Save Energy with Water Based Underfloor Heating

Water Based Underfloor Heating VS Electric Underfloor Heating  

There are two types of underfloor heating systems, water, and electric. Both systems heat the floor finish well, but they work very differently.  

Electric underfloor heating systems generally come in mats or cable systems that are positioned directly beneath your floor finish, or placed under /in the 50-100mm screed. Electric floor heating systems work well and are controllable depending on their position in respect to the floor finish. However, they require a lot more energy to run than water based underfloor heating systems.  

Water based underfloor heating systems are roughly 60% less to run than electric systems and use low water temperatures. Our Rapid Response® systems can also be placed beneath the floor finish resulting in maximum controllability and ideal for retrofit or newbuild projects.  

Rapid Response® Heating System

Zone Your Home 

Most houses in the UK have one thermostat controlling their whole home. But you wouldn’t have a single light switch for your whole home, would you? When you take a moment to think about it, this solution doesn’t make sense today where energy prices are higher than ever.  

If you are only in one room, working or relaxing, why waste energy heating empty rooms? We are advocates of zoning your home and controlling each room independently and have designed underfloor heating and smart control systems that help you heat where you want when you want.  

Our floor heating design team will help you zone your home and control each room separately and our smart controls help you have room to room control even controlling your radiators.  

Is Underfloor Heating Eco-friendly? 

Water based floor heating is the most eco-friendly, energy-efficient, and futureproof system available. This is due to how it works. Using 35-45 degrees water means that the water doesn’t have to be heated to as high a temperature as with radiators. It takes any heat source (gas, electric, and hydrogen boilers or heat pumps) very little energy to warm water to this temperature. If you are generating your own electricity, the most efficient way of using it would be to use a heat pump to warm water for your UFH system, rather than feed an electric floor heating system. As a water based floor heating system with a heat pump could be 60% more efficient.