Month: September 2021

If you are going to build a new home in Newbury, you may well be advised to consider installing underfloor heating instead of a radiator system.

Underfloor heating has many advantages over a radiator system, and despite what many believe, it can work out at no more expensive to install. However, it can work out as a lot less expensive to run than a radiator system, depending upon what type of underfloor heating you choose.

At UK Screeds, we have been providing screeds and underfloor heating for building projects since 2002, so we are coming up to our 20^th anniversary next year. Founded in Oxford, we have now expanded to 11 branches throughout England and Wales, and we are planning to open more new branches so that we cover the whole of the UK.

When you are designing any sort of new building project, one of the many things that you need to consider is the levelness of the floors. For many years now, the answer has been to cover the substrate with a layer of screed in order to provide as flat a surface as possible on which to add the final flooring, whatever it may be.

If you are considering installing underfloor heating in your home there are benefits to be had, but also one or two issues to deal with. If it is a new build, then the main problem can be taken into account at the design stage, but if you are retro-fitting underfloor heating you need to consider it.

Liquid floor screeds are becoming more and more popular, and for a number of very good reasons. They are a highly versatile material and are especially beneficial when used in conjunction with underfloor heating because they make the system higher in thermal efficiency.

Liquid floor screeds are becoming ever more popular today as their many benefits over traditional sand and cement screeds have become more widely known and understood. This is especially the case when you are installing underfloor heating, which is becoming more common in new build properties today. This is because, although at one time it was thought that it was only suitable for high-end homes, underfloor heating has many benefits over and above a radiator system, and the installation costs can be reduced when it is used in conjunction with a liquid screed and force drying.

Although the heating radiator for buildings was invented as long ago as 1855 (would you believe it?) by a Russian businessman, the fact is that even in the mid-20th century they were not common in homes. Most people heated the home using fire and burning coal that was delivered by the coalman in half hundredweight sacks – not an easy job by any means.