| Romans developed the first underfloor heating about | | | | amount of warmth. Individual thermostats for each |
| 2,000 years ago when they placed furnaces in cellars | | | | room allow you to regulate the temperature of |
| and used the generated heat to warm the ground | | | | every area of your home. You can decide to keep a |
| floor. Water- and electricity-based underfloor systems | | | | particular room at a warmer or cooler temperature |
| are becoming more popular today as more | | | | than other rooms in your house, giving you more |
| homeowners discover the benefits of using this type | | | | control over your energy usage, and saving both |
| of heat. | | | | energy and your money. |
| Radiant and convection heat work together to make | | | | The heating systems operate at lower temperatures |
| underfloor heating a desirable way to heat a home. | | | | than radiator systems, and homeowners can save |
| An underfloor heating system uses either electric | | | | from 20 " 25% in heating costs. Savings of 40% is |
| heating cables or pipes carrying boiler-warmed water | | | | common for homeowners with larger homes that |
| that are hidden beneath the floor. These cables or | | | | require more energy for their heating systems. |
| pipes send out radiant heat, which is absorbed by the | | | | Underfloor uses less fuel and is good for both the |
| floor, warming the entire surface of the floor. The | | | | environment and your bank account. |
| heat absorbed by the floor is transferred into the | | | | You will have more choices for placement of your |
| rooms air where it expands and moves up to the | | | | furniture when you have under floor heating. |
| ceiling as convection heat. When an underfloor | | | | Radiators limit the spaces you can use for your |
| heating system is used, the warmest air is | | | | furniture because of the area they occupy and the |
| concentrated at the floor level. Convection heat | | | | dangers of placing objects too close to the heat |
| generated by a radiator warms a room from the | | | | source. You are not restricted from using any floor |
| ceiling downward, and the ceiling area contains the | | | | space with under floor heating. The system requires |
| warmest air. | | | | little maintenance and is less costly than maintaining a |
| The systems provide some of the most comfortable | | | | radiator system. Floors that often become wet from |
| temperatures for homes. Warm air is distributed | | | | everyday activities, such as bathroom and kitchen |
| more uniformly through the combination of radiant | | | | floors, dry much quicker with under floor heating. |
| and convection heat, and the warmest air remains at | | | | It is suitable for timber suspended and concrete |
| the lower level of the room, where it is most | | | | floors. You will have your choice of numerous floor |
| needed. The whole floor area becomes the heat | | | | finishes with your underfloor heating, including lino, |
| emitter, and all areas of the room receive the same | | | | carpet, laminate, stone, and hardwood. |