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Underfloor heating 

# Underfloor heating — designed & installed properly across Greater Manchester. 

Even, quiet, radiant warmth from the floor up. Wet or electric systems, sized to the room, plumbed and commissioned to deliver comfort you actually notice — without the running-cost horror stories.

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Family-run engineers · WaterSafe approved · Fully insured to £5m

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3rd generation

Family-run engineers

ATAG approved

Up to 18-yr warranties

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Mon–Sat · 8am–6pm

£5m cover

Public liability insured

Service overview 

## What we do, who it's for, and when it matters.

### What it is

Underfloor heating (UFH) replaces radiators with warm pipe or heating cable buried in the floor construction. Wet (hydronic) UFH runs on your boiler or heat pump; electric UFH runs off a dedicated circuit and suits small rooms and refurbs. Both are managed by zoned controls that let each room hit its own temperature.

### Who it's for

Anyone renovating a kitchen, bathroom, extension or open-plan floor; new-builds and self-builders; heat pump customers looking for the ideal emitter; and homeowners fed up of hot rads eating wall space where they'd rather have furniture.

### When you need it

When floors are up during a renovation, when you're pairing with a heat pump, when a room has cold spots that radiators never solved, and when a tiled bathroom or kitchen floor feels punishingly cold underfoot in winter.

### Why professional matters

UFH lives inside the floor build-up. If it's specced wrong or installed sloppily, the fix is a floor rip-up. Proper design (loop lengths, screed depth, insulation below the pipe, correct manifold and controls) is what makes UFH cheap to run and easy to live with.

The cost of leaving it 

## Small problems don't stay small.

The two big UFH complaints — 'it doesn't warm up' and 'the bills are shocking' — are almost always design failures. Missing insulation under the pipe, oversized loops, no room-by-room control, or being tied to a boiler that runs at the wrong flow temperature. All fixable with proper design up front.

### No heat downwards insulation

Without proper insulation under the pipe, up to a third of your heat drives straight down into the slab or ceiling void below. Warm neighbours, cold you.

### Oversized loops, cold ends

Loops too long give you a warm start and a cold finish across the same room. The maths matters: loop length is a function of pipe diameter, flow rate and floor construction.

### Wrong flow temperature

UFH wants ~40°C flow, not 70°C boiler flow. Without a properly set blending valve on the manifold, the pipe overheats, the floor damages, and the boiler short-cycles.

### Retrofit disappointments

Some retrofit systems (thin overlay boards) work well; others don't. Getting the wrong retrofit product for the situation is an expensive mistake.

### Common mistakes we see

-   Skipping insulation below the pipe.
-   Running one big zone across a whole floor with a single thermostat.
-   Feeding UFH straight off a boiler with no mixer or blending valve.
-   Using a boiler flow temp that damages the pipe or the floor finish.
-   Missing balancing on the manifold — the loop nearest the pump takes all the flow.
-   Tiling straight over a screed before it's fully cured and heat-cycled.

Our process 

## A tidy, engineered process — no surprises.

Every job follows the same disciplined sequence, so you always know where we are and what's next.

1.  Step 1 
    
    ### Room-by-room heat loss
    
    We calculate heat loss per room to size loops correctly and confirm whether UFH alone is enough or needs supplementary heating on the coldest external walls.
    
2.  Step 2 
    
    ### System selection
    
    Wet vs electric, screed vs overlay panel vs joist system — matched to the floor build-up, height available and how you'll use the room.
    
3.  Step 3 
    
    ### Manifold, controls & zoning
    
    Manifold sized to the loops, blending valve set to the design flow temp, wiring centre and per-room thermostats wired for real zone control.
    
4.  Step 4 
    
    ### Install, pressure test & commission
    
    Lay pipe or mat, pressure test before the screed or tiles go down, commission flow rates and balance the manifold.
    
5.  Step 5 
    
    ### Warm-up schedule & handover
    
    For screeded systems, a proper warm-up profile before tiling. Then walk-through of the controls and app so you're not fighting the system in month one.
    

