Wet Floor Heating

Underfloor heating is mostly used in ground floor rooms but in reality there is a system to suit any type of floor construction.

Wet floor heating. There are two main types of underfloor heating water underfloor heating sometimes called wet systems and electric underfloor heating known as dry systems. Wet rooms are almost always designed with tiled floor and walls which even in warmup areas tend to be cold to the touch. Electric heating elements or hydronic piping can be cast in a concrete floor slab poured floor system or wet system. Due to their open spacious nature wet rooms are ideal to be heated with an underfloor heating system.

Water underfloor heating typically runs at a lower water temperature than radiators. Floor heating provides an invisible heating solution meaning you no longer have to design your wet room around a bulky cumbersome heater. The harder it is for heat to get through the floor the warmer the water running under it will need to be. 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.

It s usually between 27 c and 31 c but the exact temperature will be determined by the flooring used to cover it. Wet which is so called because hot water is pumped through pipes in the floor or dry which is the name used for electric systems that run off the mains. Heating your wet room s floors also provides a greater sense of comfort and wellness to the room. With water underfloor heating pipes carrying warm water are laid beneath the floor and it works just like a radiator does on your wall allowing heat to flow through the floor and into your room.