Radiant ceiling panels

The simplest and most efficient way to heat a room from above.

A heating system that’s virtually invisible, that’s easy to install, and which takes up absolutely no floor or wall space sounds too good to be true. If you could add energy efficiency to the list of benefits, it would be irresistible.

That irresistible system is here right now. It contains no moving parts, and it drops straight into your existing suspended ceiling, or below the ceiling as a sail, giving a stylish solution.

SPC Thermatiles are by far the simplest and most efficient way to heat a room from above. They fit into standard ceiling grids, release valuable floor and wall space, and – best of all – they heat the people in the room, rather than the air that surrounds them or which vents into the atmosphere.

Thermalite Plus 

Radiant Heating delivers instant, cost-effective comfort

The Thermatile Plus is a radiant ceiling panel consisting of a special corrugated aluminium panel of patented design and a continuous copper tube fixed in a serpentine arrangement upon the upper surface. Low pressure hot water feeds through the circuit and transfers heat to the lower, emission surface for comfort heating via radiant transmission. Insulation prevents any heat escaping into the ceiling void. Not restricted to standard ceiling grid sizes, the panels may be freely suspended and shaped to suit individual requirements, the circuitry of the heating medium is designed for optimum space and performance.

The product has extensive appeal to specialists in the fields of architecture, consultancy, specification and engineering…in fact, any discipline concerned with the quality of people's working and leisure environments. Applications for overhead heating and cooling serve all areas within the industry: from prestigious new build projects to refurbishments & extensions (whether large or small).

The original version of the Thermatile proved to provide greater energy-savings when compared to other types of heating, such as wall-mounted radiators and fan convectors, a factor of particular importance to consultants and engineers working on Private Finance Initiative projects, looking to keep whole life costs as low as possible - although, economy and quality is important in any area of UK construction and build.

Through SPC's Continuous Improvement Programme the product has been developed with particular emphasis on innovation. The most innovative feature of the new Thermatile Plus being the construction of the panel itself which offers the following new advantages

• Improved heat transfer due to unique corrugation construction 
• Superb structural strength (weight/deflection ratio) enables suspension with fewer fixing points 
• Plain panels can include hinged doors for access to the ceiling void 
• Panels no longer confined to rectangular shapes but can be curved, triangular or indeed awkward 
• An extensive range of metallic, painted and coated finishes are available 
• Pre-cut openings may be provided for lights, smoke detectors, sprinklers, air vents, etc 
• More environmentally friendly than previous version 

Benefits of Thematile Plus:

• Ease of installation of standard panels into conventional t-bar grid ceiling arrangement 
• Less time is required on site to install and commission 
• Facilitates efficient co-ordination with other service contractors 
• Pre-cut apertures for lighting etc. save on site work/time 
• Retrofitting and change of use is simple and less disturbing to occupants 
• Even large, custom-shaped panels are light and easy to handle 
• More flexible use of on-site resources enables less dependency in high skilled trades 
• Using flexible hoses saves time when connecting panels together/to service medium 
• Units delivered in small batches or in component form for easy handling 
• Surface finish fully protected during transit, storage and installation 

In addition, benefits to the end user include:

• Absolute flexibility.if they want invisible, they get it; if they want an imaginative feature, then we offer that too! 
• Reduced operating costs 
• Quicker recovery of (lower) capital expenditure 
• Maintenance and retrofitting costs are reduced 
• Draught-free comfort heating 
• Silent operation 
• Saves valuable wall and floor space 
• Fully recyclable materials are used 
• Minimal disturbance of air is particularly useful in clean/processing areas 
• Problem solving when faced with decisions to change internal layouts 
• Exceptional rigidity for a finer installation 
• Well-being and economy when used as an alternative to air conditioning in cooling applications 

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Thermalite Plus