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When specifying heating in domestic properties , underfloor heating ( UFH ) is increasingly seen as the system that offers the levels of energy efficiency and comfort required . In design terms , UFH provides the added benefit that , unlike radiators , it does not have an impact on interior aesthetics and layouts .
This leaves just one perplexing issue ; whether to opt for a wet ( hydronic ) system or an electric system .
Both offer advantages and disadvantages . Wet UFH systems circulate water
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heated to around 45-50 º C through loops of pipe laid into the screed of solid floors or the joists of suspended timber floors .
The low temperature of the water used makes these systems energy efficient and ideally suited to use with air or ground source heat pumps or district heating systems . Electric systems use a continuous cable , either laid within the screed or supplied as a mat which is laid above the subfloor .
For further information , please contact Gaia on 01359 242 400 or visit www . gaia . co . uk .
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Some 180 Marmox Thermoblocks have been supplied to a regional builder for the construction of a high specification home near Harrogate , with their unique combination of insulating and load-carrying properties being used to tackle cold bridging where the two storeys above ground meet the basement structure which contains a swimming pool and other recreation areas . |
The five bedroom property has been built by Dobson Construction with a beam and block ground floor being supported off the in-situ concrete basement walls .
The partially filled external wall of dense concrete blockwork , with an outer leaf of quarried stone , was then raised on the continuous course of Thermoblocks .
www . marmox . co . uk
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