Windows from floor to ceiling – a dream of many developers. But here’s how to heat the room, decorated with these transparent structures? Traditional batteries under high windows can not put – will block the light of day, to spoil the view of the neighborhood to come into discord with its surroundings and to distort the perception of the external appearance of the building. But a way still is: to equip an effective heating without damage (and possibly – and usefully) to design allows recessed into the floor convectors.
Dream designer!
Most built-in floor heaters used for heating houses, rarely – in the heating of urban residences. For the first time entering the field of view of the buyer in the store or on the construction market, such a device is usually perceived as a long low box, which has a lid in the form of decorative lattice. Under the grate, in the case (it is called gutter), installed heating air heat exchanger (pex tubing with a on her heat transfer plates), which is connected to the heating system – from contact with it rises the air temperature in the room. In addition to the heat exchanger in the gutter of the convector can be located with a small fan motors (one or several) to expedite heating facilities by intensive blowing the heat exchanger, as well as various regulating devices.
During installation of the shell embedded convectors hide in the floor construction. They are immersed in the cement screed (“give the sediment) or installed in the openings, arranged in raised floor. After laying the floor covering will remain visible only decorative grilles, flush with clean disposable surface. The uninitiated person entering the room, heated recessed convectors are unlikely to immediately determine where is the heat – is it really from the narrow “carpet tracks, spread out under the windows? ..
Designers find embedded in the floor convectors so longed embodiment of a battery of invisibility. And all because of the built-in heaters are able to organically blend with almost any decor.
Color grid embedded in the floor convectors can be adjusted to the color of the floor covering or other important elements of interior decoration at home: upholstery, curtains, wallpaper and color, etc. Fortunately, most manufacturers of convectors offer enough rich palette of shades of color possible lattices. Grids are usually made of aluminum (without finishing, anodized, or coated with a polymer coating), precious woods (oak, beech, mahogany, walnut, birch less) or plastic. Beam, which comprise the grille may be placed across the trench convector – a product similar to the ladder and is flexible (it is easy to roll up into the bay, which is useful, for example, when cleaning the room). Along the trough are the rungs of hard and semi-rigid aluminum grids (in the last line elements are fastened together with special flexible springs that allow strictly adhere to its size and not burden the design).
Serial heaters are in terms of a rectangular shape, their dimensions once and forever defined by the manufacturer. Thus, the width of the gratings is 140-430 mm, length – 800-5000 mm. But if the standard rectangular shape and dimensions of devices for some reason you are not satisfied, you can order a suitable option for specific space. ” Theoretically, recessed convectors can have unlimited length and curved shape. It is proposed to connect grids into their heads in the corners of the room (the corner of their joints from some manufacturers is only 90 °, while the other is in the range from 0 to 180 °). Convector can repeat the contours of the curved sections of walls (for example, in the bay), walk round columns, etc. To order grids with metal inserts, fixtures, electrical outlets and other embedded equipment.
From the standpoint of Thermophysics recessed into the floor convectors good. With a minimum amount contained in their heat exchangers of hot water they instantly respond to changing needs in the warmth of the room, providing a high level of comfort and savings on heating.
In qualitative convectors lattice heated to no more than 40-45 ° C, even if the coolant temperature is high enough. Consequently, prolonged contact with their surface can not get a burn. However, walking barefoot on the grating is still not recommended. Interior items, including leather sofas, chairs, antique wooden furniture and modern electrical equipment can often be located in close proximity to the convector without risk of damage. Passing through the device the air comes into contact only with small areas become extremely hot tube heat exchanger, a total area of 3,5-5% of the total area of heating, the plate markedly colder. Moreover, even at the maximum coolant temperature surface heat exchanger has a temperature of about 60 ° C, which virtually eliminates the sticking of dust and reduces (compared with other types of heaters) positive ionization of the air that adversely affects the health and well-being.