Noel and Judy Christensen, Opotiki
A Sola60 under floor heating system utilises the same
solar technology used to heat water with the addition of
underfloor ducting to transfer the solar heat throughout your
home's floor.
High performance solar panels are installed with surface area designed to heat the volume of water required for the scale of the particular application.
Once heated by the sun, the water is stored in one or more hot water cylinders.
From
there, the hot water is circulated beneath the floor when needed
in specially-designed ducting that is installed when the concrete pad
is laid. This ducting is laid as individual floor piping
circuits within the concrete under the reinforcing.
Below the ducting, insulation blocks - also laid during construction - ensure the heat is stored as thermal mass in the concrete floor and not lost into the ground.
The floor circuit control valves in the hot water cupboard allow independent control on which parts of the home you wish to direct heat to. This can be automated via room thermo-stats if required.

Sola60 under floor heating systems include various booster options as standard to provide additional heat to the floor or the cylinder - just with a flick of the switch. This is required during the periods of low solar activity. The systems can be configured to operate with electric, gas, LPG or solid-fuel booster to provide top-up heat to the circulating water when required.
