A clear benefit of installing underfloor heating in conservatories and extensions is the additional living space gained as the need for bulky metal radiators is released. This allows the occupant far greater design freedom as use of the whole space can be enjoyed.
Whilst you can tag the underfloor heating on to the last radiator on the existing heating system, which appears a quick and easy solution for conservatories and extensions, it does not offer controllability to the homeowner. The zone can only be heated when the rest of the central heating system is switched on. Due to the different heating characteristics of underfloor heating, it ideally needs to operate on a separate zone system with direct boiler control.
If single room and extension packages are installed without direct boiler control, the rest of the house will be warm whilst potentially the area heated by underfloor heating remains cold. This happens when controllability is not offered as underfloor heating takes longer to heat up than radiators.
ONEZONE® allows the homeowner complete controllability as the system is generally individually controlled and can call for heat independently from the boiler.
Nu-Heat’s ONEZONE® control unit carefully blends the water from an existing boiler to the correct temperature for entry into the floor. A simple to use wall-mounted thermostat ensures that the homeowner always has complete comfort control as they can stipulate the temperature required.
ONEZONE® can easily be fitted during the build process; it’s literally installed in the final screed layer and from a plumbers point of view the installation process could not be easier.
