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Help! Need advice for underfloor heating

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  • FreeBear
    FreeBear Posts: 18,182 Forumite
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    gefnew said: The average quilt insulation (270mm) for a detached house is £600.
    The average roof insulation labour cost is £250 per day.
    Most loft insulations take less than a day to install.
    Just priced up loft insulation from B&Q for 92m²..
    100mm rolls (covers 8.3m²) - 11 off @ £22.50
    200mm rolls (covers 5.5m²) - 17 off @ £25.00
    Total cost of materials = £672.50

    Shop around, and you should be able to get someone to supply and fit for around £1K - Just do not get conned in to having spray foam insulation smeared on the underside of your roof. A lot of people are finding it seriously affects their ability to sell the property as a growing number of surveyors are reducing valuations by huge margins (in some cases, valuing at zero).
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  • Reed_Richards
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    markin said:

    ...So insulation will help a little and make you more comfortable but how you run it will probably make a bigger difference, if you have a thick slab longer at night will store more heat and down to 1-2 hr in the evening, and making sure the times are correct..... 
    A thick slab of what @markin ?  Cake?  This is an apartment building we are talking about.
    Reed
  • markin
    markin Posts: 3,860 Forumite
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    "apartment" could be anything i guess, but my mine jumps to a concrete building rather than a converted Victorian terrace with timber floors.
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