Underfloor heating - is it worth it?

[starshine1926]

I need to replace the central heating in my house as part of a full renovation. Currently have an ancient gas Rayburn which is only used for heating as the cooker is defunct. The architect has suggested an air heat pump and underfloor heating downstairs. I will not be having the air pump as I am on mains gas. However, underfloor heating sounds interesting as apparently it is more efficient and cheaper to run.

I have been told it's meant to be left on all the time. But surely it would make rooms too hot during a hot Summer (if we ever have one again!). And if you turn it off it takes ages to warm up again. Isn't it more expensive to have it on all the time? I don't have any experience of this type of heating and none of my friends have it. I will be improving my house's insulation at the same time.

Yes absolutely worth it. I have a small DC and with them lying and playing on the floor all the time I'm not worried.
It also warms the house very well.

We fitted electric underfloor heating under stone tiles in our conservatory and it works really well.

My DD had work done on her house a large kitchen diner with marble floor and wet underfloor heating it is really versatile and controllable. With modern thermostats there is a wonderful comfortable heat.

She is now saving up to have it done throughout the ground floor.

We have wet underfloor heating in the kitchen. In the winter it is on for 2 hours in the morning & 2 hours in the evening. It keeps the kitchen nice & warm. I am in a mid terraced in case that makes a difference.

No way would I have it on all day - that would cost a fortune!

My mil has it and she hates it. She says that it doesn't heat the rooms as well as radiators so she has to set it quite high and for longer for it to heat the room

One added benefit I'd not thought about befor installing it is not having to have radiators on walls, it makes rooms a lot more usable and flexible as any furniture can be put next to any walls and you can change it if you want to. In smaller UK houses this is a bit of a game changer.

It's great for drying clothes on an surer!

Airer

Cute cat pic is a bonus and probably worth getting it just for them .

Hey, picking up this old thread as we're considering UFH (wet) for our 1930 semi. What wet system did you use, ours will need to be for a joisted system

Voice of experience- don’t leave your box of chocolates on the floor overnight if you get it!

Sorry to hijack.
@MrsJamin can you control the under floor heating and the rest of the house separately via Nest? We've just moved, old house had Nest heating and i loved it, new house we're thinking of installing it but don't want the floor and radiators all running on the same temperature

Sorry, only just noticed it's an old thread