Floor and wall heating for a historical building
Anyone opting for a surface tempering system can always be assured of low feed temperatures and hence reduced energy consumption. However when it comes to renovation projects, the corresponding systems are not so easy to install. A good example for a successful implementation is a Patrician house in the Museum Quarter of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which dates back to the beginning of the last century. Here Viega’s surface tempering system Fonterra was used.
Renovation makes demands
The decision to use Fonterra was taken by Dave Valkenhoff of Dema Loodgietersbedrijf when the order to renovate the property in Rotterdam came in. “Viega was actually a pretty obvious choice” says Dave. “The timber floors inside the property cannot bear as much weight as concrete floors so any additions have to be as light as possible. And that’s exactly what Fonterra Reno was developed for.”
Valkenhoff also chose Fonterra for the concrete ground floor as well as for the pitched roof area and the gable walls. “On the ground floor we combined the Polybuten pipes with a studded system plate which also provides good insulation. For the walls and the pitched roof area we used Fonterra Side 12.” This system for the wall cleverly combines the heating installation and the dry finish in a way that saves time: The heating pipes are embedded into the system elements which can be mounted directly on a support structure and simply connected to one another.