WHY?
Underfloor heating is fast becoming the application of choice for new builds, renovations and central heating upgrades. It can be around 30% more cost efficient if designed and installed correctly. The temperatures used to achieve sufficient heat are a lot lower than that of a system using radiators, which results in lower fuel bills and a more environmentally friendly way of heating your home. The heat produced by underfloor heating gives a more harmonious feeling to the whole room. Radiators can often give a very stuffy nauseous heat as they heat the room from the ceiling downwards whilst underfloor heating produces heat from the floor up heating the room as a whole. This method creates the perfect climatic change for your home/office.

HOW?
As mentioned underfloor heating can be used in the home or work place. This is achieved by laying closed circuit pipework across the floor area of the room underneath the final floor covering, so that the floor becomes one big radiator, hence why lower temperatures are needed. A thermostat placed in the room will control the heat output. All of the pipes will be buried except for where they meet the manifold, which can be sited in a remote area.

WHERE?

Underfloor heating can be used in the family home, offices or even factory workspace and with no pipe work or radiators on display this makes furniture arranging less challenging. The only evidence of your underfloor heating system will be where the pipes come from the floor to meet the manifold, which can be sited in a cupboard/garage or somewhere else accessible, but out of sight. There are many different methods utilised for different floor structures, On ground floors the pipes are often covered in a screed or concrete which will result in optimum results as this layer of screed will also act as a thermal store. This can be also be achieved on floors constructed with joists. There are no restrictions as to where underfloor heating can be installed as long as the correct method is applied.