underfloor heating to replace a radiator???

EggMella

Hi,

I recently had my kitchen knocked through to the dining room and then had a new kitchen installed. During this process I lost the radiator that was serving the kitchen. As a result things are a little colder so I'm thinking of installing an underfloor heating system that will go under the tiles that are yet to be installed.....

It's a 1930's house which I've stripped back to the original floor boards and I've just installed underfloor insulation throughout the ground floor (as per this post) http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1091517.

Not sure if MSE is the right place to ask this but my question is twofold:
1. what's the best heating system to put in here (I want this to come off the new central heating installation);
2. what should/shouldn't I do as prep;

cheers
Eggers

david29dpo

You could have a under plinth radiator, these are fan assisted and plumb in to your present CH

SL1210

EggMella can I ask why you're opting for underfloor heating which runs off of you central Heating?

I'm just about to have an extension built and I'm considering using a system by a company called warmup, it's meant to be cheaper to run and has an extensive warranty.

missile

I have underfloor heating in my lounge linked to the more traditional radiator system in the rest of the property.

The system works very well. I like having no radiators in the lounge and it gives a more uniform temperature in that room. However underfloor takes longer to react, i.e. slower to heat and cool.

I believe electric underfloor heating is expensive to run?

lisal0u

Hi,

we're having electric underfloor heating downstairs and in the bathroom. Approximately 33m2. It cost £1012.81 including VAT and delivery, insulation boards and 2 thermostats.

I did quite a bit of research on electric underfloor heating regarding the cost and my conclusion was that it is slightly cheaper than gas as it is more efficient in the way it heats the room!

We got 3 quotes (one of which was warmup and were twice the price!) and did some hard bargaining to get the price we did.

If you need any more info please ask!
Lisa

vansboy

We put underfloor from Screwfix n our bathrooms. While we've never needed the one in en- suite, to be on, the family bathroom has NEVER been turned off, the towel radiator has never been turned ON.

& by leaving the boor open, it does heat more space, too.

Wether it's fuel efficient this way, I'm not sure, but does the job!!

VB

TDA10

Hi - I have a similar prob to the OP cos we had a side extension put on and that lost our kitchen rad too. In addition we had the conservatory doorway knocked out and whilst there is a rad in there (for all the use it is! :rolleyes:) it is still fairly cold in the kitchen.

I have bought an electric UFH mat and programmable thermostat but couldn't fathom out how it gets connected! Not that I am planning to do it myself of course :eek: but was just wondering if the thermo gets wired into an existing plug socket via a spur kind of thing or does it have to have a separate connection to the fusebox do you know?

If it's a floorboards up jobby then I shan't bother!

Cheers

will-he-payitoff

TDA10 wrote: »

Hi - I have a similar prob to the OP cos we had a side extension put on and that lost our kitchen rad too. In addition we had the conservatory doorway knocked out and whilst there is a rad in there (for all the use it is! :rolleyes:) it is still fairly cold in the kitchen.

I have bought an electric UFH mat and programmable thermostat but couldn't fathom out how it gets connected! Not that I am planning to do it myself of course :eek: but was just wondering if the thermo gets wired into an existing plug socket via a spur kind of thing or does it have to have a separate connection to the fusebox do you know?

If it's a floorboards up jobby then I shan't bother!

Cheers

What is the mat rated at, either watts or amps? If the load is not too high it will be ok into a fused spur.

TDA10

Hi, it says 150w per m2 on the mat box and I'll be needing approx 5m2 max

and the thermo box says max 3680w max load.

Does that make any sense?!

will-he-payitoff

TDA10 wrote: »

Hi, it says 150w per m2 on the mat box and I'll be needing approx 5m2 max

and the thermo box says max 3680w max load.

Does that make any sense?!

That works out at about 3 amps so will be ok fed by a fused spur.

philgee

We had electric underfloor at our old house in the conservatory.

1st electric bill after installation was sky high. When I checked the meter, it was whizzing round faster than if the tumble dryer was on. And the heating was on all day... :eek:

Switched it off after that!