While many people think that underfloor heating is modern technology in fact the basic principles go back thousands of years. It was the Romans that harnessed the science of heated air so that they could provide heat to their Villas and Bathhouses.

There are two types of underfloor heating, wet and dry. Wet underfloor heating is the most common and just means that the heat is distributed along a network of multi-layered pipes that loop backwards and forwards in a circuit across the room. These pipes are connected to a manifold and from there to the boiler. As the cooler used water comes back into the boiler it is reheated and circulated again by a pump. The dry type of underfloor heating system uses electricity to power resistance elements inside insulated modern materials to provide the heat. The element is energized and de-energized as it receives room temperature feedback from the thermostat sensors.

Underfloor heating also runs more quietly than the conventional central heating systems. It is also worth considering the value that underfloor heating can have on your property. It has always been a great selling point because people will always consider it state-of-the-art and not something that would see in every home.

What makes underfloor heating systems different from conventional heating systems? Could it be the high-tech underfloor heating thermostats? Or the obvious that one is fixed under the floor rather than affixed against the wall? Actually it is both of these and more! Most homeowners will not have had underfloor heating installed perhaps because they simply do not know enough about this kind of system.

Underfloor heating has massive advantages and is a really useful way of saving money as well as having different but controlled heating to all areas of the home or workspace. Small differences such as the underfloor heating thermostats are programmable for each separate area, in separate rooms and can be timed for each individual room. The same however, cannot be done with conventional radiator heating because although the size of the radiator can be fitted to accommodate differing heat patterns, this means that if you want your bedroom heater on but have the rest of the heaters off, you will have to do this manually. Underfloor heating thermostats do not need the individual to manually turn off the heating systems in each room, nor do they need to raise the temperature on the thermostat to heat the rooms up quickly.