Most new buildings in Manchester are being constructed with the installation of underfloor heating because of the many benefits it has compared to a radiator system. In fact, many people today consider radiators as very “last century” and indeed they are. They are by no means as efficient in heating a room or any other area as underfloor heating.
Underfloor heating can be powered by electricity, which is an electric heating cable system laid under the floor surface. It does work, but of course it requires electrical power to heat it and that is expensive. Indeed, it is only going to get more expensive as time passes.
The other system uses water pipes which run underneath the floor and are heated by pumping warm water thorough them. Certainly, the water needs to be heated, but this can be done by using a ground or air source heat pump. That is a lot less costly. This is just one of the reasons why we provide water-based underfloor heating in Manchester as opposed to electric.
But there is another very big advantage to our water-based systems, and that is that they can also be used for cooling! Oh yes, you can pump cooled water through them as well. You can’t do that with an electric system! So, not only do you have heating in winter, but cooling in summer.
It Gets Better
But it gets even better. This is because you can have heating and cooling in the same building together. So, you can heat one room and cool another. Many restaurants, pubs, hotels, and so on, need to keep foods chilled, and with our systems you can do that with a walk-in cold room. Other types of business that need a cold room are pharmacies and clinics that have to store things such as vaccines which are heat sensitive.
A very big advantage of our underfloor heating systems is that they keep the room heated evenly. A radiator system will always have warm areas and colder ones, whereas our underfloor heating in Manchester will produce the same temperature everywhere in the room.
The heat is also extremely efficient because the screed that we use to cover the heating pipes, being liquid, covers them 100% without leaving any gaps or voids. A traditional sand and cement screed laid by hand will always have some gaps. Furthermore, the heat transfer properties of our liquid screed are nearly twice that of a traditional screed, so saving even more money on heating. The benefits go on and on.
