Both provide heating in a room from the floor up for consistent efficient warmth.
Electric underfloor heating for concrete floors.
Electric radiant heating systems use wires embedded in a mat laid right on your concrete.
In the following guide we look at installing a wet underfloor heating system although you can install electric dry systems.
Concrete provides quick heat up times and retains heat well even storing the warmth produced by solar gain making a heated polished concrete floor a great option to improve the comfort and warmth of your home.
Please also look at our wall floor hidden heating option.
Due to their high thermal mass concrete floors are ideal to be heated by an underfloor heating system.
These wires are often sold on a pre assembled mat which makes it.
Process of installing underfloor heating on a solid floor.
Hydronic heating may be more appropriate for zones larger than m.
The inscreed cable electric underfloor heating system is designed for installation in concrete screed thickness of 50mm to 100mm.
Please contact us for advice.
Warm water systems run hot water through pipes to create heat whereas electric underfloor heating heats wiring beneath the floor to generate heat.
These wires cannot be cut in any way and only partially manipulated so size your mat to the floor it will.
Since 1996 thermosoft s electric heating products have created comfort for over 1 500 000 north american families.
Water underfloor heating systems are perfect to install with new polished concrete floor finishes as concrete is the ideal subfloor material to cover the system.
There are two types of radiant floor heating electric and water based systems.
Our ul and nec compliant radiant floor heating systems are easy to install affordable and green saving energy up to 40.
In concrete electric storage heating can be used to warm concrete finished floors up to 50 m.
This is the next generation.
The forte grid system has been specifically designed to use with reinforced concrete floors and utilises a gridwork frame on which to install the heating pipes within the concrete.
Electric radiant underfloor systems use electronic cables that run under the floor to give off heat.