Electric Under Floor Heating

MoneyEM

Hi, my situation is a little bit unique.

I currently live in a 1 bed maisonette and I plan to fit under floor heating to the living room as a main heat source. The reason for this is that I have an electric only flat with no gas supply, and electric heaters (not storage) on the walls and single glazed sash windows. Last winter I had a £700 electric bill for 4 months of heating. I am assuming the walls are badly or not insulated at all, as my flat just does not retain heat at all.

I am planning to double glaze the windows which will be funded by the pub next door (due to a noisy pub garden) so hopefully it will be able to retain some heat.

Given that I believe there is no insulation in the walls, I think I would have to go for the 200W one used for conservatories and such. The area I want to heat is the living area, and possibly the ajoining kitchen area, no more than 15m2.

Does anyone have any good experiences with electric under floor heating brands/companies? Has anyone used Thermogroup/Thermonet? I found one that said it consumed 0.2 KWH per m2 which looks very cost efficient!

(not sure if I can link: http://www.thermogroupuk.com/underfloor-heating-running-cost-calculator/)

ceredigion

MoneyEM wrote: »

Hi, my situation is a little bit unique.

I currently live in a 1 bed maisonette and I plan to fit under floor heating to the living room as a main heat source. The reason for this is that I have an electric only flat with no gas supply, and electric heaters (not storage) on the walls and single glazed sash windows. Last winter I had a £700 electric bill for 4 months of heating. I am assuming the walls are badly or not insulated at all, as my flat just does not retain heat at all.

I am planning to double glaze the windows which will be funded by the pub next door (due to a noisy pub garden) so hopefully it will be able to retain some heat.

Given that I believe there is no insulation in the walls, I think I would have to go for the 200W one used for conservatories and such. The area I want to heat is the living area, and possibly the ajoining kitchen area, no more than 15m2.

Does anyone have any good experiences with electric under floor heating brands/companies? Has anyone used Thermogroup/Thermonet? I found one that said it consumed 0.2 KWH per m2 which looks very cost efficient!

(not sure if I can link: http://www.thermogroupuk.com/underfloor-heating-running-cost-calculator/)

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magn8p

We fitted Boden Warm (http://amzn.to/2hxt70v) for the conservatory in the house that we previously owned and it did the job.

Just make sure you get the appropriate underlay like http://amzn.to/2hvNH18 in place and add everything up before going ahead with the project.

All the best.

MoneyEM wrote: »

Hi, my situation is a little bit unique.

I currently live in a 1 bed maisonette and I plan to fit under floor heating to the living room as a main heat source. The reason for this is that I have an electric only flat with no gas supply, and electric heaters (not storage) on the walls and single glazed sash windows. Last winter I had a £700 electric bill for 4 months of heating. I am assuming the walls are badly or not insulated at all, as my flat just does not retain heat at all.

I am planning to double glaze the windows which will be funded by the pub next door (due to a noisy pub garden) so hopefully it will be able to retain some heat.

Given that I believe there is no insulation in the walls, I think I would have to go for the 200W one used for conservatories and such. The area I want to heat is the living area, and possibly the ajoining kitchen area, no more than 15m2.

Does anyone have any good experiences with electric under floor heating brands/companies? Has anyone used Thermogroup/Thermonet? I found one that said it consumed 0.2 KWH per m2 which looks very cost efficient!

(not sure if I can link: http://www.thermogroupuk.com/underfloor-heating-running-cost-calculator/)

Jonesya

Before you replace your existing heating have you gone through and checked whether it's working correctly:
- are the storage heaters charging up correctly over-night?
- are you on an E7 tariff so benefiting from cheap over night electric?
- do you have a hot water tank, is it set to heat up over-night?
- what's your lifestyle like, are you at home during the day or only in the evenings?

And before you buy the underfloor heating- do you have space outside to fit something like an air conditioning unit, so that a heat pump might be an option?

JohnB47

I have Thermonet installed.

The little temp sensor failed early on and was a bu**er to detect and fix. My installer had correctly fed the sensor lead through ducting but stopped that short at the bottom of a stud wall and trapped the lead. I had to dig out the plaster in two places to release and replace the lead. All working well since, although my system is just to heat the floor tiles.

There are a few cold areas but again, that's down to poor installation. My installer was a good tiler and plumber but a rubbish plasterer and UFH installer. It's worth checking that whoever you get to do the job has experience - unless you plan to do it yourself.

Also, take care when choosing the timer. Mine is poor because the two time slots you choose per day are the same for every day, although weekends can be different. I would have chosen one that allows total flexibility, allowing different on/off times for each day. I might buy a different timer.