East Lothian runs from the edge of Edinburgh out to the coast, and the floors we fit there vary as much as the housing does. A Victorian terrace in Musselburgh, a post-war semi in Tranent and a stone-built house above the beach at North Berwick each present a different subfloor, and the right board is the one that suits what is already underneath it.
We supply and fit engineered and solid wood flooring across the county, with the same survey, preparation and finishing work we carry out in the city. Every job starts with a free survey: we measure the room, check the subfloor for level and for moisture, and confirm that the floor you have chosen is suitable for the construction beneath it. Where carbon film underfloor heating is going in at the same time, that decision has to be made before the board is ordered rather than after it arrives.
Wood Floor Fitting in Musselburgh
Musselburgh sits at the Edinburgh end of the county, and a good deal of its housing is older, which usually means suspended timber floors with a ventilated void beneath. Those floors move with the seasons, and they carry moisture up from the space below when the airbricks have been blocked or painted over. Before anything is laid we lift a board where access allows, check the joists for level, and take a moisture reading rather than assuming.
Engineered board is the usual answer in a property like that. Its core is built in cross-bonded layers, so it holds its shape through the humidity swings an older house goes through, and it can be laid floating over an acoustic underlay or fixed down to the joists depending on what the survey finds. Solid wood remains an option where the subfloor is dry and stable and there is height to give up at the thresholds.
We carry ranges from Kahrs, Parador and Boen, and we bring samples to the house so you can see a board in the light of the room it is going into rather than under a showroom lamp. Quotations are per room after the survey, and include underlay, beading and door bars.
You love warm underfloor heating. We love installing it.
Carbon Underfloor Heating, Edinburgh
Book a free consultation
Give us the room dimensions and the floor finish, and we will tell you exactly which system to order and what it will cost.
Or call 0800 756 6862
Thin enough to forget it is there
Carbon film is a dry-lay system. There is no adhesive, no screed and no wet trades, so the floor goes back down the same day it comes up.
- The element is around 0.4mm thick, so thresholds and door clearances stay where they are
- Rated 130W/m² - enough to be the only heat source in a well-insulated room
- Depron insulation below the film stops your heat disappearing into the subfloor
- A PET vapour barrier above it protects the element and meets BS EN 60335-2-96
- Not earthed, so it is for wood, laminate and carpet - never a bathroom
Element thickness, under the floor finish
Per square metre of heated floor
Guarantee on every film system
Years fitting floors in Scotland
Why Choose Us?
What every order includes
Free next-day delivery
On every underfloor heating system, anywhere in mainland UK.
Ten year guarantee
Every carbon film system carries a 10 year guarantee.
Free technical support
Talk to an installer before you buy, and while you fit it.
Sized to your room
Tell us your dimensions and we will size the system for you.
Our Manufacturing Partners
The floors that go over it come from manufacturers we buy from directly, so what you get is manufacturer-backed rather than whatever a merchant happens to hold.
Flexel
ScotlandOur heating manufacturer. The Ecofilm carbon element, the Depron insulation and the ECOMAX boards are all made here in Scotland rather than imported.
Kährs & Boen
Engineered wood. Both build boards rated for use over underfloor heating, which is the part most engineered wood gets wrong.
Parador & Quickstep
Laminate and luxury vinyl. Every range we stock from them is compatible with the film, so the two are never fighting each other.
Approvals & Standards
EN 60335-2-96
BS 7671 18th Edition
CE Certified
Fitted in Scotland
Approved to EN 60335-2-96 as required by the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671).
Product specificationThe polyester vapour barrier provides supplementary electrical insulation as a requirement of the BS EN 60335-2-96 approval certificate.
Installation guidanceMore Information
Wood Floor Fitting in North Berwick
North Berwick is coastal, and that changes the specification. Indoor humidity in a house near the sea swings further across the year than it does inland, and further again where a property stands empty for part of it. A solid board will move with that swing; an engineered one is built not to.
For that reason we fit engineered board in most coastal properties, and we allow more generous expansion gaps at the perimeter than we would in town. A gap wide enough at the wall, hidden behind scotia or beading, is what stops a floor lifting at the joints in its second summer.
Where a house is a holiday let or a second home we will talk through the finish as well as the construction. A brushed and oiled surface can be touched up in patches by whoever looks after the property; a lacquered one is harder wearing, but a repair means refinishing the whole board. Neither is better than the other - it depends on how the house is used and who is there to look after it.
Other East Lothian Areas We Cover
We fit throughout East Lothian, including Tranent, Haddington, Dunbar, Prestonpans, Gullane and East Linton. The work is the same wherever the house is: a free survey first, subfloor preparation where the readings call for it, then supply and fitting with skirting, beading and thresholds to finish.
Because we supply the heating as well as the floor, a room having both done is specified as one build-up rather than two separate jobs. The insulation, the carbon film, the vapour barrier and the board above them all have to suit each other, and getting that wrong is expensive to put right once the floor is down.
If your village is not named above it is still worth asking. The county is small, we cover most of it, and we will confirm before anything is booked.