Yes, definitely. Underfloor heating room thermostats should be placed in a location where they can receive a free flow of air from the room, to read an accurate temperature for balancing underfloor heating. It’s important that they are not blocked by items such as curtains, pictures, or furniture.

Do you need a separate thermostat for underfloor heating?

How Many Thermostats do I Need? As a minimum, you will need one thermostat per zone (not one per room as you may have more than one zone in a large room) but you may add additional thermostats if you have second heat generators such as log burners or Aga type cookers and you need to stop the floor from going cold.

Can you use any thermostat for electric underfloor heating?

Can Any Thermostat Be Used With Electric Underfloor Heating Kits? The short answer is ‘yes’. A thermostat is pretty much the brain of the heating system and allows the user to switch the heating system off and on and control the temperature.