Underfloor Heating

Underfloor heating is an extremely efficient way of heating your home. Heat is radiated evenly across the whole floor and provides warmth from the floor up as opposed to traditional central heating which heats a room using convection and effectively provides heat from the top down. An added, and subtle, benefit is that it is invisible - no bulky radiator and pipes to site or design your room around! It can be used for whole property heating or can be integrated into existing traditional central heating systems (when building an extension or conservatory for example).

Running Costs

Underfloor Heating girl sitting on a floor

The temperature of the water needed for underfloor heating is 30°C - 40°C this is much lower than the 60°C - 70°C required for radiators. This uses less fuel as the water does not need to be as hot, therefore the system is more energy efficient - typically around 20%. Once installed there are no futher maintenance or servicing requirements. Also with the underfloor pipework having in excess of a 50 year life span there is no worry over replacing it.

Health Benefits

As underfloor heating uses convection rather than radiation to heat a room, the movement of dust particles is reduced which is a great benefit to those suffering from dust allergies or asthma.

Floor Coverings

There are no restrictions on the type of floor covering with solid wood, laminate, ceramic tile or carpet all being suitable however the following will need to be considered when design the system:

Carpets & Laminates - Thick underlay will restrict the heat transfer
Wooden Floors - The wood used needs to have less than 10% moisture content to avoid excessive shrinkage
Wooden Floors - Thicknesses upto 22mm will provide excellent performance however thicknesses exceeding this will influence response time

We are approved installers for underfloor heating systems.

Polypipe Underfloor Heating Products

Solid Floors Screeded floor panel for use in solid or screened floors, uses lightweight plastic floor panels which are quick and easy to cut to size.		Floating Floors This is ideal for use where there are weight limitations. They can be installed on top of solid and timber floors.
Overlay This unique low profile floor heating system allows installation where traditional under floor systems would require expensive excavation.		Suspended Floors Designed for use in timber suspended or battened floors.They use aluminum double heat spreader plates to transmit the heat evenly across the floor.
Modular Heating Panels These enable quick and easy installation into suspended floors.		Temperature Controls The temperature of water in floor systems required is less than for radiators. If the system is linked to the same boiler, one of these units will be required.