subject: The Advantages Of Underfloor Heating [print this page] Underfloor Heating is today considered one of the best heating options for both homes and offices across the world. Apart from providing the much desired warmth during the chilly winters, it also helps you to save your money compared to other heating options.
It has been found that underfloor heating is far more efficient than other forced heating system; this is because it is characterized by minimal indoor air circulation compared to the convective heating.
Underfloor heating is also safer and better because it utilizes natural air movement unlike convective heating which uses forced circulation.
Another advantage of underfloor heating is that it has a uniform temperature profile in heated spaces and homogenous temperature distribution, instead of a few hotspots.
This results in minimal floor-to ceiling temperature gradients. In fact, in this kind of heating the warmth starts at the feet, which is very comfortable and the desired way of heating.
This type of heating starts from the floor, rather than in other methods where air outlets located at the ceiling causes excess warmth over the head and result in great discomfort.
Again in this radiant floor heating for the underfloor, the temperature of the air that satisfies thermal comfort is generally lower than that of the conventional convective heating system.
Pex tubing is an important method of generating underfloor heating, which is both energy efficient and cost productive. These tubes are available in standard forms as well as in customized forms in the market today.
Nowadays, scientists have also come up with underfloor heating system that can be integrated with solar energy for great results. This way it has indeed become an energyefficient alternative to other conventional systems.
Because of all the above mentioned reasons, and to create a thermally comfortable environment and a better internal air quality at lower energy consumption, underfloor heating systems have gained great popularity these days.
