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Benefits
The benefits are enormous. Firstly, from the comfort point of view, the warmth is much more ‘user friendly’. Heat is distributed evenly throughout an area in a gentle and unobtrusive manner, avoiding the overwarm or patchy heating characteristics of more conventional systems populated with hot and/or cold spots.
Because the system warms the floor slab, lower levels of heat are generated with subsequent power and energy saving. Savings are also enhanced because the heat, which naturally rises, starts off at floor level and not at the height of more conventional systems. Conventional heating works by building up a cushion of hot air at ceiling level, thereby gradually bringing the air at the required temperature down to the lower six feet of the room or workspace. Subsurface heating has none of this wastefulness. The lower areas are pleasantly warmed, only rising to be replaced by new warm air from the floor below.
In a nutshell, conventional heating warms the top of the room down; subsurface heating warms the lower few feet of room first – the few feet that you inhabit.
The other obvious benefit is space. Because subsurface heating is contained in the floor, there is no encroachment into the room space. No radiators or heaters taking up floor or wall space: just an efficient environment for you to utilise without unsightly and space wasting heating equipment.
How is it installed?REHAU Subsurface Heating, installed by Independent Heating & Cooling, is a straightforward operation in new build locations. Specially designed heating pipes are laid in a computer generated layout over the sub floor before the final screed is added. These pipes are engineered to require no maintenance or service for the life of the building and are thus impact and pressure resistant as well as corrosion proof. All subsurface joints and seals are again designed to require no maintenance, so once the floor is laid it is merely a case of connecting to the ‘above ground’ systems and the job is done. The system operates through a conventional boiler, controlled by a room thermostat and the ‘maintained’ items are thus easily accessible. |
Pipes can be laid to a specific plan to allow for different room or location requirements, so separate areas can control heating levels independently. Installation in existing buildings is not such a straightforward operation except where it is possible to gain access to the full floor area and there is room to add the system (plus a new surface screed). Further informationIf you are interested in having subsurface heating installed at your new building, or would like a quotation or further technical information, contact us at the address below. |
For advice on the most suitable system for your application, contact us now.
Email: sales@hotice.co.uk Telephone: 01323 449000 Fax: 01323 440099
or write to:
Unit 10, Apex Park, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 3JU
