Tag: Underfloor Heating

Underfloor heating is being installed more and more in new buildings these days, as well as existing ones, because it has so many advantages over a radiator system. Not the least of these is that you get more space in a room because there are no radiators, and furthermore, with the best will in the world, you can hardly describe a radiator as attractive. Underfloor heating on a concrete floor is out of sight.

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 this time of the year, not many people are thinking about heating their homes. If anything, they are thinking about how to cool them rather than heat them, especially after the recent hot weather in many parts of the country.

However, believe it or not, it won’t be all that many weeks before the weather cools again and people will be switching on the heating once more, even if only a little to begin with. Heating costs money, and many heating systems can be quite wasteful. Radiators, for example, send a lot of heat up to the ceiling and they don’t heat the room evenly, either. This means that there are colder spots, so the radiator gets turned up some more in order to warm them up.

More and more architects are specifying underfloor heating today because of the advantages it has over radiator systems. Underfloor heating systems work by pumping warm water through plastic tubing which is laid under the floor before the final surface is laid. The warmed water can be provided by any heat source.

This means that every part of the room receives even heating, so there are no cool spots that can occur with a radiator system. Furthermore, there are no radiators, so that means that there is more space in the room.

We are well-known as leading floor screeding contractors throughout England and Wales, and we provide a full floor preparation service from preparing the concrete substrate through to final sanding of the screed so that it is in perfect condition to receive whatever type of final flooring you are going to lay. We also install underfloor heating.