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Lebanon’s Leading Floor Heating
MAURICO - Mauri Group Services’ forté is underfloor heating. In fact we are virtually pioneers in floor heating having installed underfloor heating systems in Lebanon since 2002. Floor heating can be installed under a new bed of tiles on top of an existing slab or in a new slab of concrete. It involves the use of a cable that is encased in concrete to warm the floor beneath your feet in almost any part of your home or office. Underfloor heating is a luxury that you can afford. It runs on off-peak electricity and so only heats for small periods of time. The concrete slab itself holds the heat all day and night. You can heat living areas, bedrooms, bathrooms and offices. We have even heated horse stables. Underfloor heating can even get rid of moldy or wet areas in your home. Imagine, warm towels each time you shower.
Installing Underfloor Heating In-Concrete
There are several steps our electricians use when installing floor heating in-concrete. They are:
- The concrete slab is formed up by the concreters on site using mesh and boards.
- The underfloor heating cable is then installed by an electrician and attached to the mesh to hold it secure during the concrete pour.
- The concrete pour then takes place while our electrician ensures that the underfloor heating cable is not damaged. A thermostat is also left for the electrician to install at a later stage.
- Once the slab has gone off and the remainder of the structure to be built (eg house or bathroom) has been completed, your electrician will connect the thermostat to the cable and to the electrical circuit ready to turn on.
Installing Underfloor Heating Under Tiles
Once again, our electricians follow several steps when installing underfloor heating under tiles. They are:
- The concrete slab is formed up by the concreters for say, a bathroom or living area, (or on top of the existing slab or floor)
- Before the floor heating is installed, our electricians draw a diagram to identify where the cable will be laid and attached to the mesh to ensure even coverage.
- The cable is then installed and attached to the mesh to hold it secure during the concrete pour.
- The concrete pour then takes place while our electrician ensures that the underfloor heating cable is not damaged. A thermostat is also left for the electrician to install at a later stage.
- Once the slab has gone off and the remainder of the structure to be built (eg house or bathroom) has been completed, your electrician will connect the thermostat to the cable and to the electrical circuit ready to turn on.
Materials Used For Underfloor Heating
The electricians at MAURICO - Mauri Group Services use a copper cable that is insulated and can withstand medium temperatures in concrete. The underfloor heating cable must be fully encased in concrete. The floor heating should not be turned on until the concrete has cured naturally i.e. 4 to 6 weeks.
Most floor coverings eg carpet and tiles are suitable to use with underfloor heating. The floor thickness should be a minimum of 100mm for a single slab or minimum 25mm for a screed (i.e. bathroom floor). Floor heating cables are not laid under benches, showers or walls, only in walking spaces.
Underfloor MAURICO - Mauri Group – less expensive, more effective, warmer all round.
With an underfloor heating system, your home can be warmer, and it can cost less than expensive alternatives. Underfloor heating costs less, because it uses inexpensive off-peak electricity to heat your home right through the day and night.
Underfloor MAURICO - Mauri Group is more comfortable
Electric underfloor heating provides more benefits than any other form of home heating. As either a whole house heating system, or for particular room like the bathroom, or as comfort heating to keep the chill off your cold floors, underfloor heating provides comfortable, ambient heat with no cold spots or overheating.
MAURICO - Mauri Group Services
MAURICO - Mauri Group Services is one of Lebanon’s most experienced underfloor heating experts. We are fully qualified electricians with more than 15 years’ experience, and provide fantastic service to our customers.
Underfloor heating experts
We are the experts in underfloor heating – we provide all the different systems. Ask us which one is best for you.
- Electric In-slab heating
- Hydronic ( Water) Under floor heating
- In screed (under tile) heating
- Under carpet heating
Which underfloor heating system is right for you? Call on 961.3.620.282 for a brief description of the different types of under floor heating systems, and an indication of the cost.
Benefits of underfloor heating
The big benefit of underfloor heating, especially in-slab heating, is the gradual release of heat from the slab during the day and night. Underfloor heating is the most common system in Europe, and there’s excellent reasons why.
