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A floor is the bottom surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many-layered surfaces made with modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal or any other material that can support the expected load.
The levels of a building are often referred to as floors, although a more proper term is storey.
Floors typically consist of a subfloor for support and a floor covering used to give a good walking surface. In modern buildings the subfloor often has electrical wiring, plumbing, and other services built in. As floors must meet many needs, some essential to safety, floors are built to strict building codes in some regions.

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  1. P

    Understanding floor heating settings/controls

    Hi, I have a new built house with the following floor heating manifold: https://www.robotclimate.com/media/amasty/amfile/attach/c9864db4135c6f26c6d9e41254816317.pdf In particular, I have the "District Heating PRO manifold" (Section 3.2). I also have district heating, and PVC floor. I have some...
  2. P

    Installing shower tray on suspended floor

    Tray is stone cast resin low profile, 1200 by 900. Suspended floor is receiving all new 18mm P5 chipboard floorboards. There is plenty of talk of replacing floorboards under the tray with marine ply. Is this advice assuming the bathroom still has old style floorboards and that new P5 chipboard...
  3. B

    This Oil Valve on floor near boiler started leaking?

    With nothing to do today I thought I would do a spring clean on my Grant Vortex 26-36KW model so turned off power, removed door, and then removed baffles gave them a scrub , hoovered out chamber BUT got a phone call while I was messing. After phone call noticed smell of kerosene, looked on...
  4. S

    Do you fit Elements XPS panels tight to floor and ceiling?

    When fitting waterproof XPS (Elements) boards in a shower recess, should they be cut tight to the floor and ceiling or should a gap left at one or both ends? If a gap is to be left, which end should it go and what do you put in the gap? TIA
  5. S

    Bathroom Plumbing with Concrete Floor

    Planning on moving the bathroom into another room, Bathroom is on the ground floor, concrete floor, Bath and sink wastes are about 1.7M away from the outside wall on different sides of the room. Is it ok to cut channel in concrete to take waste pipes outside, Fitting water underfloor heating...
  6. M

    Bathroom floor drain - but not a wet room

    So... Completely redoing bathroom, back to brick etc. Mrs insists on hand shower for bath vs I hate them just dangling in bath. So I plan on having it mounted just outside of the bath i.e. not normally in it, but accessible when you need. Question I have is, do I need some kind of floor drain...
  7. M

    Floor heating timer on boiler

    I'm trying to use an underfloor heating programmer/timer on my Worcester Boiler to control the central heating ? The switched output from the programmer is 240v at 16amps yet it will not fire up the boiler ? I cant understand why. Thanks
  8. Blarkin2217

    Radiator on top floor only 4 of the 7 rungs become hot!

    I own a 2 family and my tenants are on the 2nd floor. The radiator in the back room on that floor, only the front 4 rungs (where the inlet pipe is) are getting hot the last 3 rungs are not. I have only been able to find stuff on top half and bottom half being hot and cold and middle being...
  9. Muskopia

    Supporting speedfit pipes under 1st floor floorboards

    Hi. What would you recommend for pipe support whilst running 15mm central heating pipes parallel to floor joists? My idea is to screw wood supports perpendicular to the joists and clip the pipes to the top, or, screw-in wood supports with 22mm holes and pass through the pipe. When the pipe...
  10. R

    Under floor heating manifolds

    I wonder if anyone can help me. My house has under floor heating but after having a new boiler fitted it doesn't seem to working as it should do. I wanted to get the system balanced but some of the flow meters are stuck and not all of the actuator/flow valves seem to be moving as they should. I...
  11. B

    USA Under floor heating question

    Hello. We have under floor heating fed from the combi boiler in our kitchen. It has a grundfos pump attached. We recently had a polished concrete layer added to the floor. Now the heat is struggling to come through as we sort of expected. The pump thermostat is on about 45 degrees and the pump...
  12. E

    AUS Have smell coming from floor waste in.bathroom

    Have smell coming from floor waste in bathroom
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    Gas pipe under/in solid floor

    Hi. I have been on the phone to the Gas Safe Register, who have pointed me a bit in the right direction looking for certain information. I am in a situation where I have had a water pipe burst under a solid concrete and tile floor. The gas and water pipes were laid right next to each other in...
  14. E

    Anybody drilled through a floor with UFH before?

    Looking to install a kitchen island with integral sink, this will mean installing drainage and plumbing. But will need to dig a hole through UFH, has anybody done this before?
  15. plumbobuk

    How to run and insulate pipes under suspended floor

    After a CH install I've lifted the floor boards to find the central pipes unsecured and not insulated. The pipes are not even run next to anything to be secured to, and the access to the crawl space has been blocked with pipes. What's the best solution here. Should I rerun the pipes and clip...
  16. J

    Extending Heating in to a Ground Floor Extension

    Just had a new ground floor extension built and the plumber has taken a feed from the main heating circuit from the boiler that runs under our easily accessible ground floor void, run 15mm speed fit pipes back up into the roof of the extension, and then fed back down to each radiator. We have...
  17. M

    pressure loss and air in ground floor rad and top foor towel rad

    Hi Towel rad in bathroom needs bleeding every few days and now noticed a small rad downstaris also has air in it regularly. Pressure drops every few days and needs topping up. I've tested with a flame for corrosion and it's clear, tried leak sealer and checked for weaping rad connections . I...
  18. Lumen

    Capping off radiator above the floor, please advise.

    Hey guys, Quick question for all the I knowledgeable plumbers out there. I need to remove one radiator which is first in line, as that room is being knocked down. Unfortunately I can’t cap off below the floor as it’s tilled. What’s the best course of action here? Cap it off above the floor...
  19. J

    Radiators on ground floor stone cold

    Hi, We have a issue with our heating, where the radiators upstairs are roasting hot, yet the radiators downstairs are stone cold . We had a powerflush done the other day which didn't help ...Two radiators out of four (including lock shields and TRV's) on the ground floor where changed, but...
  20. N

    Help with wet under floor heating temperatures

    We had a wet UFH system installed a couple of years ago. Two weeks ago we had vinyl tiles laid. The instruction from the flooring guy is to start the UFH at 5 degrees and increase by 5 degrees per day until we reach a comfortable temperature. Also, instructions from the flooring company read...
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