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- Guides : The system, fitting without screed, floor coverings, measured consumption, the comparison with a heat pump: Carbosol's guides, with a source for every figure.
- Added storey, loft, extension : An added storey comes up against weight, height and a central heating system that was not designed for it. 5 mm, 1.25 kg per m², its own power supply: the comparison.
- Carbon heating film : Striped film, fleece, paint or full-surface film: four products go by the name of carbon heating. What sets them apart, and when a simple film is enough.
- Cellar and basement : A converted cellar is used now and then: it needs heating that warms up fast, without losing height. Conditions, damp, minimum temperature, limits.
- Fitting without screed : Fitting underfloor heating with no screed to break or pour: 5 mm on the existing floor, 13 to 50 mm with floor covering. Heights by floor covering, weight, time, limits.
- Fitting, step by step : Before, during and after the fitting of carbon underfloor heating: the design, the steps on the day, the times stated by the manufacturer, what to prepare.
- Frequently asked questions : Price, height, fitting, consumption, rules by country, warranty: every question on the Carbosol site and its answer, grouped by topic.
- Glossary : Dry screed, decoupling mat, levelling compound, hysteresis, primary energy, type examination: the words of an underfloor heating quote, briefly explained.
- Heat pump or carbon : A heat pump uses two to three times less electricity, but costs more to buy and to maintain. Independent measurements, the manufacturer's calculation, case by case.
- In an apartment : 5 mm and 1.25 kg per m², with no boiler and no pipes between floors: what makes underfloor heating possible in an apartment, and what to check first.
- IREWA partner : Carbosol is an official partner and reseller of IREWA, the 5 mm carbon underfloor heating from Carbon Heizsysteme GmbH: who makes it and what the partnership covers.
- Measured consumption : 15 to 50 kWh per m² per year according to the manufacturer, median 24. Its eleven meter readings, building by building: what they prove, what they do not prove.
- Replacing electric radiators : You already heat with electricity: no boiler to remove, no pipes to lay. What carbon underfloor heating changes, what it does not change, and when to do it.
- The carbon system : A 0.45 mm carbon film that heats across its whole surface, under your floor covering. Build-up, outputs, temperatures and limits, according to the manufacturer.
- The drawbacks : Price per kilowatt-hour, no grant, separate hot water, a floor to redo, energy rating: the limits of electric underfloor heating, written by people who fit it.
- The rule, country by country : Main heating or room by room: what France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands allow for direct electric heating, with the legal texts to back it up.
- Thermal camera : Every Carbosol fitting ends with a thermal camera check: what the image shows, why carbon heats with no coil to be seen, and what we look for.
- Thermostat and control : One thermostat per room, connected to the carbon film: what it controls, where to put it, how to programme it, and the temperature not to go below.
- Under tiles : Under tiles, the carbon film needs a decoupling mat or a dry screed: 23 to 40 mm in all. Bathroom, shower, old tiles.
- Under vinyl or laminate : Under click vinyl of at least 8 mm: 13 to 16 mm in all, with no screed and no glue. Under laminate: 15 to 19 mm. The conditions, the temperatures, the limits.
- Under wood flooring : A 5 mm carbon film under floating wood flooring: 16 to 20 mm in all, no screed, no glue. Which wood flooring is suitable, at what temperature, and what is not done.
- Warranty and certifications : TÜV NORD CERT type examination, CE marking, pollutant testing, patent, the manufacturer's 20-year warranty: what each document proves, and where to check it.
- Water-based or electric : Water-based underfloor heating needs a screed and a heat generator, and uses less with a heat pump. Thin electric heating goes on the existing floor.
- What about Germany? : Carbosol fits IREWA carbon underfloor heating in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, not in Germany: the reason, and who to turn to.