Livella Underfloor Heating
Bringing comfort and warmth to homes across Australia and New Zealand for over 30 years. Livella delivers trusted underfloor heating solutions with advanced technology and expert installation, ensuring quality you can feel in every project.
Bringing comfort and warmth to homes across Australia and New Zealand for over 30 years. Livella delivers trusted underfloor heating solutions with advanced technology and expert installation, ensuring quality you can feel in every project.
Choose Livella for Unmatched Comfort & Efficiency
- Trusted Brand across Australia & NZ
- 30+ Years of Experience
- Fast & Efficient Home Heating
- Custom Designs for Every Room
- Smart Controls & Affordable Pricing
- Space-Saving & Aesthetic Appeal
Create a Warm Home Without Losing Space
Are you tired of dealing with cold spots in your home? Fed up with bulky radiators or heating units taking up valuable space in your rooms? Frustrated that different rooms in your house have varying temperatures, making it challenging to achieve consistent warmth throughout?
Efficient & Affordable
Livella systems are highly efficient, keeping heat longer and using less energy than traditional heating methods, which means lower utility bills and more cost-effective heating solution over time.
Safe & Comfortable
Underfloor heating reduces airborne particles compared to traditional systems by not using forced air that spreads dust, pet dander, and allergens in the space.
Year Round Comfort
Our automated systems allow you to personalise multiple temperature settings daily, matching your routines effortlessly. This adaptability ensures no energy is wasted, perfectly aligning with your schedules throughout the year.
— Not just for Cold Winters —
Our Heating Solutions
Livella’s In Slab Heating Solutions embed heating cables directly within the concrete slab for efficient radiant warmth. Ideal for new builds and polished concrete spaces, this system delivers even, energy-smart heat throughout your home with seamless, invisible comfort.
Livella’s On Slab Heating Solutions place slim heating cables just beneath your floor finish, delivering rapid, energy-efficient warmth. Designed for multi-level homes and renovations, these systems ensure consistent heat coverage in every room without limiting design or space.
Take control of your home comfort with Livella’s Deluxe Touchscreen Thermostat. Intuitive, zoned heating control puts temperature scheduling, air and surface sensors, and multi-appliance management at your fingertips for smarter, more efficient warmth.
Livella’s Mirror Demisters gently warm bathroom mirrors to eliminate fog instantly. Easy to install and discreetly hidden, they enhance comfort and practicality while helping maintain clear visibility after showers.
— What Makes Livella Unique?
Flexible Underfloor Heating Services
Showers
Adding underfloor heating in a shower area brings luxury and comfort. It helps dry the shower floor faster, reducing moisture and preventing mould or mildew. The warmth also helps evaporate extra moisture, keeping the shower space cleaner and drier.
Outdoor
Outdoor underfloor heating extends your outdoor living season by warming spaces like patios, decks and around pools during colder months. Ensuring comfort all year round.
Stairs
Moving from downstairs to upstairs shouldn’t feel disconnected. Underfloor heating on stairs maintains a consistent temperature throughout the house, ensuring warmth in this often-overlooked area.
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How Expensive is Underfloor Heating?
Although underfloor heating is often seen as an initially expensive investment, its long-term benefits far outweigh the upfront costs. Contrary to common perceptions, using our system to heat your home can be remarkably cost-effective due to the efficiency and minimised energy consumption.
Livella’s dedication to engaging
top-tier local installers guarantees a seamless blend of quality and efficiency, ultimately elevating the overall customer journey. Our innovative product design streamlines installation, cutting down on the time tradespeople spend on-site.
Livella:
- Stands out in the industry with unparalleled
customer service and support.
- Has distinctive
products that minimise installation complexity and reduce the time tradespeople spend on-site.
- Are dedicated to engaging top-tier local installers to guarantee a seamless blend of quality and efficiency.