Lower Cost
Underfloor heating can provide significant cost reductions. Firstly, it can give 24 hour heating from off-peak electricity – the concrete slab retains the heat and releases the heat during the night and day.
Second, you can divide the house into zones, this allows you to heat only the parts that are essential – the living room, the bathroom, for example. In homes with high roofs, underfloor heating provides warm ambient air rising upwards. If you have a ceiling fan, you can recirculate the hot air. These techniques mean you only need to heat the slab for a short time each day, on off-peak – so it will cost much less than gas heating or electric radiators.
Health
Underfloor heating is recommended by health professionals as a treatment for asthma sufferers, because there is no re-circulation of dust-filled air. With conventional fan-driven systems, mites bacteria and virus infections are circulating in the air, and are pushed from person to person by the air movement.
Safety
Every day in winter there is a fire caused by faulty heating systems. People fall asleep and radiators and fan heaters cause fires. Even timber heaters are unsafe – toddlers and adults are constantly burning themselves on the superhot metal parts of woodfire heaters.
Convenience
Underfloor heating is so convenient. Fan heaters only heat one person, so there’s constant squabbling. Teenagers in their own bedrooms will demand their own heating, suddenly you’ve doubled the cost.
With underfloor slab or under carpet heating, it’s done once, and that’s it – nothing to maintain,– and all covered by a long guarantee.
Damp Free
No more misty window, or black mildew in the bathroom … no more damp air when its raining. In slab, under carpet and underfloor heating gives the very best air quality, which is important for health.
Solar in slab floor heating – Hydronic ( water )
If you’ve ever used solar heating, you’ll know how hot the water can get. When this water is guided through your concrete slab, or under tiles, it heats your home perfectly – without ongoing electricity costs.
Underfloor MAURICO - Mauri Group – common through Europe, now in LEBANON.
If you have ever spent time in a house with underfloor heating, you’ll never choose anything else. Most homes in Europe are warmed by underfloor systems, and with the huge rise in Lebanese energy costs, underfloor heating systems are a better choice.
Eco-green underfloor Hydronic solutions
For years, floor heating has been considered the most effective heating system. Ecological houses, for example, pre-warm the water using a solar pre-heating system (like a swimming pool heating system) and this reduces up to 70% of your underfloor heating costs.
Other systems involve burying water pipes in the ground to pre-heat the water to normal summer-time ground temperature, which substantially reduces the costs of pre-heating.
Which underfloor heating system is right for you? Call 961.3.620.282 for a brief description of the different types of under floor heating systems, and an indication of the cost.
Advantages of underfloor heating:
- Low running costs – In slab heating is relatively inexpensive, compared to energy guzzling systems like electric radiators and gas heaters. The reason is clear – once the slab or tiles are heated, it keeps on giving the heat for hours and hours.
- Low installation costs – electric or hydronic underfloor systems are extremely fast and simple to install .
- Suitable for most floor coverings – the concrete heats evenly so the system can be used for polished concrete, all kinds of stone and tiles, carpet and even many direct stick wood floors
- Zoned for different rooms – we can advise on the heating configuration, but it’s common to heat the most frequently used rooms, such as the living areas and bathrooms.
- Off peak power – You can manually control the period of heating, or let the house be heated by off-peak power. Just a few hours of heating each night (depending how cold it is outside) will give you enough heat for the entire day.
- Safety – Unlike other heating systems underfloor heating is completely safe . No moving parts and a regulated radiant heat from the ground up between 15 and 40 degrees depending on your comfort level
Advantages of under-tile heating
- Easy to install if the slab is already down
- Suitable for any tiled floor
- Ideal for bathroom renovations
- Thermostatically controlled
- Fast warm-up times
Advantages of in-screed heating include:
- Very low risk of damage by tiler
- Suitable for most floor coverings, but mostly tiles & stone
- Digital thermostat control
- Suitable for bathrooms & living areas.
Which underfloor heating system is right for you? Call MAURICO - Mauri Group on 961.3.620.282 for a brief description of the different types of under floor heating systems, and an indication of the cost.
