Underfloor heating – planning and installation

A brand new underfloor heating system must be properly planned and professionally installed. 

If you’re building a new home for yourself, your completely renovating your current home, or you’re a property professional developing apartments or homes, you need to consider the most efficient way to heat them. This is even more important when you consider the requirements to make your home as energy-efficient as possible. Siting radiators under windows is not making the best use of heating energy, whereas underfloor heating is both efficient and controllable, helping homeowners to keep an eye on their energy consumption and costs. 

Underfloor heating planning 

If you’re considering using underfloor heating in your property, it’s important that you contact a specialist company right at the beginning of your project. This is not only because the heating will have to be installed at a particular point in your project, but because it will also have an impact on some of the other issues you’ll need to consider, including where you put bathroom and kitchen furniture, what flooring you choose, how big a boiler you need and where you want the control panels to be sited. The best way forward is to approach an underfloor heating company with your plans. They will be able to give you information on how much piping will be needed, what room and floor temperatures you can achieve and what the load will be on your heating system. They will then supply you with comprehensive drawings and installation information so that your builder, plumber or even you, if you are confident, can install the heating system. 

Underfloor heating installation 

You might think that installing underfloor heating is very complex, but in fact, once the system requirements have been worked out, and with the right combination of equipment and instruction, underfloor heating can be very straightforward to install. Any heating solution will be tailored to your property, so it should take into account any odd room shapes or sizes, rooms that slope, or particular heating requirements that you have. A plan for each room means that you or your installer can take things one room at a time, and a good underfloor heating company will have experts available who can help if your installation is unclear or runs into problems. 

You must think ahead when it comes to including underfloor heating in your project. If you do, you can be sure that you will end up with an efficient heating system that’s properly planned and well-installed and that will keep you and your property warm for years to come. 

Robbens Systems is a company with many years of expertise in underfloor heating. With over 15 years in the business, the company is ideally placed to help you plan and install underfloor heating in a wide range of buildings – from care showrooms to renovated buildings. Our expertise can help you to get the underfloor heating system you’ve always wanted, and our trained technicians are there to help you every step of the way. For more information, call us today on 01424 851111 or email robbens@underfloorheating.co.uk. 

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