| People living in the regions which experience chilly | | | | with these heaters is that they cannot remain |
| winters cannot do without under floor heating. It is | | | | heated up till a long time. Therefore it is not very |
| humanly not possible. Even science says that the | | | | convenient. |
| temperature of the floor at home must be within | | | | - Water type - Here also same method of laying |
| twenty to twenty four degrees range. | | | | pipelines is followed but instead of air water is |
| In olden days people used to light fire using | | | | circulated throughout these pipelines. There is a |
| woods to keep their homes warm. All the homes | | | | boiler in which the water is heated up. In earlier |
| had fireplaces. As time passed by these natural | | | | times when these kinds of under the floor heating |
| fireplaces were replaced by electric fireplaces | | | | was invented; the water was heated up in a |
| which lighted up with the help of electricity. These | | | | furnace situated outside the house. The problem |
| did not warm the house to the extent one | | | | with these is that they form air bubbles which |
| wanted. | | | | disrupt the flow of water and these air bubbles |
| Therefore with the advancement of technology | | | | are very difficult to remove. |
| came electric underfloor heating. These are | | | | - Electric type - Here instead of pipelines coils are |
| centralized heating systems that can heat the | | | | used to radiate the heat. Electricity is passed |
| whole floor uniformly. | | | | through these coils which then get heated up. |
| There are two types of heaters. One uses the | | | | These are faster and more convenient than any |
| principle of convection and the other uses the | | | | other system. |
| principle of radiation. In convection the surrounding | | | | Electric under floor heating are the most |
| air is heated up and in radiation the floor is heated. | | | | commonly used heating system in today's time. |
| Blowers and the fireplaces use the convection | | | | The only thing that is not good about these is |
| principle while electric underfloor heating uses the | | | | that it is very difficult to get them repaired. If |
| principle of radiation. | | | | anything goes wrong the whole floor will have to |
| The heaters based on the principles of radiation | | | | be removed. But the manufacturers have made it |
| are technologically more advanced and better. | | | | in such a way that it requires very low |
| There are many types of electrical underfloor | | | | maintenance. And they have so much confidence |
| heating. These are discussed below. | | | | on their product that they have even offered a |
| - Air type - Interconnected pipes are laid under | | | | life time guarantee. |
| the floor in all parts of the house. The air which is | | | | So one can rely on these products and use it to |
| heated with the help of a central radiator is | | | | stay warm all winter. |
| circulated through these pipes. But the problem | | | | |