BATHROOM TECH

Dear HIW, I recently went somewhere that had heated floors in the bathrooms. What causes the floor to heat up? Bailey Gatard

Underfloor heating is a good way to evenly distribute heat in a home, as heated water runs through evenly spaced pipes below the floor. Unlike common central heating systems that use radiators to heat from one area of a room, underfloor heating can spread heat across the entire floor surface. It’s controlled using a thermostat and requires water to be heated to lower temperatures than that in radiators.

This is what the network of underfloor heating pipes looks like before the floor is laid on top