Underfloor Heating Is No Longer Just For The Privileged

1. Underfloor Heating Is No Longer Just For The Privileged Some years ago, underfloor heating was regarded as something for only high- end homes, as it was deemed expensive to install and run. So, most new build homes from the 1960s onwards have been heated using a radiator system. Certainly, if you use an electric underfloor heating system it can be expensive to run because electricity tariffs can be high. Electric systems are quite cheap to install though. Conversely, if you install a water-based underfloor heating system it is more expensive to install than an electric one, but it is much cheaper to run and of course, that benefit will continue for as long as the property lasts. This is one of the reasons why more and more homes today are being fitted with underfloor heating instead of radiators. Not only is electric underfloor heating fairly cheap to run but there are other advantages too. Apart from any other considerations, if you use underfloor heating, you have no radiators and pipework in the room, and this can give as much as 10% more space in a room. In addition to that, when you use radiators, some parts of the room are warmer than others. The area next to the radiator gets warm and the heat goes up towards the ceiling at which point it is distributed around the room by convection. This can mean that there are parts of the room in the middle where it is cooler. Not only that, but a radiator system will push dust around the room by convection which can be uncomfortable for anyone who suffers from asthma or has allergies. An underfloor heating system does not do that.

2. When you install a water-based underfloor heating system, it will heat the room totally evenly, as long as you combine it with a liquid anhydrite screed. Why? Because a liquid anhydrite screed is just that – liquid. What that means is that when the screed is poured into position it will completely envelop the heating pipes without leaving any gaps or voids. Conversely, when you use an old-fashioned “traditional” screed of sand and cement it is very difficult, if not impossible, to cover the heating pipes completely. This means that there are gaps and voids where the heating pipe does not meet the screed, and the result is that the heat transfer into the room is uneven where the gaps exist. READ MORE UK Screeds Ltd 5 Thorpes Field Alvescot England Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2QF 0800 197 8802 info@ukscreedsltd.co.uk https://twitter.com/ukscreeds https://www.ukscreedsltd.co.uk/