x-net^® connect systems

Problem 1:

Heat dissipation from the feed pipes that pass through.

Until now, feed pipes running from the underfloor heating manifold to the rooms have usually been embedded in the screed. Even if these feed pipes are covered with thermal insulation, they still emit heat to the screed in the connecting room they are passing through. As soon as an underfloor heating circuit becomes active, this connecting room gets heated – regardless of its own heat demand. The manifold is typically positioned in the hallway, for example, and this often results in the hallway becoming overheated. It is not possible to control the room temperature. 

Solution 1:

x-net connect systems reduce the heat dissipation of these feed pipes much more effectively than a solution that relies on thermally insulated feed pipes in the screed. They achieve this by routing the pipes in the insulation layer underneath the screed, completely preventing overheating of the connecting room that the feed pipes pass through. 
The impact sound protection remains fully in place thanks to the use of special system components. 
As there is less heat loss on the way to the room that is being heated, the system temperature can be reduced. In turn, this increases the efficiency of the system, particularly when regenerative heat generators – such as heat pumps – are used

In the case of the x-net connect systems, the feed pipes passing through the connecting room are not embedded in the screed. Instead, these new connection systems carry them from the manifold in a special insulation layer underneath the screed, only allowing them to emerge in the screed layer at the point where they actually need to give off heat. Consequently, x-net connect systems carefully direct the heat underneath the screed as it passes through the hallway, for example.

Thus, they reduce heat loss from the feed pipe as it passes through on its way to the room that needs to be heated and, in turn, the mass flow rate required for the heating circuit. 
Any route can be selected for the pipe in the connect insulation layer, meaning that you can now select the shortest connecting path from the manifold to the room that needs to be heated. This reduces the length of the connecting pipes considerably.
In turn, these aspects also have a positive impact on the system hydraulics (pressure losses) and therefore on the required pump flow. 

The underside of the x-net connect cover element is self-adhesive to enable quick installation and the top has a hook-and-loop surface so that pipes can be routed in different ways. When it is used in combination with the self-adhesive x-net pipe protection strips, screed-tight pipe threading is ensured. 

x-net hook-and-loop pipes are used to create the separately controllable heating circuit on the x-net connect cover with printed installation grid. 

This offers crucial benefits: 

• The installation grid, which covers the entire surface, ensures that the heating circuit is implemented with the planned installation distance
• High pipe retention strength with variable routing of pipes
• Pipes can be laid quickly and easily, and independently of the feed pipes in the insulation layer
• No risk of the feed pipes getting pierced by inaccurately positioned pipe fixing elements