Under Floor Heating
Warm feet and a cool head is the kind of real environmental comfort Eco Friendly Homes For You is purpose designed to provide.
Underfloor heating requires only low temperature warm water and is ideal for use with modern condensing boilers and heat pumps. With underfloor heating, comfort levels are high and running costs are low.
Underfloor Heating – A Brief History
Many people believe that underfloor heating is a recent idea, when actually, it has been around for over 2000 years. As the legions of Rome moved north, they realised the growing need to provide winter warmth inside both public and private buildings. Fortunately, an underfloor heating system was already available – the hypocaust, which translates from Greek as ‘heat from below’. These systems allowed hot air to flow underneath floors of buildings as the floors were raised – sitting on brick columns.
Underfloor heating has obviously come a long way since then, but the basic idea remains the same. Underfloor heating systems can now be installed in both concrete and timber suspended floors, along with many other floor constructions.
Benefits Of Underfloor Heating
There are many benefits of using underfloor heating as opposed to traditional heating methods, please see the list below:
Space Saving – underfloor heating is out of sight and therefore out of the way, giving you extra space and allowing you to furnish rooms as you like – no more intrusive radiators.
Health & Hygiene – Underfloor heating prevents dust mites living in carpets, as well as taking away them hard-to-clean spaces where dust gathers on radiators.
Aesthetics – As mentioned, underfloor heating is out of sight, so you can have your room as you want it, no need to accommodate an ugly heating method.
Labour Saving – Wet floors in bathrooms, showers, and utility rooms dry quickly.
Comfort – Underfloor heating provides the ultimate comfort levels throughout your home by radiant heat, heat in its most natural form.
Silence – Underfloor heating suffers none of the creaks or groans of conventional copper pipes and radiators, just a reassuring silence.
Cost Effective – Underfloor heating will save you between 15-30% on your heating bills, depending on your lifestyle.
Ease Of Control - The implementation of underfloor heating results in a very even temperature throughout your home.
Economic – As well as being no more expensive than traditional heating methods, underfloor heating is virtually maintenance free, which reduces costs even further.