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Comfort and Lasting Value with Heating Solutions
Underfloor heating in Australia is gaining popularity in homes and commercial spaces due to its energy efficiency and modern design. It provides an effective, space-saving heating solution that aligns with today’s comfort and environmental standards. From a business perspective, these systems add long-term value by increasing property appeal, optimising energy use and reducing maintenance.
Livella offers premium floor heating in Australia. These systems are perfect for new builds and renovations and ensure consistent warmth and comfort. They integrate seamlessly into various applications and are controlled via smart thermostats, allowing precise temperature management. This makes them ideal for businesses focused on sustainability.
Additionally, underfloor heating eliminates the need for bulky radiators, freeing up floor and wall space. For developers and property managers, this translates into cleaner designs and more functional layouts, enhancing a property’s marketability. The focus on innovation supports businesses in lowering operational costs and reducing their carbon footprints, aligning with the latest trends in green building.
Ready to enhance your property with our advanced underfloor heating solutions?
Contact us today to explore your options!
Underfloor Heating: Warm, Efficient Home Heating
Underfloor heating creates consistent, comfortable warmth by turning your entire floor into a low-temperature radiant heat source. At Livella Underfloor Heating, we’ve helped Australian homeowners transform how their homes feel in winter—removing cold spots, bulky radiators, and uneven heating once and for all.
Unlike traditional heating systems that rely on hot air movement, underfloor heating delivers gentle warmth from the ground up. This results in better temperature control, improved energy efficiency, and a noticeably more comfortable living environment.
Electric underfloor heating, in particular, has become a popular choice across Australian homes thanks to its fast response time, on-demand heating, and compatibility with a wide range of floor finishes.
In this guide, we explain everything you need to know about underfloor heating systems in Australia—including electric options, installation methods, room suitability, and realistic costs. Whether you’re renovating a bathroom, building a new home, or exploring energy-efficient heating solutions, this guide will help you make informed decisions.
After reading this guide, you’ll understand:
- Which rooms and applications are best suited to underfloor heating
- Installation requirements for renovations and new builds
- Typical installation and running costs in Australian homes
- How to avoid common issues and ensure long-term performance
Understanding Underfloor Heating Systems
Underfloor heating works by installing heating elements beneath your finished floor surface, turning the entire floor area into a radiant heat panel. Instead of blowing warm air or concentrating heat in one location, warmth rises naturally and evenly throughout the room.
This method eliminates the temperature fluctuations common with conventional heating and reduces air movement, making it ideal for people with allergies or respiratory sensitivities. It also aligns perfectly with modern Australian homes, where open-plan layouts and clean interior design are increasingly preferred.
Because the system is hidden beneath your flooring, you gain complete design freedom—no radiators, vents, or wall-mounted units competing for space.
Electric Underfloor Heating
Electric underfloor heating uses resistance heating cables installed directly beneath the floor covering or fixed to the reinforcement within the slab.
When activated, the cables gently warm the floor, allowing heat to rise evenly into the room. A typical on-slab underfloor system provides a warm floor within approximately 30–45 minutes of being switched on and continues to emit residual warmth for around 60–90 minutes after being switched off.
An inslab system takes around 4–6 hours to reach full temperature but can retain and release warmth for up to 24 hours due to the thermal mass of the concrete slab.
All Livella electric underfloor heating systems are paired with programmable thermostats for precise temperature control and flexible scheduling. A WiFi-enabled thermostat is also available for remote control via a smartphone app.
Electric underfloor heating is ideal for renovations, single-room installations, and targeted comfort upgrades where minimal disruption is important.
Why Choose Electric Underfloor Heating?
Electric underfloor heating is often the smarter choice when you want targeted warmth, faster installation, and lower upfront costs.
For many homes, especially during bathroom or kitchen renovations, electric systems are far less disruptive because they don’t require pipework, a boiler, or a plant room—just slim heating mats installed beneath your floor finish. This makes them ideal for smaller areas where you want quick, responsive heat exactly when you need it, rather than heating the whole house.
