Tolentino
2025-07-17 14:36:07
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If the moisture problem is targeted here, it is no different than with other materials. However, the dew point does not depend on the material but on the humidity and air temperature, and whether condensation occurs additionally depends on the surface temperature (it must reach the dew point).
So, for example, in summer at 24°C room temperature, the dew point at 60% humidity is 15.75°C. The surface should therefore not fall below 16°C. As far as I know, a normal underfloor heating does not reach below 18°C. At 27°C and 80% RH (after a nice summer thunderstorm), the dew point is already at 23.25°C, which could certainly happen occasionally. Modern systems, as far as I know, have a dew point monitor and automatically reduce the cooling capacity up to shutoff.
It should not go unmentioned that wood is generally more sensitive to moisture (under prolonged exposure to moisture) than tiles or PVC.
But in practice, this is manageable. In general, not too much should be expected from the cooling function of a heat pump heating system, and rather summer heat protection (shading) and additionally air/air heat pumps (colloquially: air conditioners) should be relied on.
It could also be spread through urban legends, implying that wood simply has poorer conductivity. So even if it is cold, it does not feel as cold to us. I would consider this rather an advantage (no cold feet). The cooling effect is not meant to be achieved directly on the skin of the soles but by slightly cooling the air sweeping over the floor. But since air conducts even worse than wood [0.12-0.25 W/(mK) vs 0.025 W/(mK)], this is not the bottleneck and is negligible, especially with bonding (no air layer as an insulator between screed and covering).
So, for example, in summer at 24°C room temperature, the dew point at 60% humidity is 15.75°C. The surface should therefore not fall below 16°C. As far as I know, a normal underfloor heating does not reach below 18°C. At 27°C and 80% RH (after a nice summer thunderstorm), the dew point is already at 23.25°C, which could certainly happen occasionally. Modern systems, as far as I know, have a dew point monitor and automatically reduce the cooling capacity up to shutoff.
It should not go unmentioned that wood is generally more sensitive to moisture (under prolonged exposure to moisture) than tiles or PVC.
But in practice, this is manageable. In general, not too much should be expected from the cooling function of a heat pump heating system, and rather summer heat protection (shading) and additionally air/air heat pumps (colloquially: air conditioners) should be relied on.
It could also be spread through urban legends, implying that wood simply has poorer conductivity. So even if it is cold, it does not feel as cold to us. I would consider this rather an advantage (no cold feet). The cooling effect is not meant to be achieved directly on the skin of the soles but by slightly cooling the air sweeping over the floor. But since air conducts even worse than wood [0.12-0.25 W/(mK) vs 0.025 W/(mK)], this is not the bottleneck and is negligible, especially with bonding (no air layer as an insulator between screed and covering).