heating a cold kitchen advice

Shekar

Hi, which option did you go for . I have the same situation in my kitchen with cold floor due to the floor and was looking to use electric plinth heating , so wanted to know if it’s helpful 

matelodave

I'd guess that this thread is dead and buried and I'd doubt that the OP will be checking it now as their last post was in January.

They didn't come back then so it's unlikely they'll come back now. They were contemplating putting a bigger radiator in.

As I said in my previous post I put an electric plinth heater in for my Mum which was ideal. She only had it on when she was in the kitchen, which was only when she was cooking. The on/off switch was so easy to operate that she didn't even need to bend down - she could operate it with her foot.

I would not suggest that you used an electric plinth heater for all day heating as it would work out very expensive to run - you might just as well get a cheap fan heater.

I'd therefore contemplate either a hydronic plinth heater (which uses the hot water from your central heating) or possibly replacing the existing radiator with something like a Myson hydronic fan convector especially if the kitchen layout doesn't lend itself to either a bigger radiator or a decent airflow around a fixed one.
I used a Myson one in a previous house where there was insufficient space for a conventional radiator after I'd remodelled the kitchen (I actually bought it second hand)

kokolino23

The previous owner did a small extension to the kitchen and we decided to insulate the externall walls as had nothing between the plasterboad and external bricks (not double bricks, just single!). We did it during the summer and used 10mm insulation boards, that made a difference. However, when we removed the plasterboard, we realise that the floor on that extension had no insulation at all and only sits on the joists. So now we need to figure out how we can somehow insulate it underneath. Maybe expanding foam if we remove a brick at the floow level outside this extension, I don't know ATM.

I also had in mind to fit some loft insulation underneath the kitchen cupboards but hadn't done it yet.