Electric underfloor heating also offers precise thermostat control, allowing you to run individual rooms independently and avoid unnecessary energy use, which is perfect for households wanting comfort, simplicity, and efficient spot heating without the complexity of a full hydronic system.
Hydronic vs Electric Underfloor Heating?
Electric in-slab heating is a simpler, more efficient, and cost-effective alternative to hydronic in-slab systems. It is faster and easier to install, requires no pumps or boilers, and has virtually no ongoing maintenance because there are no moving parts. Electric systems also offer superior temperature control with smart, room-by-room zoning, allowing homeowners to heat only the spaces they use.
In addition, electric in-slab heating is highly energy efficient and pairs seamlessly with solar power, making it a great choice for sustainable, modern homes. Overall, it delivers consistent underfloor comfort without the complexity, expense, and upkeep associated with hydronic heating.
Applications and Room Types
Underfloor heating systems adapt well to a wide range of applications across Australian homes.
Bathroom Heating
Bathrooms are one of the most popular areas for underfloor heating. Warm tiles enhance comfort, speed up drying, and help reduce mould and moisture issues.
We install electric underfloor heating beneath bathroom tiles—including shower floors where waterproofing is correctly specified. Many homeowners also pair heated floors with heated towel rails for a complete luxury experience.
Kitchen/Living Areas
Open-plan kitchens and living spaces benefit significantly from underfloor heating. Even heat distribution eliminates cold zones near windows and external walls while keeping the space visually uncluttered.
Underfloor heating works with most flooring types, including tiles, stone, timber, laminate, and carpet. Heat output varies depending on floor finish, which we factor into system design to ensure consistent comfort.
Zoning allows different areas to operate on independent schedules, improving energy efficiency and comfort.
Outdoor Applications
Underfloor heating can also be installed in outdoor areas such as patios, alfresco spaces, walkways, and pool surrounds.
These systems improve safety by keeping surfaces dry and extending outdoor usability during cooler months.
We supply outdoor-rated systems designed to withstand Australian weather conditions, moisture exposure, and temperature fluctuations.
Underfloor Heating and Floor Surface Compatibility
One of the major advantages of underfloor heating is its compatibility with a wide range of flooring materials.
Tiles, stone, and concrete provide the most efficient heat transfer and are ideal for electric floor heating. Timber and laminate flooring can also be used, provided manufacturer guidelines are followed, while installing under carpet can gently warm the entire room from the floor up for a cosy, even heat.
Good insulation will always improve overall heating performance, the more insulated the space, the better the system will perform, however, additional insulation is not strictly necessary for underfloor heating to work effectively. When installed correctly, underfloor heating delivers consistent warmth without compromising your flooring choices.
Installation Methods and Requirements
New Construction Installation
New builds offer the ideal opportunity to seamlessly integrate underfloor heating into the home. In-slab heating systems can be installed directly within the concrete slab, taking advantage of the slab’s thermal mass to store and radiate heat efficiently over time.
Screed-based installations are often used in wet areas such as bathrooms and laundries, providing greater flexibility in design, precise temperature control, and faster heat-up times compared to deeper inslab systems.
Retrofit Installation Process
Retrofitting electric underfloor heating during a renovation is simple and minimally disruptive. We typically come in just before the new flooring is laid, installing ultra-thin heating cables (just 3mm thick) directly onto the subfloor. This means there’s no need to alter floor heights, doors, or existing structures, making it an easy add-on to any flooring upgrade.
Once installed, the system delivers immediate comfort with precise, room-by-room control via smart thermostats. It’s energy efficient, maintenance-free, and adds long-term value to the home while keeping the renovation process smooth and straightforward.
Cost Comparison Analysis
| System Type | Installation Cost | Typical Running Cost | Maintenance Cost | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Underfloor Heating – In-slab | $900 – $3,000 per room | ~ 6c per m², per hour | $0 | 25+ years |
| Electric Underfloor Heating – On-slab (Screed/Mats) | $900 – $1,500 per room | ~ 3c per m², per hour | $0 | 25+ years |
| Hydronic In-slab Heating | $12,000 – $25,000+ whole home | Variable (depends on gas/electric heat source) | ~$300–$800 per year | 20–30 years |
| Ducted Heating (Reverse Cycle or Gas) | $8,000 – $20,000+ whole home | Variable (higher for whole-home use) | ~$150–$400 per year | 10–15 years |
Summary:
- In-slab electric suits new builds where thermal mass is desired, with predictable running costs and no maintenance.
