BSRIA Application Guide AG 13/2001: Underfloor Heating Systems. An Assessment Standard for Installations

The purpose of this document is to give guidance to inspectors and other personnel engaged on the assessment or quality control of underfloor heating installations, and to allow them to assess installations in a repeatable and consistent manner.

The document is arranged in a manner that provides all the necessary information in a logical and user-friendly way. The document includes enough detail and data for the user to adequately assess the quality of the installation, and consists of the following sections:

Basic principles

Here the essential principles of underfloor heating are addressed to promote an understanding of the technology.

System design

The key points associated with an underfloor heating system are detailed here, including system components and arrangements. The purpose of this section is to allow the inspection personnel to quickly identify all of the various elements that constitute a complete underfloor heating system.

Installation

Relevant site and good practice issues will be dealt with here to help ensure that any important points are thought of before they become a problem on site.

It will also provide useful information for other members of the professional team in terms of interfacing with their particular disciplines.

A series of checklists is included covering the various design and inspection phases. If followed by the inspection staff, consistent assessment should be achievable.