Timber-Joists, Battens, Floating Pipe-In-Panel Modules

Warmfloor's selection of T-J.B.F.P-I-P panel is a standard 2400 x 600mm tongued and grooved flooring panel with a serpentine channel formed into the underside into which 10mm diameter high-quality PEX barrier heating pipe is pressed. The whole of the underside of the panel is covered with aluminium foil and the top surface is permanently printed to show the position of the pipe within the panel.

The addition of the heating pipe transforms the plain floor panel into an underfloor heating module. Locating the pipe wholly within the panel ensures higher thermal performance in a timber floor than any other form of UFH and performance which does not diminish during the life of the panel.

 

 

 

Panels are usually 22mm thick moisture-resistant chipboard. The pipe is arranged in any of three patterns, with the pipe running the full length, three-quarters or half the length of the panel. The plain end can be trimmed to the centreline of the relevant joist/batten..

 

 

 

The 22mm chipboard panels have been fully tested for use with joist centres up to 450mm. (Confirmed by tests conducted at TRADA and BBA).

The aluminium foil has two functions. Firstly, it is highly reflective and this minimises radiant heat loss to the underside. Secondly, it acts as a partial fin to the pipe and assists heat transfer from the pipe.

 

 

 

 

Principal heating panels are available with straight parallel channels at either 200 or 250mm centres. You choose which you need according to the heat required.

Unfoiled return panels suit these spacings. They have three rows of return loops, which can be easily separated using a knife. Unfoiled transit panels carry Flow and Return pipework through common areas such as hallways and around corners and into the manifold. The absence of foil automatically insulates the pipe and reduces the heat transfer in areas where it is necessary to prevent the floor becoming too warm.

 

 

Panels can be interconnected from above with the pipe tails set into small notches. The Flow/Return is covered with a section of plain panel.

 

 

 

 

Panels can be floated on rigid insulation with the pipe and connectors set in channels in the top of the insulation. (Pre-grooved insulation is available to make this easy).

 

 

 

 

Timber-Joists, Battens, Floating Pipe-In-Panel Modules...

• are a simple-to-use, underfloor heating alternative to the conventional wall-hung radiator.
• make it very easy to install underfloor heating in a timber floor.
• are ideal for use in refurbishment projects where the spacing of joists is indeterminate and/or where the joist spaces are randomly blocked with noggins/dwangs or other services.
• in use and heating hundreds of buildings, using a total of over 20,000 RED panels.
• can be used on any form of understructure and wherever standard floor panels can be used.
• are the only form of underfloor heating which can be used directly in conjunction with most popular forms of acoustic floor structure.
• can be lifted at any time, to gain access to the floor void, and the pipe comes up with the floor panel - unlike other underfloor heating systems which either bar access to the floor void altogether or have the pipe attached to the underside of the floor deck.
• can be easily linked into an existing radiator system, as a circuit.