Underfloor heating is fast becoming a popular way for many customers to heat their bathrooms. Not only is underfloor heating the smarter way to heat this space, but it’s also a cleaner option while ultimately offering a most luxurious heating source for everyone using this room. With a selection of choices available, there’s an underfloor heating solution to suit every bathroom.
The Bathroom Showroom offers a helpful guide to help you select the best underfloor heating systems for your customer's bathroom.
What Customers Need to Know Before Installing Underfloor Heating
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When buying underfloor heating for the bathroom, customers will need to understand whether the system is suitable for the property. Those homes that are new builds or customers looking for quick renovation projects will find electric underfloor heating systems the easiest and less disruptive to fit. While water underfloor heating is good for building into a floor's construction when the property is being built. Yet, water underfloor heating is also considered a better option for those larger homes and bathrooms and when multiple rooms will be using it.
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How much work is involved in installing underfloor heating in the bathroom? The installation process for electric underfloor heating is a more rapid time and can involve anything from a few hours to a few days. Water underfloor heating systems are a more complex installation process that can take anywhere from two to five days depending on the project specifications.
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How much budget is there for underfloor heating? The electric underfloor heating initial outlay can cost significantly less than water underfloor heating. Yet, it’s also worth considering the long-term and ongoing running costs of either choice. Water underfloor heating is more cost-effective here. Electric underfloor heating, on the other hand, may just be better when used for short amounts of time or when the room needs to warm up quickly for use.
What Are the Types of Underfloor Heating?
Electric Underfloor Heating
Electric underfloor heating is a more budget-friendly choice and is usually used in those small bathrooms or for those bathrooms where customers already have a heating source but are looking to supplement that.
Electric underfloor heating is a series of electric heating mats or electric heating wires that are all installed underneath the floor. These produce a radiant heat that is penetrated through the mains electricity supply and work to warm the floor's surface. Electric underfloor heating can be controlled via a thermostat to ensure it remains cost-effective as different wattage outputs can be selected to suit. Speedy to heat, this flooring choice can take 20 to 30 minutes when reaching a desired temperature. The Bathroom Showroom provides the much sought-after brand of Prowarm for electric underfloor heating mats. The costs here range from a 1.0m2 room coverage for around £80 to a 12.0m2 bathroom coverage for around £400.
Water Underfloor Heating
Water underfloor heating can be a more substantial financial layout, but when running this long term, the lower running costs certainly offset the initial outlay required. Water underfloor heating is ideal for new builds and larger spaces as it demands a sufficient floor height to accommodate the necessary pipework. This also requires a more complex installation process for the plumbing and connections test to be carried out as well.
This flooring choice consists of a network of pipes installed beneath the bathroom floor. Warm water is then pumped through these pipes to the room via a manifold. Though water underfloor heating takes longer to reach the desired temperature when it does it has an increased ability to retain heat at full temperature for longer.
The Bathroom Showroom offers industry renowned brand of Prowarm for water underfloor heating kits. The costs for this choice range from a 10m2 room coverage at around £470 to a 200m2 bathroom coverage at around £4400.
If you're looking to shop underfloor heating for your customer, speak to us at the bathroom showroom. With over 280 showrooms and a renowned history of working with the trade, we're the experts in all things bathrooms.