Underfloor Heating

[Mary]

Has anyone installed the Flat Ribbon Underfloor Heating that is advertised at the top of this site? It sounds ideal for our house and just wondered if anyone actually had it.

 

Thanks in advance for the avalanche of answers I will no doubt get ..........

 

Mary :lol:

[gregers]

i think glen is the person you need to contact as iirc this is the line of work he is invovled in,and he will be able to give you all the technical bumpf that you need to know about.

[Mary]

Thank you Gregers. Will give him a shout after work.

 

If its his line of work he'll tell me its wonderful anyway :lol:

 

 

Mary :lol:

[Gteuk]

Yep I have fitted it in the good old days, saying that I also fitted it in the sales offices over the christmas break,

 

The office is 70m2 with 8 desks and all the usual office gubbins, i.e. computers, filing cabs, etc.

 

Furniture out 1 day,

remove old carpet & carpet underlay then prep floor (it was uneven and we were putting laminate down) 1 day

Lay insulation and heating mats, test and wire up 1 day

Lay flooring on top 1 day

Furniture back in 1 day

 

In all fairnes this could have easily been done in 3 days but we are lazy over the christmas break, move 2 desks, 1 coffee break, Lay 2m2 of flooring then coffee.

 

A standard room can be done in a day under laminate, carpet, etc (dependent on floor fitter) under ceramic, slate and stone a bit longer due to adhesive curing times and tiles are more tricky to install.

 

Depending on the project in mind it is pretty much straight forward, our staff offer a free planning and design service, plus you get full technical backup from me and the guys on the support team,.

 

The only thing you don't get from us is problems (oh and discount (such a horrible word) ;) )

 

The company is a contract flooring company also and can advise on all aspects from start to finish, and if there is a flooring you like on our website we can advise and send you a sample.

 

Hope that helps

 

And if you have any specific questions feel free to ask on here or through the company website (which has just been revamped by me over the last 2 days).

 

Cheers

 

Glen

[Gteuk]

maybe worth having a look at this also, It will explain in brief how savings can be made even in an old victorian house.

 

http://www.solar-specialist.co.uk/Reduced_running_costs.php

[mumof4]

so um..y'know when you lay this underfloor heating stuff.. do you um... ignore any adult sized bumps under the floorboards...and will it umm..y'know make any um.... lets say .."dead animals" that happen by chance to be buried under the floorboards... umm..whiff a lot more than they would lets say if they were buried in say umm..y'know..a black bag that was kinda sealed and just tiled overr??

 

Just wondered like...

[Gteuk]

My teenage not very good but here is my attempt at the language

 

yah C it' lyk dis, da floor insulated 2 the max b4 ya lay da heaing dan, na need ta dig the floor, da temp so low I get na wiff od dat body belo.

 

Now in English

 

You do not need to lift up the existing sub floor be it concrete or wood, you simply lay down an insulation over the top which will not let any heat go downwards, all the heat is reflected into the room giving a nice warm feeling. because of its low working temps it goes under any flooring.

 

If you phone environmental health they will help you remove the body, however if it is an adult sized one they will probably bring the entire metropolitan police force along to assist and show you your new home, if that is the case you will not need underfloor heating really.

 

You will have either an axe murderer called Bruce to keep you warm or an axe murderer called Bertha dependent on your gender.