Underfloor heating continues to be a highly popular choice among architects, designers and developers anxious to place energy-efficiency at the heart of their new buildings. Two recent examples of innovative new developments in the UK education sector serve to underscore how important underfloor heating is when it comes to providing comfort, style and low energy [...]
Continue Reading →photo credit: [carlo cravero] A new £7 million sheltered housing complex in Edinburgh offers a range of cosy and energy-efficient features, such as underfloor heating, solar panels on the roof and a communal gas-fired heating system. The Quarries housing complex, in Gilmerton, has flats with the capacity to house a total of 58 tenants, and [...]
Continue Reading →photo credit: srwsrwuk London Zoo recently called on the unique qualities of underfloor heating when seeking the ideal conditions to help conserve a rare species of giant tortoise. The zoo was seeking the best conditions for a specialist exhibition of Galapagos tortoises, and wanted the reptiles’ environment to be as cosy and welcoming as possible. [...]
Continue Reading →Terra Therma is pround to announce “we are now a fully accredited MCS member”. We can now assist clients in accessing the government renewables grant schemes for both Air & Ground Source Heat Pumps as well as Solar Thermal and soon Solar PV & PVT.
Continue Reading →Terra Therma is now helping more and more plumbing & heating contractors with our Supply Only Service. We offer first class design expertise combined with unparalleled support. We remove the guess work ensuring the UFH system installed both heats the property correctly but without costing a fortune. We provide an insured design, quality European components [...]
Continue Reading →Underfloor heating lies at the heart of Oxfordshire’s first entirely carbon-neutral school building, it was revealed this week. The Oxford Mail reported on the completion of the £4.4 million sixth form block at Cooper School, in Bicester means that the two-storey building is ready to open in September and receive its first intake of students. [...]
Continue Reading →Underfloor heating is proving to be the salvation of some of Britain’s most picturesque and far-flung holiday homes. With their authentic stone walls and high ceilings, demand is high for converted farmhouses, vicarages and other buildings from a bygone age – but often potential buyers are put off by the prospect of having to tend [...]
Continue Reading →Underfloor heating is now commonplace in many homes, and householders well know the cosy benefits that it can bring. But there are now forms of underfloor heating that animals other than a few lucky family pets can benefit from – as the recent case of a rather unusual dairy farm demonstrates. The newly built farm [...]
Continue Reading →Conservatories can be very troublesome to heat efficiently or cheaply, given the glass walls and high ceilings associated with such buildings. However, they are also a delight to sit in and while away a summer’s afternoon, and a truly cosy conservatory can be a real asset to a home. Fortunately, more people are waking up [...]
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