Low Tog Value Carpets

Advantages of low tog.

Low tog value carpets. Buy carpet underlay for underfloor heated rooms. If you are working on a property with underfloor heating you will need to find out the system s tolerance. 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. This showed that a carpet underlay with a combined thermal resistance of less than 2 5 togs allows underfloor systems to operate efficiently.

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. Extensive research has shown that this calculation gives a more realistic value of the total tog value. Carpet at 1 70 underlay at 1 40 1 70 1 40 1 0 2 10 tog suitable for floors 2 11 tog and. 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.

And if the combined value is more than 3 your underfloor heating won t work as efficiently as it could. Carpet underlay for underfloor heating. Carpet underlay from duralay tredaire ball and young and cloud 9. Buy carpet underlay on line at cheap trade and wholesale prices.

This will help you decide an appropriate carpet and underlay to work with. Our 80 wool 20 nylon carpets have a tog value somewhere between 1 4 and 2 3. 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. We recommend that the combined tog rating of carpet and underlay doesn t exceed 2 5.

The popularity of underfloor heating has increased a need for low tog carpets and underlay so that the heat can penetrate the layers. According to research from and the underfloor heating manufacturers association uhma and advice from the carpet foundation you should be looking for a combined tog rating. To determine a working approximation the tog rating of both carpet and underlay should be added together and 1 0 tog subtracted. Ranges include heatflow carpet underlay aria heatwave the outstanding easyflow king carpet underlay plus easyflow queen and prince for laminate and wood floors.

You need to add up the tog ratings of your carpet and underlay. Whatever your carpet underlay and carpet accessory needs from domestic to contract we aim to deliver. Low tog carpet underlay.