Looking to fit wet underfloor heating system

Housebuyer2017

Evening all,

Looking for advice or to see if anyone has done something similar. I have recently completed on a house that We ar refurbishing. It has significant damp but we knew about that.

Anyway whilst the house is in a total state (luckily we aren’t living in it at the moment). I am considering digging up the floors and relaying the flooring and installing underfloor heating throughout the ground floor.

Has anyone done similar or able to advise on potential cost based on per meter squared. I am waiting on a couple of quotes but just trying to grasp if anyone has done this and if they think it’s the best thing they did or if we should just have the central heating system renewed throughout.

Thanks in advance

LandyAndy

I had an extension built a couple of years and had wet underfloor heating installed. I love it. It would be too expensive and disruptive to install in my existing rooms but I would if I could.

daveyjp

Parents had it a refurb, it was no more expensive than a radiator system. The builder actually suggested it as it cost no more.

VfM4meplse

Underfloor heating is the ultimate luxury. The only thing that would put me off (apart from the cost and disruption) would be that if it goes wrong, it would be a palaver to fix. But Google tells me that:

Modern engineered wood floors are more suitable than solid hardwood floors for the installation of underfloor heating. ... They are more stable and less prone to warping than solid hardwood floors. An engineered floor can easily be taken up and refitted once the underfloor heating system has been fitted

So my only excuse now is the cash...

daveyjp

It is still possible to have UFH and fit carpet.

knightstyle

Go for it and make sure there is plenty of insulation under it.

theonlywayisup

We have UFH throughout our barn conversion, we installed it and I cannot recommend it enough. If you have the opportunity to fit it, do it.

Ours was done about 14 years ago. It was actually very easy to do as the company (Begetube) gave detailed plans on how to fit. The plumber connected it and commissioned the instal. I cannot vouch for the company now as this was a long time ago but I do know that we weren't left with tons of bits and pieces after the fit (unlike my neighbour who had endless problems using Nu-Heat).

Get plenty of quotes, if you can, go to a homebuilding / renovating show as many give discounts if you buy at the show. We had the quotes, knew the system we wanted and waited a few weeks for a show to get a discount. I appreciate that may not be feasible but do ask the firms where they are exhibiting - they may give a discount pre-show.

Room stats in each room allow us to zone the ambient heat.

I don't want to jinx the system but it's never given us a single hassle.

If you are fitting a stone/tile floor then you absolutely MUST use a liner like Ditra between the floor and your UFH. Do not miss out this stage or your tiles will crack/move.

lg13mza

We've used an overlay system from Polypipe. I did all the planning (with a bit of help!), board and pipe layin and connected the manifold myself. Plumber then commissioned the combi-boiler and connected to manifold. For approx. 130m^2 I think we have paid something in the order of £7.5 - 8k all in. I wouldn't go back to radiators, so much nicer.

Housebuyer2017

Did that cost include having the screed after or was the £8k purely for the UFH install?

lg13mza

£8k was purely the UFH. We've got a suspended wooden floor. So I managed to get underneath to insulate and then used the overlay over the top of the existing wooden floor.