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Underfloor heating and cooling is a form of central heating and cooling that achieves indoor climate control for thermal comfort using hydronic or electrical heating elements embedded in a floor. Heating is achieved by conduction, radiation and convection. Use of underfloor heating dates back to the Neoglacial and Neolithic periods.

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    Electric underfloor heating

    Does anybody know how good electrical underfloor heating is ? Ive never fitted such a stuff therefore I am wondering if anybody had the chance to install it and knows something about it thanks for your advise
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    • anybody electric heating ufh under under floor heating underfloor underfloor heating
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  2. O

    Underfloor heating

    Does anybody know if you can flush underfloor heating ? if yes, How does it work to gain great results? Or does it not make any sense ?
  3. Riley

    Underfloor heating quandary.....

    Hi guys I hope some bright spark out there can help me out Basically I have been asked to take over from another plumber that has been booted off site. (Customers problem not the plumber). He has part fitted a 20 m² speedfit pack Speedfit Single Room Underfloor Heating 20sq metre -...
  4. T

    Underfloor heating

    Hi, is there a good book covering all aspects of underfloorheating? Cheers
  5. D

    Underfloor Heating

    I've never really done underfloor heating but lately it's a subject that's been mentioned by some long standing customers. I'm considering fitting it. Has anyone here got any experience in that realm, what would you say are the benefits of it and the things to look out for, any tips?
  6. B

    Advice Needed (willing to pay) - Oil Boiler with Underfloor heating and DHW

    Looking for some advice on getting a system pulled together. It needs to be an oil boiler that feeds DHW and underfloor heating. I'm totally out of my depth when it comes to this stuff and my budget (£2k) is not enough to use one of these companies that does it all for you (e.g. Chelmers). The...
    • bubbs
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    • advice boiler central heating system color dhw needed oil oil boiler ufh under floor heating underfloor underfloor heating
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  7. S

    Underfloor heating in screed

    I ve just run all of the underfloor heating circuits in a barn conversion for a customer. It's a polyplumb solid staple onto cellotex before screed system. The owner has now come back to me and said they are building a fireplace in the lounge and don't want any pipes underneath it. I was told...
  8. A

    Underfloor heating on 24/7

    Hello all, first off I'm sorry if this is posted in the wrong thread. I have a problem with my underfloor heating it's was fine throughout the winter but now the summer is here if notice it's still constantly on. I've turned off the room stats and the actuators are all off but its still on I've...
  9. M

    Low profile underfloor heating panels...

    Has anyone tried these and if so which manufacturers. I am in the process of buying a house which has half concrete and half board floors. I am wanting to put underfloor heating throughout without raising the height of the floor too much. Cheers guys
  10. J

    Underfloor heating from combi help

    Hi everyone after a bit of advice. Im an electrician so go easy on me! currently wiring a new build at the moment and wanted to see what people's opinions of this set up. It's a large house with 5 zones of UFH downstairs and radiators upstairs. I was expecting a valve for the UFH and a...
    • jstephens
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    • combi heating help ufh under floor heating underfloor underfloor heating
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    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  11. R

    Underfloor heating plan

    Just received drawings for a job where I am installing UFH pipework next week. They show the pipework going in a spiral to the centre and then back out. I've always been an up and down in lengths man if that makes sense!! This is from a new supplier so I'm wondering if it's just how they do...
  12. S

    Underfloor Heating - connection to bolier

    Hello All I have purchased a single room underfloor heating solution from Solfex. It comes with: 3 circuit manifold, manifold mixer with pump, 2 port motorized valve, room stat plus the boards and pipe. What I am unsure of however is how his connects to my single zone (all house rads, no HW...
    • stevo23777
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    • boiler central heating system connection however ufh under floor heating underfloor underfloor heating valve
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  13. E

    Underfloor heating system

    Hi there, I really need some advice. To set the scene 3 storey house, 2 of which are in-between joist screed and the other screed slab. Each floor will have its own manifolds and each zone a heatmiser neo thermostat. The house is highly insulated. I am going to buy a Viessmann 200 vitalness...
    • elhughesio
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    • heating heating system system ufh under floor heating underfloor underfloor heating
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  14. Stanios

    Wiring in Underfloor Heating

    Hi guys got a Honeywell evohome to wire up tomorrow, rads on one zone, hot water and third will be underfloor. The underfloor is only for kitchen so its one zone. Thing is ive never wired underfloor, what I was going to do is just wire in a stat to the motorised valve to underfloor manifold +...
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    underfloor heating training

    Can anyone recommend a good underfloor heating course, preferably one that does loads on fault finding, controls and wiring as 90% of what i do is breakdowns and repairs I'm useless on underfloor heating and need to raise my skill level. Found quite a few of the places i've called have stopped...
  16. S

    Electric combi boiler for underfloor heating and rads - off the grid

    Hi all, I'm new here and trying to get my head around the selection of boilers as none of them seem to have very detailed spec sheets. My property is off the mains gas grid, with no space for LPG or oil tanks. I can't afford biomass or air source pumps which leaves me with an electric...
    • serfer
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    • boiler central heating system cold radiator combi combi boiler electric hot rads oil ufh under floor heating underfloor underfloor heating
    • Replies: 112
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  17. T

    Underfloor heating

    Hello all, Does any one quote by the square meter for UFH? If so how much please?
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