- On-slab electric is ideal for renovations, with faster heat-up times and lower running costs per m².
- Hydronic heating can perform well in large, highly insulated homes but involves high upfront costs, complex plant equipment, and ongoing servicing.
- Ducted heating has lower install cost than hydronic for whole-home coverage but requires regular maintenance and typically has a shorter lifespan.
Disclaimer:
Actual installation and running costs will vary depending on room size, insulation levels, electricity or gas rates, climate, system design, and usage patterns.
Maintenance and Repair of Underfloor Heating Systems
When professionally installed, electric underfloor heating systems require virtually no maintenance at all. There are no moving parts, no filters to clean, no boilers to service, and no ongoing upkeep.
Simply set your thermostat and enjoy consistent, luxurious warmth year after year.
Unlike traditional heating systems, electric underfloor heating is completely sealed within the floor — meaning once it’s installed, it’s designed to perform reliably without the need for regular servicing.
Comfort without the maintenance.
Common Challenges and Solutions
Problem
Drafty air from ducted heating
Solution
Gentle radiant warmth from the floor.
Problem
Uneven room heating
Solution
Consistent warmth, no cold spots.
Problem
Rising energy bills
Solution
Smart, room-by-room control saves energy.
Problem
Bulky heaters on display
Solution
Heating hidden completely in your floor.
Conclusion
Underfloor heating provides a smarter, more comfortable way to heat your home, whether you’re upgrading a single room or building and renovating your entire house. With Livella’s professional supply and installation, you can be confident in a high-quality, reliable system designed to deliver lasting comfort and efficiency.
Your Next Steps:
- Contact Livella Underfloor Heating for expert advice and a tailored quote
Thousands of Renovations and New Builds with Happy Families
5 Bedroom Home
Torquay, VIC
“I recently had the pleasure of working with the Livella team who undertook an in-slab heating installation in a new 5 bedroom home project. The results have exceeded all of our expectations. It’s a luxurious addition that combines efficiency and comfort. I can’t recommend the Livella team highly enough. If you’re considering underfloor heating, don’t hesitate, It’s an investment that will not only make your home warmer but also elevate its overall appeal and value.”
Bathroom Renovation
Lilyfield, NSW
“Recently we had Livella underfloor heating system installed in our bathrooms and couldn’t be happier with the results. This upgrade has truly transformed the bathrooms. It’s efficient and adds a touch of luxury to our daily lives. I would highly recommend this system to anyone, It’s a worthwhile investment the whole family love it."
3 Bedroom Home
Greenwich, NSW
“I recently had the privilege of having a underfloor heating system installed in my home, and I’m absolutely thrilled with the results. The team at Livella worked closely with us to customise the heating design to suit our specific needs and preferences. They took into consideration the layout of our home, room usage, and even our preferred temperature settings for each area. The team demonstrated exceptional skill and expertise throughout the project. The installation process was efficient, and they paid great attention to detail, resulting in a seamless and flawless finish.”
Frequently Asked Questions
We often get asked the following questions, so to save you the time calling or emailing we’ve got an up to date list of information you might find useful if you’re trying to figure out if underfloor heating is right for you, if you can use it in a specific space or renovation and if you’ve got existing underfloor heating and have a question about using it.
If you have any questions that aren’t covered here, feel free to
email our team.
What are the benefits of underfloor heating?
Underfloor heating offers several advantages, including:
- Even and consistent heat distribution.
- Energy efficiency and potential cost savings.
- Underfloor heating can reduce the growth of mould.
- Elimination of cold spots and drafts.
