We recommend that the combined tog rating of carpet and underlay doesn t exceed 2 5.
Low tog value carpets.
Carpet at 1 70 underlay at 1 40 1 70 1 40 1 0 2 10 tog suitable for floors 2 11 tog and.
Carpet underlay plus laminate and wood underlay these low tog underlays give maximum underfloor heating efficiency.
We always stress to our customers the need to give the information on tog values for their choice of underlay and carpet to the heating manufacturer to ensure that the heating system.
The combined tog value of carpet and underlays obtained when tested under the 2 plate system can be lowered by as much as 1 tog to give a more meaningful result.
Advantages of low tog.
Carpet underlay for underfloor heating.
This will help you decide an appropriate carpet and underlay to work with.
And if the combined value is more than 3 your underfloor heating won t work as efficiently as it could.
The tog of the carpet tells you how insulated it is generally the lower the tog the less insulation it provides so opt for a low tog carpet if you have underfloor heating.
Low tog carpet underlay.
The popularity of underfloor heating has increased a need for low tog carpets and underlay so that the heat can penetrate the layers.
This showed that a carpet underlay with a combined thermal resistance of less than 2 5 togs allows underfloor systems to operate efficiently.
Ranges include heatflow carpet underlay aria heatwave the outstanding easyflow king carpet underlay plus easyflow queen and prince for laminate and wood floors.
Carpet underlay from duralay tredaire ball and young and cloud 9.
At the other end of the scale if you choose thin carpet and underlay with a very low tog rating they won t provide you with much comfort and support and the carpet will.
You need to add up the tog ratings of your carpet and underlay.
The tog value is displayed on each of our carpet pages and on our tog values page.
Our 80 wool 20 nylon carpets have a tog value somewhere between 1 4 and 2 3.
If you are working on a property with underfloor heating you will need to find out the system s tolerance.
At cormar we help guide our customers by pre testing all our carpets and giving them a tog value rating to make sure they are compatible with underfloor heating systems.
Buy carpet underlay for underfloor heated rooms.
Extensive research has shown that this calculation gives a more realistic value of the total tog value.
To determine a working approximation the tog rating of both carpet and underlay should be added together and 1 0 tog subtracted.
