A batten floor is a conventional way of installing a timber floor over a solid subfloor or when the ultimate floor deck is to be hardwood planks which must be fixed using nails or screws. This type of construction is frequently used in concrete and suspended separating floors to reduce the transfer of sound. Any underfloor heating system within the batten space must be in firm contact with the underside of the floor deck to provide good thermal transfer performance.

There are three systems available from Timóleon for batten floor constructions:

The Toron flooring system is suitable wherever a chipboard or plywood floor deck is to be laid. Standard plain panels of chipboard or plywood are substituted for 22mm panels of either material pre-routed with a pattern of channels into which circuits of 12mm pipe can be pressed. After the pipe has been inserted, it is covered with self-adhesive foil which acts as a diffuser fin. A layer of either 6mm ply or laminate flooring or hardwood strip or thin compressed gypsum is then fully-glued over the top. The resulting composite panel becomes stronger than the original standard flooring panel. The Toron system provides an excellent heat output and is designed to work at low water temperatures.

The FoilBoard Batten system is designed to be installed between conventional battens. The FoilBoard panels are made from EPS insulation and are ideally used when a wood strip floor is to be laid over the battens. FoilBoard panels can be manufactured in any thickness to suit the batten depth and the insulation requirements of the floor.

The AB system is for installation within an acoustic batten construction. The use of the AB system complies with the requirements of a Robust Detail construction when installing underfloor heating.