Hi all,

We have about 5 types of flooring throughout our home and we'd like to replace the common space with one consistent wood tile. We have hydronic radiant heat underneath and we are concerned about damaging it while pulling up and demo-ing the existing tile. We considered laying something like vinyl plank or just tiling over the existing tile, but the room goes from laminate to tile and we have 8ft ceilings (+ existing tile is a spanish-type style and a little uneven)- so this doesn't feel like the correct way to go.

Does anyone have any experience pulling up tile without damaging the radiant heat underneath? Any suggestions or advice?

The other question is do we rip up the laminate or just tile over this part? It's a smooth level surface so I'm inclined to leave it. (The green is the tile and the brown is the laminate)

Other details:

The house was finished in 1961

The slab is concrete and the hydronic heating is 2" from top of slab per drawings

The hydronic heating still works well