Replacing tiles with floorboards - any experience?

[TootaLaFruit]

We have travertine tiles in our kitchen/dining room and are hoping to have the whole lot replaced with wood (engineered?) floorboards - has anyone done this?
There is underfloor heating beneath the tiles, which I fear will make their removal a right pain... hoping to get some advice/ideas on here before getting a shock from a quote!
Ps replacing tiles as they are too cold, underfloor takes forever to warm up, and they haven’t worn well at all (holes etc) - thanks

They do not sound like flooring quality tiles. My travertine has been fine. My underfloor heating is also effective. It’s slightly less effective with engineered wood - I have both.

You will have to take up the tiles carefully, making sure the heating isn’t damaged and I would check that it actually works. We have ours on a thermostat so it adjusts itself. It shouldn’t be going on and off and it should be constantly warm. Ours doesn’t heat up noticeably and it’s never cold.

You will need to take up the skirting boards and then lay the wood, then replace the skirting boards.

I’ve lost all record of where I got the tiles from, it was nearly 8 yrs ago unfortunately.

The underfloor hearing is hooked up to our main heating system, so comes on and off whenever the radiators are on - a real pain and perhaps one of the reasons why it never works properly. I wonder if we can have the two separated.
Thanks for replying - would you recommend the engineered wood?

We currently have porcelain tiles with UFH in kitchen diner - hate them (noisy, hard, cold) - we are laying engineered wood over the top - as builder said that taking up the tiles might disrupt the UFH and is also a v messy dusty job. Out tiles have also cracked repeatedly even when we put in new ones - we think the screed wasnt dry when the extension was done (15 years ago) - so another reason we dont want to pull up the tiles.

That's interesting @another20 - and they don't think that it'll be too much for the UFH to go up through the tiles and then the wood?
Would certainly make the job and hell of a lot easier to just lay on top... hmmmm

I would worry about the heat going through the tiles and the wood effectively. If it’s iffy with just tiles, it won’t be helped with two layers.

My ground floor is mostly underfloor wet heating through ceramic tiles and engineered wood. The travertine is in two bathrooms on the first floor. Engineered wood is recommended for underfloor heating.

You are better off having the heating on all the time. We just have continual warmth. It doesn’t cool down and has a pleasant warmth all the time. Try altering your thermostat.

The tiles and wood are in separate areas! Not on top of each other.