Floor Build Up For Electric Underfloor Heating

Floor build up and room type.

Floor build up for electric underfloor heating.

This diagram shows a typical build up on a concrete subfloor image credit. Electric underfloor heating is usually placed on top of a layer of floor insulation to ensure the heat travels upwards rather than down. An electric underfloor heating system provides an energy efficient on demand heating system. Underfloor heating is mostly used in ground floor rooms but in reality there is a system to suit any type of floor construction.

If you don t want to dig out the floor structure consider underfloor heating systems from companies such as nu heat and polypipe. The warmup stickymat heating mat is a super thin electric underfloor heating system that does not raise floor levels taking the form of pre spaced cables attached to a sticky mesh. Both heating mats feature an ultra thin heating wire and a system depth of just 3mm. These consist of insulated panels with channels routed out for 1 2cm pipes to sit in which can be laid on top of the existing floor structure.

The floor is now ready for the underfloor heating pipework installation. If there is not enough space for 50mm insulation 30mm can be used. The stickymat and foil heater. Wet systems are most easily installed where it s possible to take up floors or where new floors are being constructed so is likely to suit new extensions conservatories and new open plan kitchen cum living areas.

Electric underfloor heating is best described as a radiant heating system. Warm water surface mounted underfloor heating. Use our underfloor heating system selector tool to determine the best underfloor heating system to use and see how your floor build up will look. There are two key warmup electric floor heating mats.

Floor finishes above underfloor heating to ensure adequate heat output the ufh system must be designed to allow for the proposed floor finishes. Stone and ceramic tile finishes are at risk of developing cracks from screeds drying out or as the underfloor heating pipes expand and contract. This is first laid on a layer of screed made of sand and cement or suspended timber floorboards on joists to ensure the surface is completely flat. The heat radiates from the wires into the floor which then releases the heat into the room and warms it up.

In basic terms a wet underfloor heating system features pipes filled by warm water and powered by a boiler or heat pump concealed within the floor and typically embedded within a screed. We recommend you use a minimum layer of 50mm polyurethane insulation. In contrast to a localised heat source like a column heater which is designed to heat one area of the room underfloor heating spreads and emits warmth over the. Our stickymat 3d system has been specifically developed to bring radiant warmth to bathroom walls.