What you get 

## Specific outcomes — not vague promises.

### Even, radiant comfort

No cold spots, no hot rads, no draughts pulled toward radiators. The whole room sits at temperature.

### Free up wall space

No radiators means furniture, tall units, glazing and tiling all get their space back.

### Perfect for heat pumps

Low flow temperatures make UFH the ideal emitter for an air source heat pump — high efficiency, low bills.

### Zone-level control

Every room on its own thermostat and schedule — no more heating unused rooms to warm one.

### Quiet operation

No ticking pipes, no clicking rads, no cold-morning boiler roar in the bedrooms.

### Long service life

Correctly installed pipe systems are rated for decades — often longer than the boiler or heat pump they're paired with.

Detail & specifications 

## The technical bit — for people who want the detail.

Below is what we default to on UFH installs, and where a different approach makes more sense — kitchens, bathrooms, extensions, whole floors and retrofits.

Areas we cover 

-   [Rochdale](/service-areas/rochdale)
-   [Oldham](/service-areas/oldham)
-   [Manchester](/service-areas/manchester)
-   [Salford](/service-areas/salford)
-   [Bury](/service-areas/bury)
-   [Ashton-under-Lyne](/service-areas/ashton-under-lyne)

### Wet vs electric UFH

Wet UFH (warm water in pipe) is the right answer for whole-floor and extension installs, especially with a heat pump. Electric UFH (heating mat under tile) is the right answer for a single bathroom or en-suite where the running cost per hour matters less than install simplicity and low build-up height.

-   Wet UFH — best for whole floors, extensions, heat pumps
-   Electric UFH — best for bathrooms, single rooms, refurbs

### Floor build-ups and pipe systems

New screeded floors get pipe clipped to insulation and buried in liquid or sand-cement screed. Suspended timber floors get pipe in aluminium spreader plates between the joists. Refurbs with no floor lift often go on to low-profile overlay panels. Each has different heat output, response time and floor height cost — we pick the right one for your build-up.

### Manifolds, blending valves and controls

Every wet system needs a manifold that matches the loop count, a blending valve to protect the pipe from over-temperature, and a wiring centre that maps thermostats to actuators. Cheap all-in-one boxes rarely balance properly. We spec proper components that stay balanced years in.

### Kitchens, bathrooms and open-plan spaces

Kitchens on tile or LVT respond quickly and evenly — great for morning warmth without firing whole-house heating. Bathrooms benefit hugely from electric mats under tile: warm floor in the morning, off in ten minutes. Open-plan spaces need zoning right — one huge zone under a 60m² floor is the biggest mistake we see.

### Pairing with heat pumps and boilers

UFH and heat pumps are a natural pairing — low flow temperatures, high emitter surface area. UFH also runs well on a modern condensing boiler set to lower flow temperature. Older combi boilers can drive UFH but usually need a low-loss header or buffer to stop short-cycling.

### Residential vs commercial

Commercial UFH (retail, hospitality, light industrial) uses larger manifolds, longer loops and more robust actuators. We handle small-scale commercial via our commercial services page — same design principles, different scale.

Recent installations 

## Our own work — photographed on site.

Every image below is from a real Eco Plumbing & Heating Solutions job across Greater Manchester. No stock photography.

![Wet underfloor heating pipe loops laid on staple boards in a Greater Manchester kitchen](/__l5e/assets-v1/c2061b92-e888-4a22-ac97-31a994e59ba1/480874292_1638075924258816_4472164363813112418_n.jpg)

![Underfloor heating pipework prepared for screed in an open-plan living area, Rochdale](/__l5e/assets-v1/4a11f8e6-f208-4413-92bd-d751e99ace66/480965024_1638075880925487_949031098756772914_n.jpg)

![Warm-water underfloor heating loops installed in a lounge extension, Greater Manchester](/__l5e/assets-v1/cb02594a-c487-4913-8900-6ea0ff703279/481197373_1638075890925486_764863771167932442_n.jpg)

