Low Profile Overlay Underfloor Heating Panels
Low Profile Underfloor Heating
London Underfloor Heating Suppliers offer quality low profile underfloor heating at incredibly affordable prices. Our products are designed for use by either trade or direct consumers and our excellent customer service team will ensure that you select the perfect low profile underfloor heating for your installation.
The Benefits of Overlay Underfloor Heating
If you’re looking for an energy-efficient way to provide your accommodation with extra comfort, then underfloor heating is the perfect solution. Placed beneath your flooring, the system evenly distributes heat across your entire surface area, providing a sense of cosiness throughout the colder months.
When looking at the benefits of underfloor heating panels, it’s important to understand the differences between this type of system versus a traditional radiator setup.
When you install overlay underfloor heating, the warmth is retained well in your choice of flooring, even when you open a window. This is in contrast to radiator heat which will quickly disperse if the airflow changes. Another disadvantage of radiator units is that they create hot and cold areas in your room, whereas underfloor heating floorboards ensure that your entire floor is kept consistently warm. Underfloor heating also requires much lower water temperatures than radiators to achieve the desired room temperature. This puts less of a strain on your boiler and also provides a healthier type of heat which gently warms the floor rather than drying out the air within your rooms. If you choose to eliminate radiators from your room entirely, then this also improves the aesthetics of your design by removing excess clutter.
Underfloor Heating Panels for Any Property
When choosing the features of a newbuild property, it’s relatively simple to request that underfloor heating be installed. It can simply sit within the floor screed, on top of your insulation and you might end up with a floor build-up of around 200mm. But what about if you’d like to enjoy the benefits of underfloor heating boards in your existing property? This doesn’t mean that you need to dig up the foundations of your property as part of an expensive excavation project to get started. Instead, this is where low profile underfloor heating is the perfect solution for your heating needs.
The latest heating technology allows homeowners or commercial building owners to incorporate pipes on top of an existing solid floor surface, then install underfloor heating panels on top. This option ensures that you don’t use much build-up height of the floor which is often a key consideration when retrofitting a property down the line.
Where To Install Overlay Underfloor Heating
Low profile underfloor heating is a versatile solution for your property and can be installed on either the ground or upper floors of the building. The key consideration is that the existing floor should be entirely flat and stable. In scenarios where the existing floor beneath is uneven, this can cause significant problems with the finishing of your new floor as well as the impact of heat distribution. So, where the existing floor isn’t quite level, this should be rectified before installing your overlay underfloor heating. Additionally, you must always ensure that adequate insulation is contained beneath your flooring. If this isn’t included, then you’ll not be able to take full advantage of the efficiency of this heating system.
Low Profile Underfloor Heating vs Traditional Underfloor Heating
There are multiple similarities between the underfloor heating systems that you’ll see built into a new property, as well as those found in a low profile alternative. Both include a stable spread of heat across the entire room, and therefore both enjoy energy-efficient benefits. However, with low profile installations, you’ll notice that there is a reduction in heat output, and a faster reaction time once you turn the heating on which is great when you’re looking for rapid warmth on a cold winter morning.
Which Flooring Types Can Be Used With Underfloor Heating Floorboards?
Underfloor heating boards are a versatile choice of product for your installation and can technically be installed with any type of flooring. You might choose low profile underfloor heating to work with your stone, tile, vinyl, wood or carpet installation. However, some flooring types will partner with your underfloor heating panels more successfully than others.
As a leading underfloor heating supplier in the industry, we would suggest that your low profile panels will work well with coverings such as floor tiles which have a reduced thermal resistance. Stone and ceramic have a great heat transfer effect which makes them excellent choices too.
On the other hand, thick carpet would be less well suited to this type of heating system although it’s certainly not impossible to partner them together. If you would like to use underfloor heating with a carpeted floor surface, then it’s important to ensure that your carpet and underlay doesn’t exceed a tog value of 2.5T when combined.
If you want to lay carpet or vinyl our Fibcem panel is the best choice.
In terms of floor construction, overlay underfloor heating can be used within liquid screed, solid sand & cement or else a timber installation.
Underfloor Heating Concerns About Leaking
One question that comes up frequently when discussing underfloor heating is worrying about whether or not it will leak and ultimately damage your flooring. The answer is a firm no. Our low profile underfloor heating boards and other components are sourced from industry-leading brands, who all adhere to strict European Standards during their manufacturing process. For example, we use Henco PE-Xc/AI/PE-Xc which is a multilayer pipe made up of five bonded layers. This product comes complete with a 50-year warranty, which will provide consumers with reassurance that they’ve invested in an underfloor heating system that is built to last. The pipe acts as a single continuous component, meaning that there is no chance of any leakage beneath your underfloor heating panels.
The Cost of Underfloor Heating Panels
When looking at the costs involved in underfloor heating, consumers will be interested in two aspects of finance. These are the cost of the initial investment as well as the ongoing savings you can expect to make over the long-term.
In terms of financial savings, this efficient approach to heating your room can save customers up to 20% a year in their energy bills. These savings can be maximised further when incorporated with a quality thermostat for your low profile underfloor heating.
As you might expect, the cost of installing underfloor heating panels is very much dependent on the overall space you wish to heat. However, this low profile solution is a much cheaper alternative in comparison to carrying out excavation work during a retrofit. You’ll find that a small square room will cost less than a more complex space with an uneven surface that would need to be corrected first. To give you an idea of pricing, we stock Ultra Pro Overlay Boards for Underfloor Heating priced from £10 per 600mm x 800mm panel. These can be used with a 12mm underfloor heating pipe and there’s a minimum order requirement of 30 boards to get you started on your low profile project. This will cover a space of 14.4 square metres.
You won’t need to invest in additional fire-proofing for your underfloor heating panels, as these boards are non-flammable. Our boards are usually purchased alongside Ultra Pro JointSTIK Adhesive which is used to bond the boards together in place. You can expect to use 20ml per metre of joint and should allow for a drying time of 18-36 hours at 15-25 degrees Celsius.
Leading Underfloor Heating Company
London Underfloor Heating Suppliers are industry-leading experts in designing, sourcing and installing your low profile underfloor heating panels. With no job too big or small, we can provide you with a heating system for a single room or else a multi-occupational dwelling, but you’ll also find that our prices are unbeatable in the market.
We place a strong emphasis on the elimination of waste, so our design engineers will work to provide you with a CAD representation for your installation that lists the precise types and volume of materials required for your individual project. We can also advise on other components of your flooring including high performance and acoustic underlays which are proven to improve noise pollution by up to 23dB.
Contact Underfloor Heating Suppliers Today
Are you ready to improve the energy efficiency of your current heating systems? Whether you’re making flooring and heating choices for a new-build or wish to revamp and retrofit your existing property, you’ll find that underfloor heating is an incredible investment to make. Turn to our expert underfloor heating company to ensure that your installation project is in the right hands. We’ll book you in for a design briefing with our professional team of engineers and will draw up a quote for the installation.
If you have any questions at all about low profile underfloor heating or wish to know more about our underfloor heating panels, then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our team today on 0207 112 9077.
