North Leeds Plumbing & Heating – Home Improvement and DIY Advice

One of the key advantages to installing electric underfloor heating or water underfloor heating is that it helps to reduce your monthly heating bills.  We are all concerned about conserving energy, and reducing the cost of your heating means that you are taking the right steps to do exactly that.  Compared to traditional heating, electric underfloor heating or under tile heating has numerous advantages including:

- Heat is spread evenly throughout the room
- Little or no maintenance costs
- Low installation costs
- Reduces the amount of dust and dust mites in the air

There has been a 25% increase annually in the demand for underfloor heating systems since the late 1990’s.  In the UK alone, numerous high profile buildings now have had these types of heating systems installed in them.

Electric or wet underfloor heating systems are the two most popular types of underfloor systems being installed today.  Most homes currently use the electric type as it is wired directly into the home’s electricity source and does not require a boiler to heat water the way a wet underfloor heating system does.  Additionally, electric underfloor heating systems heat the floor much quicker making them more cost-effective and efficient to operate compared to a water underfloor heating system.

You can also control the heating by installing an underfloor heating thermostat in each room.  This also helps to reduce your monthly heating bills as you can control which rooms gets heated and which do not.  Whether your rooms are carpeted or tiled, you can install an electric underfloor heating system throughout the house, even in your bathrooms or your conservatory.