Euroheat Advice
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 heating
Can I have floor heating and air conditioning in the same house?
Yes: the floor for winter, aircon for summer. Separate systems or one heat pump, and what floor cooling can add.
6 min read
Floor heating
Electric or hydronic floor heating: which costs less to run?
Electric cables give one unit of heat for each unit of power, a heat pump about three. And why one bathroom is the exception.
6 min read
Floor heating
Can floor heating go upstairs in a two-storey home?
Yes, in a thin insulated screed. Why heat from downstairs won't warm the bedrooms, and why the slab itself stays unheated.
5 min read
Floor heating
What is a thermal bridge, and why does a heated slab need a thermal break?
Wherever a warm floor touches something cold, heat pours out. Where that happens in a Perth house, and the strip that stops it.
7 min read
Floor heating
Is underfloor heating worth it in Perth? The pros and the cons
July mornings average 8 degrees and our floors are tiles. When it's worth it, what it costs to run, and when it isn't.
7 min read