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Cormar Primo Tweeds and Cloud 9 Radiance: combined TOG for underfloor heating

The combined TOG for Cormar Primo Tweeds over Cloud 9 Radiance, worked against the UHMA underfloor heating rule.

1.52.5
1.5TOG in situ
Pass · limit 2.5
Published TOG stack (carpet + underlay)
carpet 1.2
underlay 1.3
limit

Combined against the UHMA 2.5 TOG underfloor-heating limit. Under 1.5 also suits a low-temperature heat pump.

Carpet TOGUnderlay TOGPassMarginalFail
Combined in-situ TOG is 1.5, under the 2.5 TOG limit, so Cormar Primo Tweeds with Cloud 9 Radiance is suitable for a standard underfloor heating system. It is above 1.5 TOG, so on a low-temperature heat pump run choose a thinner underlay.
The combined-TOG calculation
CarpetCormar Primo Tweeds (1.2 TOG)
UnderlayCloud 9 Radiance (1.3 TOG)
Published sum2.5 TOG
UHMA in-situ correctionminus 1 TOG
Combined in-situ TOG1.5 TOG
Standard UFH limit2.5 TOG
Heat pump targetunder 1.5 TOG

Cormar Primo Tweeds is rated 1.2 TOG and Cloud 9 Radiance is rated 1.3 TOG. Laid together the combination is what the underfloor heating has to warm through.

The published TOG figures add to 2.5. The UHMA rule subtracts 1 TOG because tests showed real in-situ resistance runs about a TOG below the paper sum, giving 1.5 TOG. On a heat pump running low flow temperatures the floor has less heat to push, so aim under 1.5 TOG and prefer the thinnest underlay in this range.

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Sources: UHMA guidance on underfloor heating with carpet and underlay (combined-TOG rule) · How to calculate a combined TOG (UHMA formula, worked) · Cormar Carpets published carpet TOG values · Ball & Young Cloud 9 Radiance underlay specification (6 mm, 1.3 TOG, underfloor-heating rated)