UNDERFLOOR HEATING
LOWERING THE UNDERFLOOR HEATING ANTE
RWC has a new underfloor heating solution specially designed to keep the overall floor height to an absolute minimum without compromising heat output.
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s low carbon heating systems begin replacing traditional gas boiler alternatives, RWC’s JG LowFit is designed to benefit both new build and retrofit projects. The innovative solution keeps the overall floor level to a minimum through low-profile panelling options, ranging from 16mm-20mm in thickness.
Mike Riseley, UK Sales Director at RWC, comments: “With the industry’s push for energy efficient heating solutions, RWC’s new JG LowFit range is ready to serve the market. Our new collection of products offers installers a convenient and unobtrusive UFH solution to work alongside alternative heating technologies, such as heat pumps, without compromising on performance.” Acknowledging the importance of retrofit projects, RWC’s JG LowFit foil and mesh panels have been specifically designed to be placed over existing timber or concrete flooring. This means installers avoid the need to spend time prising up the build’s flooring and adding unnecessary costs to the project. The perfect partner for renewable heat sources, including heat pumps, the new
range’s full panelling options are suitable for screed, non-screed, tiled and existing concrete floors, suiting almost any type of installation. The 12mm JG LowFit Layflat Barrier Polybutylene Pipe offers great flexibility when laying and it includes an inner barrier to prevent the ingress of oxygen molecules, which helps reduce corrosion on metal parts within the system.
Riseley continues: “At RWC, we want to ensure we are truly meeting the needs of heating and plumbing installers from product
design to installation. This is why alongside our new panelling system, our latest JG LowFit manifolds come with JG Speedfit push-fit technology -exclusive to our JG Underfloor heating range. Featuring 12mm push-fit connections, our new JG LowFit manifolds are fast and simple to install, and unlike some others in the market do not require fitting additional reducers from 15 or 16mm connections. This not only speeds installation time, but it also reduces fittings and pipe congestion around the manifold. And as with all our manifolds, they come with a pre-fitted wall bracket and isolation vibration mount, as well as a pre-assembled air vent, fill valve and adjustable flow meters. Available in sizes from 2 up to 12 ports, the manifold is also compatible with our JG Aura heating controls for independent zone control.” Alongside RWC’s commitment to making jobs more efficient through innovative product design, RWC also offer further support such as a fast UFH CAD service, followed by help from our team of National Technical Engineers ready to advise on best practice, ensuring installers are provided with the knowledge required for every job. BMJ
SETCRETE SMOOTHS OUT UNDERFLOOR HEATING S 34
etcrete High Performance floor levelling compound is recommended for smoothing flooring screeds that contain underfloor heating systems, prior to the installation of a floor covering. The levelling compound can also be used to encapsulate mesh- mounted wire underfloor heating systems installed over both screeds and well-fixed timber (plywood) subfloors.
It’s fibre-reinforced formulation ensures the compound will retain its integrity throughout the warming and cooling cycles of the heating system, ensuring that the super smooth surface it delivers will remain intact and
uncompromised during the lifetime of a flooring installation.
The levelling compound is suitable for use over both absorbent and non-absorbent subfloors, including sand/cement and concrete screeds, as well as granolithic, terrazzo, epoxy and polyurethane resins, ceramic and quarry tiles. In addition, the fibre reinforcement provides a level of flexibility that makes it suitable for use over plywood subfloors.
As such, Setcrete High Performance can be used throughout the entire floor of a property, providing a uniform, unbroken subfloor finish that
offers the perfect base for the installation of floor coverings to optimise their aesthetic appearance and the long-term performance of the floor. Setcrete Acrylic Primer should be applied to the subfloor prior to the application of the levelling compound to help promote adhesion and to prevent pinholing and the unacceptably rapid drying of the compound when applied over absorbent subfloors.
Setcrete brand manager Peter Wilson said: “We always recommend that merchants include Setcrete High Performance in their levelling compound range, because of its wide- ranging capabilities and the extra assurance it gives to builders that their flooring projects won’t be compromised, especially when they involve underfloor heating and/or flexible subfloors.” BMJ
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net March 2022
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