Over the past several years, underfloor heating has become rather popular throughout the UK. With underfloor heating, heat comes from the floor and rises up as opposed to traditional radiators in central heating where the room is heated from the ceiling down.
There are two types of underfloor heating – electric and heated water systems – available, these are very similar apart from the obvious fact that one uses an electric heating cable whereas the other circulates heated water through a pipe. At Real Oak Floors we believe that Electric underfloor heating is the better of the two types for a number of reasons.
Electric underfloor heating is a lot cheaper and easier to install than its water based counterpart as no specialist tools are required and due to this, it is also cheaper to install as unfortunately for Mr Joe Bloggs the plumber, he isn’t required to fit electric underfloor heating either, sorry Joe. On the topic of the unfortunate Mr Joe Bloggs, with water based heating systems there’s the chance of burst pipes, leaks and although fixing the problem is easy enough it will require Mr Bloggs to come out with his charge which can be quite expensive! However with electric underfloor heating there is no need for maintenance, hurrah!
Underfloor heating has some fantastic benefits, including the lack of “hot spots” due to the floor becoming like one large radiator, speaking of radiators – with the lack of radiators on the walls you have more freedom in decorating your room, fantastic! Did we mention the fact that it helps reduce the circulation of allergens and dust also?
In short we highly recommend you consider the advantages of an underfloor heating system instead of traditional radiator based central heating, you may be in for a pleasant suprise!
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#1 by rafdevis on June 29th, 2010
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We’re looking into floor heating as well seeing we’ll have to rip our the entire floor of our to-be-renovated house anyway. But I’ve been told that floor heating doesn’t work if you put it under a wooden floor. Is that right? Appreciate the feedback!
#2 by flooring surrey on July 10th, 2010
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in my experience underfloor heating is not ideal in isolation, for large properties, you would still need a half decent sized radiator
#3 by admin on July 13th, 2010
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Apologies for the late response here; You can use wood floors with under floor heating if the floors are engineered boards. These are made up from a top layer of real wood with a softwood backing. The engineered floors are more sturdy and are not prone to movement therefore they can be used with under floor heating.
Thanks, The Wood Floor Blog
#4 by Leramic on July 15th, 2010
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Electric underfloor heating…….
WOW~~~SO COOL….
it’s more environmental
#5 by andrew on July 15th, 2010
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Hello, has anyone had any experience of underfloor heating with parquet floors? Thanks
#6 by mick on July 23rd, 2010
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has real oak flooring ltd in leeds gone bust?
#7 by admin on July 29th, 2010
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Not at all.
#8 by Richard on August 16th, 2010
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Wow I’ll admit underfloor heating is much cheaper than I thought it would be! I imagine the cost of electricity compared to traditional heating must be higher though?
#9 by Joe on August 20th, 2010
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Sounds great, does anyone know of any companies doing this in Australia?
#10 by Electric Underfloor Heating on September 6th, 2010
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This is not a weekend project. As always with jobs like this preparation is paramount to success. I’ve fit kitchens, halls and conservatories with underfloor heating mats and the process requires calculated decisions.