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Benefits

Whatever type of development you’re working on, from apartment buildings to luxury detached properties, Polypipe has a floor heating solution for you. Our comprehensive range of systems work with all types of flooring (solid, suspended or floating), and even if you’re already at the completed shell stage, our unique Overlay™ system can be fitted over existing flooring.

Homeowners have the flexibility to programme the heating to suit their lifestyle patterns with our range of temperature control products. Options include single zone control, allowing upstairs and downstairs rooms to be controlled independently; and individual room control, providing complete freedom for the user across all rooms.

Installing Polypipe floor heating also offers your buyers the freedom to choose from a range of floor coverings. The systems work effectively under any finish, including carpet, wood, laminate, tiles and vinyl, as long as it is well insulated underneath. 

Floor heating opens up a whole range of possibilities for homeowners, and revolutionises interior design opportunities by freeing walls of radiators. This provides more useable wall space, and is ideal for rooms where there is already limited wall space, e.g. loft conversions, conservatories and bathrooms, allowing better utilisation of the areas usually restricted by radiators.

Floor heating can be more economical to run than a radiator based system, offering your buyers an energy efficient, as well as practical, heating solution. As they demand a low temperature rise output from the boiler, they are ideally suited to achieving maximum economy from a condensing boiler or heat pump. However, they are just as efficient with higher temperature heat sources, e.g. solar and solid fuel, where the correct water temperature can be set at the point of distribution.

Polypipe Floor Heating Systems

Solid Floor

Polypipe floor heating can be permanently built into solid concrete or screeded floors. As required by current Building Regulations, insulation is built into the floor directly beneath the unique Polypipe floor panel. The heating pipe is simply slotted in and then permanently covered by the screed. Suitable for all floor coverings. Solid floor systems can incorporate 15mm or 18mm pipe.

Suspended Floor

For installations in suspended floors, Polypipe floor heating uses either double or single heat spreader plates. Alternatively, pipes can be laid on top of insulation between joists. Standard tongue and groove floorboard is laid above the system. Suspended double heat spreader plate systems use 15mm pipe. Single heat spreader plate and pipe only systems can use 15mm or 18mm pipe.

Floating Floor

When installing in floating floors, Polypipe pipe is simply pressed in to the preformed heat spreader plate, which sits in grooves within the floating floor insulation panel. The floating floor system is then covered with 18mm chipboard sheeting. Suitable for all floor covering. Floating floor systems can incorporate 15mm or 18mm pipe.

Overlay™

Overlay™ allows floor heating to be installed into existing spaces quickly, easily and practically. The unique system is a patented low profile panel, which is laid over existing solid or timber floors. Tiles and laminate can be laid directly onto the system. Carpet and vinyl require a capping layer of 4-6mm plywood. Overlay™ is perfect for kitchens, bathrooms or conservatories, where minimal wall space is available and total design freedom is required.