Heating for 30sqm kitchen diner

[TerrysNo2]

I love the idea of toasty feet so I really wanted electric underfloor heating but is it worth it?

We would have some radiators as well as I understand the UFH can't heat the whole space.

Alternatively or builder has suggested getting a small log burner to heat the room.

Any thoughts/experiences?

thanks

Unless you've got heat losses out of the ordinary you won't have any problems heating the room with UFH only. I'm no expert in electric systems but wet UFH can provide up to 170 W/m2.

If you install a log burner you can connect a combined storage tank to it which can provide hot water to the wet underfloor.

thanks solve. we can't put in water UFH as the floor is already there and it's concrete and so it's too expensive to go down that route. Electric is our only option.

We had electric underfloor heating put in our kitchen/diner 2 years ago, which is about 26m square. We had previously taken out the only radiator, which was below a window, in order to change the window to French windows and lived without any heating in the kitchen for a couple of years, but then we totally redid the kitchen, including a new floor, so decided to put in the UFH. I only have it on when it is really cold, as we live in a barn and the kitchen is open plan onto the rest of the barn so does get some heat from the other spaces. It did make a difference last winter when it was so cold - it was lovely to have a warm floor (we have ceramic tiles) and kept the room at a good steady temperature. The UFH cannot go under any units, but otherwise I do not see why it could not heat the whole of your space.

We had a lot of insulation put in under our electric UFH cables - if you have a concrete floor already and are intending to lay it over this you will need to allow for the depth of the insulation, which is recommended so that the heat goes up not down, plus the layer of sticky stuff and screed (? don't know if these are the correct terms) that go over the cables, plus whatever flooring material ie tiles etc you are having - you may need to look at your threshold heights.

You also have to think about the costs of running it - we are on Economy 7 so I try to put in on in the early hours of the morning to heat up ready for the day, then have it off during the day time, but it seems to hold its heat well.

I have under floor electric heating in a military sized room - works well - gap have it on a timer so it's on for 20 mins then off for 15 so keeps the oat down that way and it's off at night... When it's really cold we either have the heating on too ( one rad in that room ) or if heating off I have a gas freestanding fire ( with gas bottle ) that looks like a log fire ! Works well !! Like this one on ebay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Calor-gas-mobile-heater-Provence-portable-cast-iron-stove-butane-15kg-cylinder-/111167535990

Hahaha that should say similar sized room not military !! Too many typos ! Sorry ! You get the idea though I hope ! :-)

Our kitchen diner is around that size and we can heat it fine with a plinth radiator under the units and a large radiator. We also have a small log burner which is just luvverly in the depths of winter. We don't even turn the heating on it that room when it's lit

When you say a plinth radiator do you mean one on the kick space?

If so is it noisy?