Practical advice on heating and cooling your Perth home
Straight answers from the engineers who design and install the systems. Floor heating, radiators, heat pumps, geothermal and heat recovery.
Floor cooling: Can I use floor cooling instead of aircon?
Generally in our Australian climates, floor cooling is does not cover the required cooling load of the building. This is partially due to the…
Floor heating: Should I heat my whole house, or only parts?
The most common feedback we hear from clients that have not heated their entire house (they have left out the laundry or a hallway…
Floor heating: Do I still need other forms of heating in the house?
Some people think that floor heating is only there to take the edge off cold concrete floors, and other heaters are required to keep…
Floor heating: Are there building codes regulations that I need to know about with hydronic floor heating?
Yes – but these are often ignored by builders (to their own detriment). There are different requirements for residential and commercial buildings, but for…
Video: 5 mistakes that will make your floor heating useless and impossible to repair
While anyone in Perth can put in the floor heating pipes, install the thermostat and turn the heat pump on, only a few technicians…
Floor heating: How it works
Floor heating and cooling is a form of central heating and cooling which achieves indoor climate control for thermal comfort using conduction, radiation and…
Floor heating: Can the same system supply my tap hot water?
Yes, however, this must be planned for from the start, and usually additional equipment is required. This is a good option for people wanting…
Video: Floor heating – The biggest mistake of isolating heated and cooled slabs
80% of the loss of your heat produced by a floor heating system might be lost, if you make the mistake explained in the…
The 3 ways to heat the floors in your house – and how to select the best method for you
When you’re deciding on floor heating for your new home, there are three common methods that you can choose from – and each method…
Heat transfer: What you need to know before selecting a heating system for your home
Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems. Heat…
Floor heating: How much does hydronic floor heating cost?
Depending on the method of installation (in-slab, in-screed, timber-batten), the energy source (condensing boiler, air/water heat pump, geothermal heat pump), level of controls and…
Floor heating: How long does it take to heat up?
This depends on your method of construction, and whether it’s the first day of the heating season, or you are a few days/weeks/months into…