Underfloor heating works by circulating warm water through a series of continuous loops that are fitted underneath your floor creating a large radiant surface that heats your room from the floor upwards. This radiant form of heating is much more comfortable than the convected heat provided by radiators which draws cold air across the floor before heating it and then convects the warm air upwards towards the ceiling.
The 2025 ban on gas boilers in new builds may cause concern for some, but the widespread adoption of renewable energy technology opens up a new conversation about how we might heat our homes in the future. Using underfloor heating can prove to be more energy effective in heating a room – whereby a large radiant floor surface area heats the space above it –rather than using convected heat provided by radiators which draws cold air across the floor before heating it.