Vinyl flooring

Yes, all our Parador products with core boards, HDF vinyl, SPC vinyl, Modular One and Modular One Hydron are all suitable for floating installation on hot water underfloor heating. Solid vinyl flooring must be fully adhered when used over underfloor heating and in areas with strong sunlight and floor-to-ceiling windows. Our vinyl flooring for gluing can also be used on underfloor heating systems. The underfloor heating must be turned off during installation. As a matter of principle, all new mineral substrates must always be heated before installing resilient floor coverings so that damaging moisture can no longer escape ("heat ready for installation"). The need to heat the substrate applies in all seasons, in winter and summer. The new screed must dry out for at least 21 days before heating is started. We recommend that heating be carried out according to our "heating protocol" template or that it be carried out by a specialist company. Please observe additional information given by your screed layer and heating engineer.

Different rules apply for installation on electric underfloor heating systems, as these systems operate with higher surface temperatures.

Please note the following:

• only install your floor covering on systems that have a temperature sensor and controller
• DO NOT install your floor covering on older electric floor heating systems
  (installation before 2000)
• DO NOT install your floor covering on night storage heaters
• the maximum surface temperature of 29 °C must not be exceeded
• a very fast heating process must be avoided

Yes, you can, but you should bear a few rules in mind. Heavy objects weighing more than 350 kg such as kitchen units and wardrobes require twice as big a gap to the wall on the opposite side because the floor can only expand to one side. Since such a large expansion joint is not always practical, we recommend that heavy objects and built-in furniture be assembled BEFORE installation and that the flooring only be installed up to under the base of the furniture. In this way, you can again maintain the usual expansion joint widths, and the flooring can be easily taken back up at any time. If necessary, it may be useful to take the position of heavy objects into account when planning the installation. Tip: gluing the end edges of the plank in the load areas prevents joints from opening up.