Wet Floor Heating

Water underfloor heating typically runs at a lower water temperature than radiators.

Wet floor heating.

They can also be placed under the floor covering dry system or attached directly to a wood sub floor sub floor system or dry system. Floor heating provides an invisible heating solution meaning you no longer have to design your wet room around a bulky cumbersome heater. It s usually between 27 c and 31 c but the exact temperature will be determined by the flooring used to cover it. There are two main types of underfloor heating water underfloor heating sometimes called wet systems and electric underfloor heating known as dry systems.

Due to their open spacious nature wet rooms are ideal to be heated with an underfloor heating system. Electric heating elements or hydronic piping can be cast in a concrete floor slab poured floor system or wet system. The harder it is for heat to get through the floor the warmer the water running under it will need to be. Wet rooms are almost always designed with tiled floor and walls which even in warmup areas tend to be cold to the touch.

Underfloor heating is mostly used in ground floor rooms but in reality there is a system to suit any type of floor construction. Heating your wet room s floors also provides a greater sense of comfort and wellness to the room. Underfloor heating comes in two types. Wet systems are most easily installed where it s possible to take up floors or where new floors are being constructed so is likely to suit new extensions conservatories and new open plan kitchen cum living areas.