UFH and floor screeds

Building a home extension can present a wonderful opportunity to inject a shot of luxury into your new living space. To achieve this, and ensure their designs zing with delight, architects pay special attention to three key elements: space, light and comfort. But while the size of extensions and the amount of glazing they’re allowed to include are subject to strict rules, when it comes to creating a comfy interior this is something that’s very much within your control.

One of the most fundamental comfort-inducing factors to get right is room temperature. Yet the default option for warming new extensions, sticking a couple of extra radiators on the walls, isn’t a particularly efficient method compared to the increasingly popular alternative of underfloor heating (UFH). It also means you could be missing a trick because once you’ve experienced the warmth of underfloor heating beneath your feet you may wonder why on earth anyone still bothers with radiators. And without radiators cluttering up your walls it should free up some extra floor space, with fewer restrictions for positioning furniture. On the other hand, some designer radiators can