Electric floor heating than UFH water

Underfloor heating has many advantages over traditional radiator. Flow: blows fresh heat radiators in the room, creating rising air currents to focus on the highest level: this type of convection heating is unnecessary and inefficient. Floor heating works by radiant heat energy in space on the floor, soft and evenly heated room: this method of heating is less expensive to implement than radiator heating up to 20%.

In a modern, well insulated, where heat loss factors are taken into consideration, under floor heating can serve as a primary source of heat: most often, eliminating the need for radiators.

The main difference between electrical and water-also known as "wet" systems-is in building subsoil. Wet systems are particularly suitable for the new building plan, where the composition of the background is suitable for pipes and cement screed. Existing floors, where the total height of the floor be a problem, a system of electric floor heating would be the preferred option for heating wire (3 mm) low-profile: these systems are the ideal choice for restructuring or profiled wood projects.

Other things to consider would be the highest cost of installing a system of water compared to a typical electrical system and the difference between the two types of operating costs of underfloor heating.

Under the floor heating of water

For new construction where the basement is planned at the beginning: when a concrete surface is needed, the tube is placed in the cement screed. For wood profiles, aluminium spreader plates placed in the centres of 400 mm, wooden joists; was placed 200 mm centres, with the floor directly on top of the tube.

Heating gas, especially when combined with a high efficiency condensing boilers General Electric current cost.

Thanks for the water temperature less than operating from the bottom of the water of renewable heating systems heat pumps and solar energy-use to great advantage.

Heating Electric underfloor heating

For new or existing buildings where it is already in the cellar under the standard plan preparation, electric heating cables or mats are placed at the top of the existing basement; This type of installation very quick and convenient.

In both cases, electric or water, floor heating systems generate enough energy for the needs of main heating for a new or well insulated construction without the need for extra heating radiator. However, where the two systems differ in operating expenses is: simply, for hot water systems, gas boilers are cheaper to transport to KW of heat than using electricity to electric UFH KW hour. The difference between the lower overall cost of installing an electric floor heating with a higher operating costs, compared with the alternative of further costs for the installation of the floor heating of water, but with lower operating costs, you may receive one of the length of time to realize the investment facility.

For existing UFH underfloors electric will be the only practical solution; new sub plans to offset the benefits of lower operating cost will always be against rising costs of long-term installation.