System Design By The Industry's Finest ............. |
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What We Offer |
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| Astra CAD designs some of the highest quality under floor heating (UFH) systems using the latest technology to craft the very best solution for your needs.
Our head office is based in the United Kingdom in West London, and we have partners and affiliates based in India that assure the continued low pricing coupled with high quality output that all our clients have come to enjoy and expect. From your first contact with us you can be assured of the highest level of service, combined with the peace of mind that comes from knowing you are getting the most qualified staff working for you and manifold technology at a price that some of our competitors struggle to meet. Underfloor heating made simple.
Our Service Our service starts from the moment we receive your plans. Upon confirmation of your order we proceed to full CAD design of your system. Our systematic approach to doing business with our clients ensure invariably that what is delivered to you is exaclty what was desired. |
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Why Underfloor Heating? |
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Utilising today's modern multilayer pipes, control systems and high efficiency boilers, the underfloor heating systems of today are extremely comfortable and controllable. Radiators are no longer needed so giving more room space. The heat is more evenly distributed and dust is not circulated. Underfloor heating from the whole floor area of the house gently warms the air above, eliminating cold spots. The warm air convects from the floor surface losing approximately 2 degrees centigrade at 2.0 meters above the floor, which makes the system ideal for all ceiling heights. Independent tests reveal that the most acceptable indoor climate is one in which the floor temperature ranges between 19-29°C and the air temperature at head level ranges between 20 and 24°C. With radiator or convector heating systems a vertical temperature gradient is produced; colder at foot level than at the head. Underfloor heating has made it possible to reduce energy consumption by using low water temperatures. These systems, based on the development of complex and very high quality plastic pipe, such as the multilayer pipe, now account for over 60% of some European heating markets. Some Features & Benefits |
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Design Procedure |
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You can choose whatever steps you require. Our services will be adjusted as per your needs. Step 1 – Calculating the Pipe Spacing On receiving the floor plans, was can calculate the W/m 2 heat loss and hence tell what pipe spacing is required in different zones. This we do by measuring the areas of individual zones, for which we have the heat loss and then calculating the W/m 2 value. The W/m 2 value tell us what pipe spacing is needed for that area. Step 2 – Deciding the Manifold Size and Pipe sizes We use software provided by our clients which, based on the W/m2 calculates the manifold size and the pipe thickness and spacing to achieve an optimal system. Since these softwares are proprietary, we would need yourselves to supply us with the software /tools that is suitable to your working practices. Step 3 – Designing the pipe Layout We use AutoCAD for all or design work. Paper based floor plan drawings can be converted into AutoCAD files either by redrawing them or with Vectorisation. Depending on the design parameters, we then layout the piping design onto CAD Floor plans. The piping layout can be any of the following patterns: The piping layout can be any of the following patterns:
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| Floor Types – We can design piping pattern for all types of floors weather they be flat screeded floors or with Battens and Joists.
Insulation boards Systems – We can design the laying pattern for the board system. We work with a wide range of board systems and are capable of adapting to any new systems as they are introduced. Step 4 – Bill of Material Based on the piping design we can prepare a Bill of material, and schedule of pipe lengths for cutting. |
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Working Standards |
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We follow CAD standards as per your requirements to ensure seamless integration of the output with your company standards, i.e. various elements on the drawings will be layered as per your requirements. We follow a 2-tier work and checking process, to ensure that the output is of a very high quality. Drawing elements and details are scaled on the paper scale at the relevant scale and Title Block is applied. We will apply your company Title Block, so that the drawing is ready for you to print. |
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Samples |
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Take a moment to click on the links below and have a look at a few samples of our work... Sample 1 - Sample 2 - Sample 3 - |
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