Underfloor heating
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Does anyone know how easy /expensive it is likely to be to retrofit wet underfloor heating to a single room in an existing house with a concrete floor?
Failing that, how expensive is electric underfloor heating to run in the real world?
The room in question is a kitchen/diner that is 5.84m x 4.34m
Failing that, how expensive is electric underfloor heating to run in the real world?
The room in question is a kitchen/diner that is 5.84m x 4.34m
Easy, just done exactly that.
Polypipe do an 18mm thick rigid board that takes 12mm pipe, comes as a set complete with manifold to plumb into your existing system.
They do soft boards if you're laying laminates or carpet on, and rigid cement type boards for tiling over.
www.polyplumb.co.uk
Look at the "overlay" part.
Very popular with our 2 cats!
Polypipe do an 18mm thick rigid board that takes 12mm pipe, comes as a set complete with manifold to plumb into your existing system.
They do soft boards if you're laying laminates or carpet on, and rigid cement type boards for tiling over.
www.polyplumb.co.uk
Look at the "overlay" part.
Very popular with our 2 cats!
Excellent, will take a look. Thanks.
What sort of cost would I be looking at? I assume the manifold can be stuck in the cupboard under the stairs or somewhere like that to hide it away?
And what depth am I looking at ending up with the board, pipe, and tiled floor?
What sort of cost would I be looking at? I assume the manifold can be stuck in the cupboard under the stairs or somewhere like that to hide it away?
And what depth am I looking at ending up with the board, pipe, and tiled floor?
Edited by furtive on Tuesday 12th October 13:21
furtive said:
Excellent, will take a look. Thanks.
What sort of cost would I be looking at? I assume the manifold can be stuck in the cupboard under the stairs or somewhere like that to hide it away?
And what depth am I looking at ending up with the board, pipe, and tiled floor?
We put our manifold on a board under the boiler, and our plumber connected it up. Unfortunately there is a problem with the electrics on the pumps (from an earlier plumber, nowt to do with the u/f) and an air lock in the old system, but it shouldn't take long to correct.What sort of cost would I be looking at? I assume the manifold can be stuck in the cupboard under the stairs or somewhere like that to hide it away?
And what depth am I looking at ending up with the board, pipe, and tiled floor?
Edited by furtive on Tuesday 12th October 13:21
The boards are 18mm thick, then the thickness of the tile adhesive, then the tile thickness. We ended up losing 30mm in height on ours.
But, the floor is now lovely and warm to walk on, and the cats who we couldn't get off the chairs, now lie all over the floor, so we trip over them. Not sure which was worst, not sitting in the chair or getting scratched by the cat when catching them with my feet!
Don't use the electric ones unles it was you with the numbers on friday!
The electric systems aren't too bad on running costs- ceramic insulates heat really well so it can be set to be in/off every half hour or so to keep the heat up.
If it's to be your only heating system and you have the option of wet heating, do it.
If you have a supplementary system to heat the room, don't write off the electric system.
If it's to be your only heating system and you have the option of wet heating, do it.
If you have a supplementary system to heat the room, don't write off the electric system.
Our boiler/hot water tank/manifold are all in the airing cupboard!
The house was built that way.
When we bought the house, we spent a couple of months re-doing all the bathroom/central heating system but couldn't afford to do the kitchen. So I got the plumber to arrange everything so it was all accessible (no gate valves behind the cylinder etc) to plug stuff into as we wanted to at a later date. I also got the plumber to mount the boiler onto some wooden planks that were bolted vertically to the wall so that the manifolds etc that would come later had somewhere to be fixed. It has certainly paid off, as it has been a doddle to connect the u/f in, and has even left us with some spare space to store stuff.
The house was built that way.
When we bought the house, we spent a couple of months re-doing all the bathroom/central heating system but couldn't afford to do the kitchen. So I got the plumber to arrange everything so it was all accessible (no gate valves behind the cylinder etc) to plug stuff into as we wanted to at a later date. I also got the plumber to mount the boiler onto some wooden planks that were bolted vertically to the wall so that the manifolds etc that would come later had somewhere to be fixed. It has certainly paid off, as it has been a doddle to connect the u/f in, and has even left us with some spare space to store stuff.
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