With an ICF built frost wall can you install electric wire in floor heat cables and cork flooring?

The type ofheat source is less important than the temperature you will run the floor at and the type of flooring. A well-insulated house won’t need to run a floor as hot as a poorly-insulated house, this can affect how the flooring reacts. R20 sub-slab insulation is a lot better than the standard 1.5 inches that is often installed, so that will help.

When we installed cork tiles (see our DIY cork floor installation video here) we used a non-toxic adhesive for the tiles. Given that our Edelweiss House is extremely well-insulated and is alsoheated with an air source heat pump, we don’t run the floor often, or at very high temperatures when we do. But we did choose materials that were safe for install on a heated slab on grade floor.

After 5 years of use, the floor still looks great overall, but there are spots that are showing wear. In hindsight we may have gone with a more solid engineered floor but overall we are satisfied. See our page here onchoosing the best flooringfor alternatives. There are al types of engineered floors such as Maple, Birch, Oak, and you can find Cork engineered floors as well.

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