Wet Underfloor Heating In Conservatory

[tays27]

I am looking at buying a house that has a 31 sq mtr conservatory on the front. The current owners have 2 small radiators in there but talking to them and common sense tells me it is a nightmare to heat.

Is a conservatory this size practical to heat? Would " thermal " blinds make a significant difference in winter?

Does anyone have experience of underfloor heating? There is a gas central heating throughout the rest of the house so wet would probably be the cheaper option long term.

[Ricky_M]

You can easily add an UFH zone onto an existing central heating system, providing you have some at least 15mm CH pipework nearby.

Seems alot of work though for an existing conservatory, you'd have to rip up the screed, lay insulation, pipework, re-screed and re-tile.

You need to have UFH running for quite a while at a time for it to work effectively, so unless you can zone off the UFH from the CH system, it means you'll have to have the rads on in the house all the time unless you want to shut off each rad individually!

I'd personally get some bigger rads!

[tays27]

I always thought that underfloor heating was the most efficient. Problem with bigger radiators is a lack of suitable walls.

[Gingerbread Man]

tays27 said:

I always thought that underfloor heating was the most efficient. Problem with bigger radiators is a lack of suitable walls.

Are they double convector rads?

Any heating in a conservatory will go straight up through the glass. If you plan to run the underfloor all day every day, it'll all add up.

[mas99]

I have a vague memory that if a conservatory is heated then it counts as an extension for planning/building regs and must meet the requirements re insulation/u-values etc.

[pikey]

I have wet underfloor heating in mine.

Works extremely well, although I have loads of insulation as well.

[tays27]

If I buy this house I will spending a lot of time in the conservatory, plan on putting a pool table and a big telly in there. The benefits of living alone!