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No Limitations for Flooring with Elpan/Wanpan Radiant Heating System

There are no limitations or any kind of requirements or recommendations for using specific type of flooring when Elpan/Wanpan  skirting board radiant heating system is going toClick to enlarge be installed.  Skirting board heating system does not heat floor from bellow and flooring is not affected by higher temperatures.

Infloor radiant heating system may not be recommended to be installed if you are planning to have wood floor, because of wood heat resistance, which is very high. When radiant infloor heating system is chosen as the  type of  heating with wood floor, energy consumption of the house is expected to be much higher. In addition to high energy consumption, more rapid change of heating temperature is affecting wood floor shape as well as quality of the flooring.

Marble tiles or synthetic flooring could be the only choices at this point.  Many companies are providing customers with informative and useful instructions for synthetic flooring. Besides, consumers need to be aware of the fact, that higher temperatures may cause unhealthy release of chemicals from synthetic flooring at least for the first few days of heating premises.

Elpan/Wanpan heating system can be installed with no additional precautions or limitations for the different types of flooring. There are no any kind of requirements for using specific type of flooring when Elpan/Wanpan  skirting board radiant heating system is installed.

For more information go to: www.wanpan-usa.com.

 

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Energy Consumption and Wood Flooring

A signifficant amount of heating energy could be lost when transfering heat through other objects and especially – wood. The thermal conductivity of wood is very low, compearing with metals. Wood -based materials as loose fill, flexible batts or rigid panels are used for Thermal or Sound Insulation.

Because of these scientific facts, it is not a very good idea to install wood floor and infloor/underfloor heating system while seeking to have energy efficient heating. Energy efficient Elpan/Wanpan skirting board radiant heating system has no limitations at this point and any type of flooring works perfectly fine.

The thermal conductivity of structural softwood lumber at 12% moisture is about 1500 times lower than thermal conductivity of aluminum.

Front plates of Wanpan modular heating panels are made of aluminum. The structure of hydronic Wanpan skirting board heating system allows radiant heat to flow through aluminum plates into the room without the additional energy consumption, which would be needed to transfer heat through the wood floor. Copper pipes mounted behind the aluminum front plates of Wanpan baseboard modular panels complete the concept of this ultimate heating system.

For more information go to: www.wanpan-usa.com.

 
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Posted by on June 30, 2012 in Efficiency

 

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