![Underfloor heating pipe layout across a large family room by Eco Plumbing & Heating Solutions](/__l5e/assets-v1/7ad75424-c65a-4e8e-8a96-c3da05191e05/481207566_1638075830925492_7903101739494214205_n.jpg)

![UFH pipework fixed to insulation boards ready for screed, Oldham](/__l5e/assets-v1/37a4a17a-59be-41c3-8b11-43af9566c7fd/481281254_1638075884258820_3045337161338521889_n.jpg)

![Underfloor heating pipe run through a domestic hallway in Greater Manchester](/__l5e/assets-v1/4207fd58-458f-4155-b6e5-7807d0c287dd/481297793_1196913599101732_6202682304536963775_n.jpg)

![Underfloor heating manifold and cylinder cupboard installation, Rochdale](/__l5e/assets-v1/71f7f9e4-ea30-411a-b4de-4cbf2f822ccb/481302032_1196913185768440_8967281275938067865_n.jpg)

![Wet UFH loops installed on a bathroom floor prior to tiling, Greater Manchester](/__l5e/assets-v1/2f3596fd-4614-4ef3-9796-f43bb67c7223/482023796_1196913662435059_4001700809270433307_n.jpg)

![Zoned underfloor heating pipework in a bathroom extension, Oldham](/__l5e/assets-v1/a6b2fb1c-69f4-4899-910c-6a17935a0e4e/482024263_1196913175768441_971328367137273389_n.jpg)

![Underfloor heating install progressing across a domestic bedroom, Greater Manchester](/__l5e/assets-v1/23717d18-fd8f-42b9-8349-15e31017e45c/482075177_1196913285768430_3371454171392059375_n.jpg)

FAQs 

## Straight answers to the questions we hear most.

Is underfloor heating cheaper to run than radiators?+ 

In a well-insulated space, correctly designed UFH usually runs at lower flow temperatures than radiators — which makes both boilers and heat pumps more efficient. Whether your bills go down depends on the wider system, controls and how you use the heating.

Will underfloor heating warm my whole house?+ 

In most well-insulated modern rooms, yes. In older properties with high heat loss, we sometimes recommend UFH plus one or two radiators on the coldest walls — we work this out at the survey stage.

Can you install underfloor heating in an existing house?+ 

Yes. Low-profile overlay systems fit on top of existing floors with minimal height gain, and joist-void systems fit between suspended timber joists. We assess the floor build-up before quoting.

How long does an underfloor heating install take?+ 

A single bathroom electric install is often a day or two. A whole-floor wet system in a new extension typically takes 2–4 days on site depending on size, plus screed drying time before tiling.

How long does UFH pipe last?+ 

Modern PEX and PE-RT UFH pipe is manufacturer-rated for 50 years or more when installed correctly. The manifold, valves and controls have shorter service lives but are easily maintained above the floor.

Is it safe under tiles, wood or vinyl?+ 

Yes — with the correct blending valve and flow temperature. Engineered wood and LVT are the most sensitive to flow temp; we set the system up to protect the finish and honour manufacturer max temperatures.

Can I zone it room by room?+ 

Yes — this is the point. Each room gets its own thermostat and its own actuator on the manifold. That's how UFH runs efficiently: heat where you're using it, not everywhere at once.

Do you fit it with a heat pump?+ 

Yes — UFH is the ideal emitter for an air source heat pump. We often quote the two together. See our air source heat pump page for detail.

Is there a guarantee?+ 

Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed, pipe and components carry manufacturer warranties (up to 50 years on the pipe itself), and we come back for first-year snags.

Do you cover Rochdale, Oldham and Manchester?+ 

Yes — we install UFH across Rochdale, Oldham, Manchester, Salford, Bury, Ashton-under-Lyne, Heywood, Middleton, Shaw and surrounding Greater Manchester areas.

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## Warm floors, quiet rooms, sensible bills — designed for how you actually live.

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