Underfloor Heating

Underfloor heating was introduced to Britain by the Romans some 2000 years ago. What they and other civilizations of that era had discovered was an incredibly efficient space heating system.

Now underfloor heating has been re-invented into warm water under floor heating. It has proven to be a big success, particularly in colder countries like Scandinavia and Germany and even in some Mediterranean countries.

The new technologies of today and the introduction of plastic or plastic-alloy warm water pipes for under floor heating have reduced the installation cost sufficiently to become affordable. Underfloor heating has now evolved to be a credible option in the UK. Warming the entire floor to 27°C creates a low temperature heat source with a large surface area. With underfloor heating the whole floor becomes a warm radiator "under feet", compared to a relatively small radiator on the wall.

Because the total floor space now acts as a radiator it doesn't have to emit as much heat per square metre compared to a much smaller wall radiator at 80°C. Underfloor heating therefore requires about 50% of the heat that conventional radiators do, and a lower warm water flow rate, saving energy, cost and the environment.

Underfloor heating warms the room from the bottom up first - the space we are living. Rooms with high ceilings will especially benefit from underfloor heating because of this factor. And because under floor heating radiates gently and doesn't convect like radiators, much less dust and bacteria are spread through the room especially aiding asthma, allergy and hay-fever sufferers.