Commercial case study

Skoda West End Garage: A 5,326m Commercial UFH Project

Uheat designed and supplied a multi-zone water underfloor heating system for Skoda's sales and service facility in Stirling.

Installed by Alltec Construction, the AD-RAIL system serves the showroom, main workshop and supporting service areas.

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Project at a glance

A commercial system designed around two very different spaces

One coordinated water underfloor heating design serves the public-facing showroom, the main workshop and the garage's supporting areas.

LocationStirling, Scotland
InstallerAlltec Construction
SystemAD-RAIL in-screed water UFH
Total pipe5,326m
Pipe fixing1,000+ grip rail tracks
Uheat roleCAD design, supply and technical support

The project

Comfort for customers. Reliable heat for the workshop.

Skoda West End Garage needed a discreet primary heating system for a large, open commercial building. The polished sales floor and the working service bays had different patterns of use and different heat-loss demands, so they could not be treated as one uniform zone.

Uheat worked with Alltec Construction to turn the building plans into a practical circuit layout, with manifold positions and controls coordinated before the screed was poured.

Finished Skoda West End Garage showroom in Stirling
The completed Skoda West End Garage showroom

The design in numbers

5,326 metres of pipe, organised into controllable zones

The scale mattered, but so did keeping each part of the building simple to balance, commission and control.

Sales area

1,985m of pipe

Circuits were planned across the open showroom to provide even heat without radiators interrupting the display space.

Main workshop

More than 2,200m

The service area was designed as a separate high-demand zone, rather than borrowing the showroom settings.

Distribution

Five manifold groups

Two 8-port manifolds, plus 9-, 10- and 12-port manifolds, divide the building into practical heating areas.

AD-RAIL underfloor heating circuits secured before screeding
AD-RAIL pipework secured before screeding

Why AD-RAIL

A secure fixing method for a large commercial floor

The rail system gave the installer a fast, repeatable way to hold the pipe at the designed spacing across the showroom, workshop and service areas.

  • Strong pipe retention before the screed pour
  • Flexible routes around the building structure and fixed equipment
  • Clear circuit identification for pressure testing and commissioning
  • CAD layouts and technical support throughout the installation

Installation gallery

From coordinated pipe routes to a finished commercial space

Underfloor heating pipework laid across the open commercial floor
Pipe circuits laid across the open floor
Underfloor heating circuits routed through adjoining rooms at Skoda West End Garage
Heating coverage through adjoining rooms and service areas

Project photography supplied by Alltec Construction.

The result

Even heat without sacrificing usable wall or floor space

The completed system gives the garage a single, integrated heating approach while allowing the showroom, workshop and supporting spaces to operate as distinct zones.

Customer comfort

Warmth is distributed across the sales floor instead of concentrating around wall-mounted emitters.

Practical zoning

Different areas can be controlled to suit their use, occupancy and heating demand.

Clean interiors

No radiators or blowers compete with vehicle displays, workshop equipment or circulation routes.

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