UFH system design and supply

[Chanmenie]

Hi

Can anyone recommend a company for UFH design and supply, I know about Wunda, but are there any other really reliable places I could go, or with help from you guys could I go full DIY.
I have a trade account with City plumbing but would need to know what I should get, to install a reliable system.

[JohnMo]

I got all my UFH equipment from Outsourced Energy.  Good prices and service.

 

https://www.outsourcedenergy.co.uk/shop/

 

They do design and installation also.

[PeterW]

Download LoopCAD and you can design your own quite easily - it runs for 30 days on the free version. You can pick up all of the parts on the internet but avoid the cheap manifolds on eBay. 

[JohnMo]

+1 on doing it yourself with LoopCad.

[Chanmenie]

8 minutes ago, JohnMo said:

+1 on doing it yourself with LoopCad.

Unfortunately I have a Mac computer so loopcad not an option, unless I can borrow a windows laptop from somewhere 

[Chanmenie]

Quick question, if the UFH pipes are at the bottom of a 120mm slab can the pipes go under the internal non load bearing walls ? 

[Nickfromwales]

14 minutes ago, Chanmenie said:

Quick question, if the UFH pipes are at the bottom of a 120mm slab can the pipes go under the internal non load bearing walls ? 

No problems there just not a great idea to have the pipes low in the slab. How much insulation is underneath?

[Nickfromwales]

I use Paul at UFH Trade Direct ( 01925 571999 ). Great service, quick delivery, good prices.

Never let me down, where others have.

[Chanmenie]

13 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

No problems there just not a great idea to have the pipes low in the slab. How much insulation is underneath?

200mm PIR, I just prefer to staple the pipes to the PIR than tie to mesh 

[joe90]

48 minutes ago, Chanmenie said:

can the pipes go under the internal non load bearing walls ? 

Some of my pipes go through internal load bearing walls rather than long loops through doorways leading to too many pipes in a small space (IMO) over sized holes lined with overflow pipe 👍

22 minutes ago, Chanmenie said:

I just prefer to staple the pipes to the PIR than tie to mesh 

That’s what I did, helper to unroll the pipe into place and I followed with the staple gun.

[Chanmenie]

5 minutes ago, joe90 said:

Some of my pipes go through internal load bearing walls rather than long loops through doorways leading to too many pipes in a small space (IMO) over sized holes lined with overflow pipe 👍

That’s what I did, helper to unroll the pipe into place and I followed with the staple gun.

Thanks Joe, yeah I was concerned about one of the doorways getting very congested where the pipes would go to the open plan kitchen living dinning area 

I won’t need to go through loadbearing walls as there aren’t any internally.

 

yeah that was my plan also.

[Nick Laslett]

1 hour ago, Chanmenie said:

Unfortunately I have a Mac computer so loopcad not an option, unless I can borrow a windows laptop from somewhere 

You can install Windows 10 on a Mac, but you will need to buy a license. You will also need enough hard drive space, 64gb minimum. This uses Boot Camp, an app already installed on your Mac. When you do a hard restart of your Mac, you choose whether you want to run Windows or Mac OS. If suspending from sleep you stay in the current selected operating system. 

 

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201468

 

 

You can download Windows 10 from Microsoft. Don’t need licence for initial install. 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO

 

It may seem daunting, but it is actually quite straightforward. 
 

Bit off topic, sorry. I just don’t want Mac owners to think they can’t run Windows software. There is another method using Virtualisation, this allows you to run MacOS and Windows simultaneously, this is a bit more complicated. 

 

Edited May 7, 2022 by Nick Laslett