Where to use underfloor heating

• Underfloor heating - the essential guide
• Why underfloor heating?
• Types of underfloor heating
• Where to use underfloor heating
• How to install underfloor heating
• Flooring considerations
• Underfloor heating directory

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

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.

Electric underfloor heating is likely to be more suitable for existing rooms as the electrical mesh system is flatter than a wet system so there is less need for floor heights to be altered to accommodate it. There are even electrical mat systems available that can be used under rugs on existing hard floors. On balance, it's easier to add electric systems to upper-floor rooms.

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