What is Electric Underfloor Heating?
Underfloor heating systems can sit beneath stone, tile, wooden or even carpeted surfaces - will help to keep cold floors and rooms toasty, and can offer an alternative to using radiators to deliver central heating.
There are two main types of underfloor heating to choose from: electric underfloor heating, which is also known as a dry system, and pump-driven, water underfloor heating, which is also known as a wet system.
Electric Underfloor Heating explained!
A series of electric wires are installed beneath or within your flooring as a means of heating an area or room - a cold, tiled bathroom floor, for example. The electric underfloor heating system you install will depend on the size of the room and the type of flooring it has - options include loose-fit wiring flexible enough to fit into small or awkward spaces, electric cable systems, or heating mats you can roll out to cover larger areas.
Electric underfloor heating comes in two forms, underfloor heating mats and cables. The cables run around the room underneath the sub flooring, whilst the mats are placed in specific areas of the room where people are most likely to stand or sit.
What are Convection Heaters?
This is an electric heater. The convection process involves blowing air across a heating element. The air absorbs the heat and is then blown out to heat the air in a room. Thus, this is what you want for a small, chilly, enclosed office or a room that lacks sufficient heat.
Generally, an internal fan blows the air across the heating element inside the heater. The warmed air circulates into the room, raising the ambient temperature until the unit's thermostat senses its goal has been reached and shuts off the heating element. When the air temperature drops enough, the thermostat will trigger the unit to turn on again.
How do Convection Heaters work?
A convection heater is a heater which operates by air convection currents circulating through the body of the appliance, and across its heating element. This heats up the air, causing it to increase in volume and so become buoyant and rise. Oil heaters are an example of this kind of heating appliance.
A convection heater may have an electrical heater element, a hot water coil, or a steam coil. Because of the natural ventilation, they are quieter in operation than fan heaters.
What are Night Store Heaters?
The Night storage heating systemcan be a good option for households who use electricity to heat their home. Most storage heaters are wall-mounted and look a bit like radiators. The advantage is that they can consume electricityat night – when it’s cheap – and then give out the heat many hours later.
They work best if the household is on an Economy 7 tariff. This is an arrangement with an energy supplier by which the electricity that a household uses at night is much cheaper than that used during the day – typically about a third of the price.
How do Night Storage Heaters work?
Night storage heaters are typically composed of clay bricks or other ceramic material, of concrete walls, or of water containers. This material serves as heat storage. There are electrical heating elements embedded in the material which can be switched on to heat the material and thus to store energy.
The stored heat is given off continuously (through thermal radiation and convection). To speed up the heat transfer, storage heaters are typically equipped with mechanical fans that can move air through the heater. The fans are usually controlled by a thermostat.
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