Why Floorheater’s system is so much better!
Here are just a few of Floorheater’s many advantages over other types of systems...
Advantages over concrete embedded systems.
- The Floorheater system can be installed by anyone! It therefore offers a considerable cost saving over the more complicated concrete embedded system, which is always best installed by a professional builder - meaning expensive labour costs, together with the added costs of all the building materials involved, such as large amounts of cement and a steel mesh.
- The warm-water heating circuit of the Floorheater system is mounted immediately beneath the floor surface of the room, meaning that changes made on the thermostat translate almost instantly to heat changes in the room itself, whenever so desired. With an embedded system any desired heat changes take time. This is because the heat from the embedded pipe has to find its way through the concrete or screed layer and reach the flooring above before it can begin heating the room.
- Just as soon as the Floorheater system is fully installed and tested, then laying of the new floor can begin. No waiting weeks for concrete bases to settle and dry - which in colder, wet weather, can take even longer.
- With an embedded system, any problems that arise after installation might mean that a newly laid concrete floor will have to be taken up again – requiring the use of a jackhammer, and very likely destroying the installed system in the process. Such a situation, in terms of additional time and cost, might actually prove disastrous for certain projects.
Advantages over other surface mounted systems.
- Each Floorheater system panel has a unique bonded foil coating that maximises heat diffusion efficiency. The foil and panel can be cut using an ordinary craft knife, therefore leaving no sharp edges to be filed down – unlike other systems that diffuse the heat using aluminium she, which unless filed properly after cutting, can easily puncture the water pipe.
- With the Floorheater system, floor tiles can be laid directly on top of the panels. Other surface mounted systems diffuse their heat using aluminium plating - which expands when heated - and therefore they require the extra expense and trouble of placing an intermediate layer of material over them, such as chipboard or gypsum, before tiles can be laid.
Advantages over electrical systems.
- With a Floorheater warm-water system you are free to choose from an electric boiler, a gas boiler, or even a heat pump as your preferred means of providing a hot water supply to heat the floor.
- An electrical surface mounted system can take much longer to install than a Floorheater surface mounted system. Additionally, the 'floor-frame' system, tape or matting roll used to install the electrical system takes very careful laying out and adjusting to ensure that the electrical element is equally spaced throughout its circuit. Floorheater's poly-panels automatically provide the correct spacing required to create the perfect heating set-up, so again saving you the time and trouble.
- Whereas an electrical system can easily be damaged irreparably by a lightning strike or power-surge, The Box system utilises a water pipe to heat the floor, meaning it's safe from any such damage.
Other advantages.
- Installation can be completed often in a matter of hours... The Floorheater system uses ultra-thin poly-panels that can be quickly and easily cut and glued, stapled, or screwed down to any existing floor. Fixing to a concrete base is just as easy, requiring only gluing.
- The Floorheater system can be used in apartments and houses as well as building projects such as conversions, purpose-built developments and offices.
- Super-lightweight Floorehater panels are the ultimate in ultra-portability and easy storage.