- No visible radiators, maximising space utilisation and interior design flexibility.
Why should I choose electric over Hydronic underfloor heating?
Livella’s electric heating has no hidden costs. Unlike hydronic systems, there is no maintenance; no servicing; and no replacement of mechanical boilers, pumps or valves.
Can underfloor heating be installed in existing homes?
Yes, underfloor heating can be retrofitted into existing homes. Ultra-thin, they add negligible height to floors making them perfect for renovations.
Is underfloor heating suitable for all types of flooring?
Underfloor heating is suitable for any subfloor and floor covering, including tile, stone, laminate, timber and carpet.
Can underfloor floor heating be installed in the shower?
Every heating system is designed at the time of installation to heat every corner, even over stairs and into showers. We highly recommend heating installed in the shower area, this dries wet surfaces quickly and significantly reduces mould growth.
Is underfloor heating energy-efficient?
Yes, underfloor heating can be energy-efficient when properly installed and controlled. Take advantage of cheaper off-peak power to generate heat for the lowest cost, and then dissipate it throughout the day when it is needed most.
Our system can also be fully automated which means you can set four different temperatures throughout the day and a different routine on weekdays and weekends. It feels like your whole home is heated but energy is never wasted (warming empty rooms).
Is maintenance required for underfloor heating systems?
Livella underfloor heating cables are “set and forget”, This means that once installed no maintenance is required and there are no maintenance costs.
Is underfloor heating suitable for all rooms in a house?
Yes, Livella underfloor heating is suitable for all rooms, including bathrooms, kitchens, living rooms, and bedrooms.
How long does it take for an underfloor electric floor heating installation to reach the ideal temperature?
The floor heat will take anywhere between 45 to 90 minutes to reach the desired temperature. Heating times may vary depending on the thickness of the screed and tiles.
How do you control underfloor heating?
A thermostat controls the operation of underfloor heating. Whilst the thermostat is set to the desired temperature, the sensor located in the floor measures the actual floor temperature.
Can you integrate the thermostat for underfloor heating with a home automation system?
Yes, we can supply a din-rail style (located on the switchboard) that is suitable to use with underfloor heating.
Who can install my underfloor heating? Is underfloor heating a DIY project?
We have qualified installers throughout Australia and New Zealand. Underfloor heating can also be installed by your preferred electrician.
What is the warranty on Livella products?
Standard Warranty applies from the date of delivery of the Product to the Purchaser: 10 years for underfloor heating elements and one 1 year for all other products and components bearing the Livella label.
A warranty application must be lodged within 30 days of installation. Contact Livella by phone or email for additional copies or visit the website for more information.
Terms and Conditions apply.
What is underfloor heating for concrete slabs?
Underfloor heating for concrete slabs is a system with heating elements embedded within or under the concrete to radiate heat evenly across the floor. This form of heating is commonly used in homes and businesses across New Zealand, particularly for new builds or renovations. The concrete absorbs and retains the heat, which radiates upward, ensuring consistent warmth throughout the space. It’s an efficient method that integrates seamlessly with the structure, making it popular for underfloor heating in NZ.
What are the benefits of installing underfloor heating in concrete slabs?
The benefits of installing underfloor heating in concrete slabs are numerous. First, concrete retains heat well, ensuring long-lasting warmth even after the system is turned off. This improves energy efficiency, especially when paired with renewable energy sources. Additionally, it distributes heat evenly across the entire floor, eliminating cold spots common with traditional heating methods. Underfloor heating also frees up space, as there is no need for radiators or vents, giving you more flexibility with interior design. Lastly, it improves indoor air quality by reducing the circulation of dust and allergens.
What are the main components of an electric underfloor heating system?
An electric underfloor heating system consists of several vital components. The heating elements, often cables or mats, are installed beneath the flooring to generate heat. A heated floor thermostat regulates temperature, ensuring optimal comfort and energy efficiency. Insulation is crucial in preventing heat loss, while temperature sensors help monitor the system’s performance.
