Homebuilding & Renovating

Q How to insulate underf loor heating

There are two reasons for insulating underfloor heating (UFH), the first one concerns timing. A properly insulated UFH system could take two hours to bring the room above it up to temperature. Without insulation the system is trying to heat the concrete slab and the ground below it, which is likely to extend the heat up time to six or seven hours, to the point

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