New screed floors
VCD 17
A robust electric heating cable designed to be installed within a new screed floor.
- Suited to larger open floor areas
- Cable layout planned around the room
- Designed as part of a new floor build-up
Find the right underfloor heating system
Answer a few quick questions to find the systems suited to your floor.
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Which type of underfloor heating are you looking for?
Are you working with a new screed or an existing floor?
What will the final floor finish be?
How will the wood floor be installed?
Is this a new floor or an existing floor?
What type of floor construction is it?
What type of existing floor is it?
Can the floorboards be removed?
Can the existing floor be dug up?
These options match your selected floor arrangement. Final suitability depends on the base, heat-loss calculation, available height and chosen floor finish. Check the system guidance or ask us to confirm your design.
*Subject to floor-finish compatibility and installation requirements.
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Regular-shaped rooms
MD
A pre-spaced electric heating mat for fast, even coverage across clear floor areas.
- Quick cut-and-turn mesh installation
- Available in 100W, 160W and 200W outputs
- Ideal for bathrooms, kitchens and living areas
Awkward layouts
UltraTec
A flexible loose heating cable for irregular rooms, narrow areas and fixed obstacles.
- Flexible positioning around obstacles
- Useful for curved or unusually shaped rooms
- Variable spacing offers greater layout control
Heating and decoupling
HeatBase
A heating-cable and decoupling-membrane combination developed for tiled floors.
- Combines electric heating and decoupling
- Helps manage movement beneath tiled finishes
- Guided channels simplify cable spacing
Floating wood and laminate
WoodTec
A slim foil-backed heating mat for compatible floating laminate and engineered wood floors.
- 140W/m² foil-backed heating mat
- Only 2.8mm thick
- Installed with the required 5mm XPS underlay
Carpet, vinyl and LVT
FloorTec
A foil heating and overlay-board system for compatible carpet and resilient floor finishes.
- Even 140W/m² foil heating
- DuoFloor panels create a stable surface
- Planned with insulation and vapour barriers
Suspended timber floors
AD•PLATE
A warm-water system using heat-spreader plates within a suspended timber floor construction.
- Designed for installation between joists
- Spreads warmth beneath the finished floor
- Suitable for planned timber-floor projects
Dry timber construction
AD•DRY
A warm-water solution designed for dry-build suspended timber floor installations.
- Avoids a traditional wet screed
- Works within a planned timber build-up
- Provides responsive room-by-room heating
Organised pipe layouts
AD•TRAY
A tray-based warm-water system that helps position pipe consistently across the floor.
- Provides a clear pipe-routing pattern
- Supports consistent pipe spacing
- Designed as part of a complete floor build-up
New screed floors
AD•CLIP
A straightforward in-screed system that secures warm-water pipe directly to the insulation layer.
- Simple clip-fixed pipe installation
- Flexible pipe routing across the room
- Ideal when a new screed floor is planned
Regular in-screed layouts
AD•RAIL
A rail-fixed warm-water system for creating neat and consistent pipe runs beneath screed.
- Rails keep pipe routes organised
- Supports consistent installation spacing
- Suitable for larger regular floor areas
Cement-coated XPS overlay
AD-CXPS
Grooved, cement-coated XPS boards hold the heating pipe over a suitable prepared floor.
- Insulated boards with routed pipe channels
- Cement-coated working surface
- Use the specified tiling or levelling build-up
Lightweight foil-faced overlay
AD-EPS400
Foil-faced EPS400 panels with routed pipe channels for a suitable prepared floor.
- Lightweight insulated panels
- Foil surface helps spread heat
- Preparation layers depend on the floor finish
Dense gypsum overlay
AD-SLIM
Routed gypsum panels provide a low-profile warm-water heating layer over a suitable prepared floor.
- Dense gypsum panel construction
- Pipe sits within routed channels
- Allow for the complete finished floor build-up