Radiant heat floors are a nice feature to any home.
Heat is evenly dispersed and this type of heating is popular in certain parts of the country.
Although most furnishings are safe on radiant heat floors, we must be careful as to the type of rug pad you place under your rugs.
Many pads available contain a chemical or adhesive application.
This is not the safest thing for radiant floors as the heat can combine with the chemical and cause a transfer to your floors.
A popular rug pad today that falls into this category is one that is non slip and contains holes.
There are many varieties of this type of pad and the safest and best thing for radiant floors is to avoid any pad that resembles this.
The best rug pad for radiant heat floors is either a recycled jute or a quality natural rubber.
If your rug does not have a slipping issue, then you are quite fine with the recycled jute pad.
If you have a slipping issue, then a rubber and jute combination is fine as well.
The important thing to remember with either type of rug pad on radiant heat floors is to avoid any pad with chemicals or a spray adhesives.
The right recycled jute does not contain any chemicals or plastic.
The right jute and rubber pad contains a solid layer of rubber and not a "rubber like" substance that can transfer to your floor.
I have many customers with radiant heat floors who have purchased both types of pads and are very satisfied.
There are other places available as well for quality rug pads yet you need to make sure the product is up to the standards required to be suitable for radiant heat floors.