My builders are about to fit my UFH and have provided the layout found below from their designers. The floor area is about 36M2:
I added the external doors, and external walls text and lines myself - sorry for sketchyness.
I've done a fair bit of research on UFH and layouts and this one seems sub-optimal. It uses a single serpentine to cover the entire room.
My understanding is that the design should try to ensure the pipes run along external walls and windows.
For that to happen C1 would need to be a triple serpentine. And I'd probably need a double serpentine in the top right corner, against the external wall and bi-folding doors.
I rang the design company with my comment, their answer was "we've been doing this for 25 years and it'll give you an even temperature throughout". Which wasn't really the helpful technical response I was hoping for, as I was hoping they would give me a technical reason as to why I'm worried about nothing.
So my question is. Does the layout really matter that much? Is their's fine or is their's suboptimal? i'm really hoping i'm worrying about nothing.
Mark
I added the external doors, and external walls text and lines myself - sorry for sketchyness.
I've done a fair bit of research on UFH and layouts and this one seems sub-optimal. It uses a single serpentine to cover the entire room.
My understanding is that the design should try to ensure the pipes run along external walls and windows.
For that to happen C1 would need to be a triple serpentine. And I'd probably need a double serpentine in the top right corner, against the external wall and bi-folding doors.
I rang the design company with my comment, their answer was "we've been doing this for 25 years and it'll give you an even temperature throughout". Which wasn't really the helpful technical response I was hoping for, as I was hoping they would give me a technical reason as to why I'm worried about nothing.
So my question is. Does the layout really matter that much? Is their's fine or is their's suboptimal? i'm really hoping i'm worrying about nothing.
Mark