Heating our homes is something that is important, especially in the winter when it gets chilly. There are many ways to heat your home, and something that is becoming very popular is underfloor heating.
Underfloor heating is a system that is installed underneath the floor. It uses pipes and wires to heat the room up from the floor itself, so it is particularly good if you have cold floors in the winter! The floor acts as a giant radiator, so there is no need for you to have a radiator in the rooms that you have underfloor heating in – this is why many people will choose to have underfloor heating put into their conservatory. If you have a conservatory connected to central heating, you need to obtain planning permission if you otherwise wouldn’t. but in the case of underfloor heating, you don’t need to.
Underfloor heating is also a popular option if you have an older boiler, or simply want to reduce the demand on your current boiler. For example, if you have had a large extension built onto your home and are worried about the effect this may have on the boiler, underfloor heating is a brilliant option. It is also a great choice if you are looking to have a more environmentally conscious approach to heating your home and use an air source heat pump, as it is a type of heating that works really well with this.
There are two types of underfloor heating – electric and wet. Whichever one you opt for, it is not something that the average person should install, and should always be done by a qualified and well trained professional such as this electric underfloor heating Gloucestershire based company https://parsonsflooring.com/services/electric-under-floor-heating-gloucestershire
Wet underfloor heating uses pipes which are then filled with warm water, like a radiator but under the floor. Electric underfloor heating is more like an electric heater, so can be more expensive to run in larger rooms, however it is much cheaper and easier to install.
The good thing about underfloor heating is that it can be used with many different types of flooring and is also a really good way to heat a room up evenly. It also means that you don’t have to rely on radiators in the rooms that the underfloor heating is in.
