Underfloor Heating anyone?

[JoolsToo]

Anyone got it?

what's it like?
how much did you pay?
is it worth it?

Ta

Yes, love it... got it in the kitchen..

sorry not sure how much we paid - got the whole kitchen and floor done so it seemed insignicant at the time...

there are different types.. ours is the one where you lay the wires yourself,

its called Warmup Undertile heating...

lovely, especially as I walk around in bare feet most of the time....

do it you know you want to.....

yes we do! but we don't want to pay mega bucks the prices vary greatly!

did you lay it yourself?

we're having the kitchen/conservatory done so its quite a large area hence trying to keep the costs down a bit!

Someone said their conservaroty cost £900 a few weeks ago I think...

We had a new extension built so had underfloor heating put in the new bit. It is plumbed in to our existing central heating system with its own thermostat. It is really toasty, the cat is always asleep all over the floor and it is a ceramic tiled floor.

The electric system is cheaper to lay, but more expensive to run, but you can fit it under most floor surfaces, as it doesn't need much room as the mat with the wire in is very slim.

The water based system (like we have) needs about 200mm of screed (concrete) on top of it, so is only something you can do if you are doing a new build or where you can raise up the existing finished floor level.

I will have a look and see if I can find out how much it cost, it isn't cheap, but very effective, our house is so much warmer now, and we didn't want to have radiators using up the wall space.

yes I like the idea of no radiators.

We're going for the electric mats - as you say easier to put down.

I would suggest that you have a thermostat fitted with the floor, especially if you are going to fit ceramic tiles on top, as it is cheaper to run if you keep it on a constant low heat, rather than turning off and on every day, as it can take a while to heat up from cold.

I believe the electric mat is easy to lay. I have friends who have done it, they used a product called Devimat.

we have the matting stuff laid under tiles, cheap to buy.
it takes the chill off the tiles in the bathroom, but we also have radiators which i would recommend. it wouldn't be enough to heat the room.
if you want to rely on it for heating then you should go for the proper stuff which is pipes i think.

well the claim is you don't need radiators. we intend putting Travetine tiles over ours.

The price of the matting varies enormously too.

we don't have matting, we have the wire that you lay down yourself... taped downed , then have ceramic tiles ontop..

it is great as you can miss out areas you don't need etc...

it has a thermostate, and can get nice and hot under feet..

I agree re radioators though - we have one in the kitchen, although not always one - but I wouldnb't like to be without it... not sure underfloor heating would warm the room up enough to not have a radiator...

To save wall space our rad goes up the wall not across..

I think it depends on what room you intend using it in.

For a bathroom with a heated towel rail it would be fine. Also a kitchen unless it is a really big room.

Anywhere else it depends on the size of the overall room and if your house is hot/cold etc

We also had new double glazed doors fitted so all the cracks and drafts have gone, so the underfloor heating is fine on its own.

We're getting Devimat in new kitchen and bathrooms. Timer essential apparently as takes 20 mins to feel it working.