| Concrete floor heating with Speedheat floor heating |
Concrete floor heating with Speedheat floor heatingConcrete floors are easy to clean, stain free, and no grout makes it allergy friendly. Homeowners are often reluctant choosing this floor finish because of the cold factor and knowledge of running costs of in slab or concrete floor heating being expensive. An alternative to traditional polished concrete is
floating terrazzo. The polished stone floors floated over slabs, timber or tiles offers homes a decorative floor finish. The unique modified topping combined with Speedheat floor heating affords owners luxurious warm floors. The
combination of floating terrazzo and Speedheat offers a cost effective alternative to traditional slab
and concrete floor heating. Both the quick response time and low design parameters of Speedheat floor heating (approximately 1/3 of concrete floor heating) increases efficiency and reduces running costs. Rooms not being used can be turned off. Typically, a Speedheat home of 200 sqm will require 16kW. On a duty cycle of 30%, running costs for heating the whole home 15 hours a day (4pm-8am) for an entire month is $324 on a domestic electricity rate of 15c per kW/h. The design parameter of concrete floor heating for the same 200sqm home is 36kW. These systems typically run on off-peak rates for approximately 10 hours per day (11pm-7am & 3 hours boost in afternoon). The cost for warming the slab for an entire month is $810 on an off-peak electricity rate of 7.5c per k/Wh. Materials for both floating terrazzo floors and concrete floor heating can be supplied in kit form making it available for trade install nationally. Speedheat also offer floor heating design & installation services across Australia through their franchise and agent networks. |
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