Under-floor heating has become a very popular with self builders over the past few years mostly because it can be much cost effectively install in new builds as floors and walls don’t have to be uprooted. It is an efficient home heating system, which can be used as the main source of heat or combined with another heating system. It is most commonly installed in kitchens and bathrooms where tiled floors are common, but can be used to heat the whole house. It can operate with heat pumps, a condensing boiler or from an electrical source.
The main advantages of an under-floor system is the even spread of heat through the entire floor, with no cold spots, and there is no loss of space to radiators as everything is beneath the floor and removed from sight. The low surface temperature means that air is not dried out as much as it generally is by radiators or stoves. |
