Underfloor Heating Boards
Underfloor Heating Boards
Are you wondering what type of heating to install in your next project? Underfloor heating boards are an excellent solution for both newbuild or existing properties, whether domestic or commercial. Whatever your requirements, London Underfloor Heating Suppliers are market experts in the design and supply of your underfloor heating floorboards and would be delighted to assist in your next heating project.
What are the benefits of underfloor heating boards?
Underfloor heating is an energy-efficient approach to enjoying ambient temperatures in your property. It differs from the output of traditional radiator heating, which blasts out heat from a single radiator located in your room. Instead, underfloor heating emits a consistent distribution of heat across the entire room which rises to keep the space snug and cosy. This setup ensures that there are no cold spots and that the heat doesn’t get lost if there is a sudden change in airflow, such as a door or window opening.
How do underfloor heating floorboards work?
If you want to install underfloor heating in your existing home or workplace, there’s no need to dig right through to your foundations and install your heating from scratch. Instead, your underfloor heating works by plumbing pipes in on top of your existing flooring. This is followed by a top layer of underfloor heating floorboards. This advanced technology only uses a minimum of build-up height which will be an important consideration when renovating your building.
Alternatively, if you wish to install underfloor heating boards in a new-build, then this is also a simple installation. These are installed within the floor screed, over your choice of insulation. The combination will take you to a build-up of around 200mm.
No need for radiators
When you opt for underfloor heating boards, there’s no need to install radiators in the room. As well as eliminating these unattractive heating units from your interior design, you’ll also notice various health benefits by doing so. Radiators are known to attract dust, which makes them a key source of allergies such as eczema or hay fever within a home environment. Dust can be responsible for all sorts of respiratory conditions including asthma. Cleaning the inner mechanism of a radiator is complex, which is where underfloor heating boards are a much more convenient alternative. A simple wipe, mop, steam or vacuum over the top of your flooring is all that’s needed to clean them – dust won’t be able to get inside the panels, so there are no possibilities of airborne particles being retained beneath.
What types of flooring can be used with underfloor heating boards?
Underfloor heating boards can be used with just about any type of flooring you wish to install in your home or business premises. Whatever design you have in mind, you can be assured that you’ll still notice the benefits of your ufh panels. The heat output of your underfloor heating panels will be more efficient with floor coverings which have low thermal resistance. Floor tiles would be a great choice and are extremely easy to lay too. Stone and ceramic are also great conductors, which means that you’ll notice a quick heat-up time with these surfaces.
If you wish to install your underfloor heating panels beneath the carpet, then this is slightly more challenging to work with, but is certainly possible so long as the tog value of carpet and underlay don’t reach more than 2.5T in total. Our Fibcem panels are the best choice if you’d like to lay carpet or vinyl flooring.
Where can underfloor heating boards be installed?
Underfloor heating floorboards aren’t just for the ground floor. They can be used on upper levels too, so long as the existing floor is entirely flat and built on top of the insulation. An uneven floor would negatively impact on the heat distribution of your underfloor heating as well as the effect of your finished flooring. It’s essential that you correct any uneven areas before installing your underfloor heating boards.
How much do underfloor heating floorboards cost to install?
The cost of your underfloor heating boards will depend on the size of the room or area you need to kit out. Our low profile overlay panels are priced from just £10 for a 600mm x 800mm panel which can be used with a 12mm underfloor heating pipe. Minimum order of 30 of these underfloor heating floorboards would cover an area of 14.4 square metres. The boards can be installed using UltraPro JointSTIK Adhesive – 20ml of adhesive is used for 1 metre of joint and will take 18-36 hours to dry at 15-25 degrees Celsius.
Even with the cost of repairing an uneven floor, you’ll still find that low profile heating costs radically less than excavating your floor to install traditional heating. Additional fire-proofing won’t be required either as the boards are non-flammable.
How much can underfloor heating boards save in the long-term?
As well as the initial cost-savings of underfloor panels, you can also expect to make long-term energy reductions too due to the efficiency of this heating technology. Customers can save as much as 20% a year on their heating bills when they opt for ufh panels. If you include a thermostat alongside your underfloor heating boards, then you can maximise your savings further still.
London Underfloor Heating Suppliers
London Underfloor Heating Suppliers are market-leading experts in the design and supply of underfloor heating boards for your next project. When you’re ready to source materials for your domestic or commercial underfloor heating project, we should be for your first choice of supplier.
Our design engineers are focused on waste elimination, so we use CAD to draw up a list of the exact type and volume of materials you require for your next project. We can also quote for other flooring features including acoustic underlays to reduce noise pollution.
Are you ready to enjoy the multiple benefits of our underfloor heating floorboards? Get in touch with London Underfloor Heating Suppliers today and we’ll book you in for a design consultation. Call us today on 0207 112 9077.
