gas central heating or under floor heating?

happypie

sorry for the long post.

the house i am buying doesn't have mains gas so heating currently is provided by storage heater.

about the property -
it's 3 bed semi detached, 80 sq. m. floor area, 100 years old, no insulation anywhere.

first thing i am going to do is to get roof insulation to current standard.

i am also applying for gas connection which i should get it in 2 months time.

my question is about heating. i am getting so confused if i shall go for standard GCH (gas central heating with radiators) or retro water based UFH (under floor heating).

whatever i have researched so far it seems UFH is luxury and feels quite nice on feet and no radiators on walls. however i am just not sure if it's really a replacement/alternative of GCH? a local builder told me that his client spent money on UFH but still needed other heaters as it wasn't warn enough.

i definitely don't want to do that. however my preference is UFH if it really is substitute of GCH.
i have looked at nu-heat (LoPro max product) and some products @ theunderfloorheatingstore.com and it seems cost of material is going to be around 4000 pounds. boiler isn't included which is needed in GCH as well.
with GCH, cost of material is going to be roughly 1000 pounds (assuming a good quality radiator will cost 150 to 200 pounds and i would require 5 to 6 radiators).

if installation cost is more or less same for both then i am ok to spend 3000 more for UFH ONLY IF IT CAN KEEP HOME WARM LIKE RADIATORS.

please share any experience you've with installing UFH in existing property. i know many people go for it when they build extension but i guess they don't consider UFH as they already have radiators in place and then it may not make much sense.
but in my case it's from scratch with both options.

thanks.

Robin9

Retrofitting with UFH is not easy or cheap. Standard wall mounted rads are usually straightforward - as yours is an old property I think all the floors will be wooden rather than modern concrete.

happypie

Robin9 wrote: »

Retrofitting with UFH is not easy or cheap. Standard wall mounted rads are usually straightforward - as yours is an old property I think all the floors will be wooden rather than modern concrete.

yes. it's suspended timber.
these products i linked in my previous post are claiming that they're suitable but it could just be all marketing...

in terms of cost, i was thinking that because ground floor needs to be insulated, flooring needs to be changed (from carpet to lux vinyl), rewiring is needed for entire house, so along with all these they just need to lay pipes for UFH?? am i missing anything? should it still be expensive than installing rads?