baz 464 Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Hia, anybody got any experience of warm up underfloor heating?im thinking of putting it in kitchen, is it warm enough to heat a room without use of radiators? Running costs? Cheers baz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IanB 0 Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 I was tempted Baz but opted out, some lads I work with are going to get it fitted, a lot of european countries have it fitted in homes.. But to me it wasn't worth the cost. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,996 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Father in law has it an you would not know it's on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IanB 0 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Hia, anybody got any experience of warm up underfloor heating?im thinking of putting it in kitchen, is it warm enough to heat a room without use of radiators? Running costs? Cheers baz It supposedly cuts down on dust also, as normal radiators, the way they convect heat. supposedly don't help with the dust in a room. You have to leave them on to gradually heat up, better with concrete floors, insulated underneath, as if you had wooden you would lose a lot of heat into floor void and vents.. Wet system would be the best and most efficient, a mate has electric underfloor heating and has a wet room, uses it so the floor dries off quickly, said its pretty good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
northern lad 2,292 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Fitted it dozens of times Baz Im a ceramic tiler,to be most effective fit it on the insulated mats screed over it with flexible screed,but even on wood/concrete its still good.Well worth the money IMO,with the thermostatic controller you can set the temps to your requirements and set it to come on/ go off to suit Running costs I couldn't tell you as I don't have it,Im in rented at the minbut should I buy another house I wouldn't hesitate to fit it.The only draw back I can see is you are limited floor covering wise to fit on top of it,laminate floors ,amtico,karndean cant be fitted over it due to the expansion/contraction due to the heat.Make sure if you fit ceramics you use flexible adhesive,grout and screed ATB Dave 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weasle 1,119 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 If thats the electric stuff,Heard its expensive enough to run. You cannot just turn it on for half hour like a rad. Insulation is key with all underfloor, without lots your pissing in wind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 29,233 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'm sure it's advertised as being cheap to run.........however my wife used to work for eon,,, in there call centre,,,and she says it's expensive to run judging by all the calls she would get Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baz 464 Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Cheers for replies, my room is insulated to death, it's got 100mm kingspan in floor,150mm in cieling and all walls have thermoboard in to, I was going to put it onto them insulated boards they recommend too, iv ran pipes into walls for radiators so could always add a rad at a later day if required, but was sort of hoping at the floor being up to the job. Warm up reckon the running cost it 0.5p per metre per hour to run, if that's right running cost isn't to bad, ....... Iv 20m2 to put down so it could be an expensive trial if it ain't upto the job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terra Firma 136 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 If it's the main heat source in a room it will be the 200w per m2 system, so 5m2 would be 1000w, so for 1hr the cost would be approx 15p per 5m2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 If it's the main heat source in a room it will be the 200w per m2 system, so 5m2 would be 1000w, so for 1hr the cost would be approx 15p per 5m2. You could probably half that because once up to set temperature, the thermostat will clicking it on and off, so it will only be running half the time or less. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weasle 1,119 Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) Ive been in some tidy no expense spared houses and asked how it works for them,"We dont use it its to expensive" Different stuff maybe. Edited July 14, 2014 by weasle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 14,207 Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Raise the floor and run pipe under it back and forth, connect it to your normal radiator closed system and voila you have cheap underfloor heating 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baz 464 Posted July 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 Cheers for opinions fellas, going to give it a blast I think, worst case scenario if it isn't warm enough I can add rads where pipes are already layed, and dogs are going to love it under there bed haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 hi there, we put in a four bed room house, and its costs around 2500 euro to heat the house for a year. to get the most out of it you would want to leave it on nearly contastly. liquid screed would be the best to use. atb, j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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