Can Under floor heating systems be incorporated to existing concrete floored School buildings?
Underfloor heating does not heat a room to ceiling height – this is part of its benefit and means “no” to your point about transferring heat through a ceiling. It does not cause the currents that radiators do. It heats spaces to around two meters up from the floor in a very stable manner because of the huge area of the “radiator”, i.e. the whole floor.We have underfloor heating in our house and it is wonderful but it was put in when the house was built – concrete slab and timber frame construction. From my knowledge of it, it would be a no go for an existing building as you describe though I am no expert. You are right that wall space is saved – in our home there is very little solid wall, many walls being glazed but unless the whole building is designed around these principles I think underfloor heating is a no go area as an afterthought; except for, maybe, a conservatory or extension added to a house. I think that installing underfloor heating in a typical 60’s building as described
