A Short Description of Underfloor Heating Services

The origins of underfloor heating can be traced back to as far as 2500 BC to kingdom parts of Anatolia, China and Tib

et but it was the Romans in the second century AD that re-discovered the principles of central heating and first used them to heat Bath Houses. The method in those days used smoke and heated air from a fire lit at the side passing through underfloor heating ducts laid beneath a raised floor. Hence, this “Hypocaust” system (from the Greek term meaning “heating from below”) was later extended by the Romans to space heat whole buildings. The Heating and Ventilating Engineers of that era would be by no means critical of their modern day equivalent now in use around the world. Instead, special plastic tubing is strategically laid in the floor structure and connected to a manifold arrangement. A local dedicated pump circulates warm water (blended down to typically 45-60 deg C) from the main Boiler through the manifold and underfloor tubing to give the desired heating effect. In the case of the electric version, the flat ribbons or self-regualting cable are employed in the place of pipe. The elements are earthed, screened and insulated for complete safety.




Underfloor Heating Systems The underfloor heating systems expertly supplied and installed by D.C. Sales and Sons Ltd can be either water or electric based depending on Client requirements and/or the site parameters.
		The origins of underfloor heating can be traced back to as far as 2500 BC to kingdom parts of Anatolia, China and Tibet but it was the Romans in the second century AD that re-discovered the principles of central heating and first used them to heat Bath Houses. The method in those days used smoke and heated air from a fire lit at the side passing through underfloor heating ducts laid beneath a raised floor. Hence, this “Hypocaust” system (from the Greek term meaning “heating from below”) was later extended by the Romans to space heat whole buildings. The Heating and Ventilating Engineers of that era would be by no means critical of their modern day equivalent now in use around the world. Instead, special plastic tubing is strategically laid in the floor structure and connected to a manifold arrangement. A local dedicated pump circulates warm water (blended down to typically 45-60 deg C) from the main Boiler through the manifold and underfloor tubing to give the desired heating effect. In the case of the electric version, the flat ribbons or self-regualting cable are employed in the place of pipe. The elements are earthed, screened and insulated for complete safety.

A room or floor thermostat (sometimes programmable) controls the system via a junction box or wiring centre in conjunction with the main programmer. The set-up is fully automatic and can be made more energy efficient with the addition of weather compensating and optimum start controllers. Underfloor heating is the most ideal, comfortable, healthy, safe and energy efficient form of space heating available today for human comfort. It can be installed into solid concrete; timber suspended and floating floors with virtually no limitation or adverse affects upon the wide range of surface finishes currently in use. The clear advantages of modern Underfloor Heating far outweigh those of more conventional means.
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