Accolade Heating - Accolade's Amorphous Metal Underfloor Heating System

Accolade’s underfloor Heating System fits under any floorcovering, on any subfloor and is even suitable for conservatory heating – quite possibly the most challenging area to heat. It maintains a controlled, even temperature using less power than alternative systems thanks to the extremely efficient metallic ribbon technology.

The heart of Accolade’s underfloor heating system is the Amorphous metal ribbon just 25 microns thick (1/80^th millimetre) that is formed into a wide ribbon sheathed in two layers of flexible polyethylene insulation. The ribbons are then shaped into various mat sizes and the gaps between each ribbon restricted to eliminate cold spots.

The ultra thin ribbon is a superb converter of energy to heat and will provide a comfortable heat source in your room when covering at least 80% of the floorspace . This low temperature combined with a high heat transfer ratio of 25% - 30% allows Accolade’s underfloor heating system to be fitted directly under ceramic tiles, granite, laminate, engineered board, solid wood and even carpet without encasing the system in a screed.

This results in much quicker response to thermostatic control, and the ribbon will achieve optimum temperature in just a few minutes (when used with appropriate insulation). Many conservatory heating systems encased in screed can take several hours to reach optimum temperature, severely restricting the responsiveness and increasing the running costs of the system.

If you are looking for conservatory heating; heating for your house or office; or simply want to add warmth to the smallest room in the house, get the Accolade underfloor heating system.

Hi Alan,

Further to our conversation yesterday I would just like to confirm how impressed I am with the Accolade underfloor heating system. We have installed it in both the games room, which has an engineered oak wood floor and the garden room which has a slate floor.

In the games room we had two concerns, firstly that wood is not a good conductor of heat and secondly the weight of a full size snooker table. We went for 14mm thick flooring but would probably have been O.K. with 20 mm as the heat comes through fine. As for the snooker table we laid the heating mats across the room, i.e. at right angles to the length of the table and missed out strips under the legs. This meant we had 11 mats instead of 15 and even though it is a big room with a high ceiling it is comfortably warm with the system set on vacation mode and a room temperature of 17 degrees.

The garden room was a greater concern because the total thickness of the sand/cement bedding layer and the slate slabs was nearly 60mm. This was well above your recommended maximum thickness. However we again switched the system on to vacation mode with a room temperature of 15 degrees and left it overnight. The following morning the room was nicely warm. Even during the recent very cold weather we have not had to increase the setting because although the system cuts out when the room reaches the set temperature the slate floor continues to act as a large radiator and keeps the room at or above that temperature for some time before the system needs to come back on.

We are very pleased with the system and would have no hesitation in recommending it to others.

Regards,

M Butler.

Please note: If a householder is in doubt regarding the insulative qualities of a room/property we recommend commissioning a specialist to provide a heat loss report.