams on
the second backer board; apply thinset, tile, grout. The method is
identical to standard tile installation with the exception of using 2
backers.
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Vinyl flooring can also be used with EasyFloor. However,
you should install a thin wood underlay material on top of the thermal mass
to prevent the seams in backer board from showing through to the vinyl.
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