Electric Underfloor Heating

 

 

Floor Heating Systems

Pentair Thermal Management offers electric floor heating systems that can serve as a primary heat source, as a heat loss replacement system, or as comfort floor heating.

Other heat loss replacement systems, such as hydronic heating systems or forced air systems, require complex designs that:

• Need regular maintenance to various components
• Pose a potential risk of leaking fluid into the surrounding areas 

Pentair Thermal Management systems are simple in design and consist of:

• Electric heat trace cables
  • Raychem RaySol heat trace cables adjusts their power output to compensate for temperature variations
  • Pyrotenax MI heat trace cables are supplied as complete factory-fabricated assemblies consisting of a heating section that is joined to a non-heating cold lead and terminated with NPT-threaded connectors
  • Raychem QuickNet floor heating mats have the heating cable woven onto an adhesive-backed fiberglass mesh that allows for simple and faster roll-out installation. The floor heating mats are compatible with all standard subfloor materials and are low profile to minimize any increase in overall floor height
• Connection kits and accessories – items for making electrical connections and properly completing the installation, such as power connection and end seal kits and junction boxes
• Advanced control systems – devices such as sensing thermostats and controllers, monitor and/or control the heat trace cable to help maintain the temperature of the surface
• Power distribution systems – electric panels for installations that require power distribution with single-phase or three-phase circuits

 

Comfort Floor Heating

Pentair Thermal Management offers floor heating systems that provide comfort floor warming or supplemental heating in places like lobbies, foyers, bathrooms, kitchens and gymnasiums. This heating system can raise the floor temperature so it is comfortable to walk on in your bare feet.  We offer three different heating cable technologies for this application:

• Raychem RaySol heat trace cables
• Pyrotenax MI heat trace cables
• Raychem QuickNet floor heating mats

 

Radiant Floor Heating

Pentair Thermal Management also offers floor heating systems that provide primary space heating for rooms with concrete floors—like garage floors and commercial warehouses.  We offer two different technologies for this application:

• Raychem RaySol heat trace cables
• Pyrotenax MI heat trace cables

For this application, customers provide us with the BTU requirement for the area and floor construction information so that our Pentair Thermal Management representatives can provide design assistance. 

 

BENEFITS

 

Reliable, Efficient Floor Heating

Let our floor heating systems keep your floors comfortably warm, or provide primary space heating for your room. 

Pentair Thermal Management offers a variety of integrated technologies to meet your specific floor heating needs. We are the world leader in heat tracing solutions. We have sold over one billion feet of Raychem self-regulating heat trace cable and are known for technical leadership and expertise in polymer science and radiation cross-linking. Our Pyrotenax mineral insulated heat trace cable has been an industry leader for over 75 years. And, we offer the most advanced line of heat-trace control and monitoring systems.

 

Simple Design, Lower Cost

Alternative systems are complex in design, requiring a large amount of auxiliary equipment and extra space.  Electric floor heating systems have fewer components and the controllers can be tied back to a Building Management System (BMS) for remote monitoring.  This translates to a lower system installation and maintenance cost.

 

No Potential for Leaks

Hydronic heating systems rely on circulating warm fluids to heat the floor.  These systems can be a liability especially in high rise structures where a pipe leak can cause property and structural damage. Pentair Thermal Management’ systems utilize electric heat trace cables and therefore eliminate this risk.

 

Advanced Controls Systems

Pentair Thermal Management offers a variety of different controllers and accessories to meet a wide range of design requirements. 

 

The DigiTrace C910 and DigiTrace ACCS-30 digital controllers, let you:

• Save energy by minimizing the amount of time the system is energized while ensuring that the soil temperature is kept above freezing
• Program temperature setpoints on a 24/7 schedule to maximize energy savings

 

Additionally, DigiTrace ACCS-30 control platform lets you:

• Control up to 260 heating cable circuits from a single point of interface
• Control other Pentair Thermal Management heat tracing applications, such as freeze protection, hot water temperature maintenance, roof and gutter de-icing and surface snow melting  from a single user interface

 

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