under floor heating

[Saint Keith]

thinking of putting under floor heating in our kitchen we we redo it in the spring

 

has anyone done this before, and how much does it cost?

[miserableoldgit]

thinking of putting under floor heating in our kitchen we we redo it in the spring

 

has anyone done this before, and how much does it cost?

It would depend on the make up of your present floor, and what type of heating that you want. You can buy an electrical "mesh" to lay under your floor tiles, and is then connected to you power supply.

 

http://www.discountfloorheating.co.uk/cablemat_price.asp

[Al de Man]

What type of floor are you looking to put down? I have connections with a ceramic tile business that are agents for Heat Mat.

 

I have you still got my number? I have yours ending in ...389

[Gingeletiss]

thinking of putting under floor heating in our kitchen we we redo it in the spring

 

has anyone done this before, and how much does it cost?

 

We had it into our new conservetry last year, it is very expensive to run, so we have gone back to wall heaters.

[sotonjoe]

if you have several external walls in your kitchen, i wouldn't bother. You probably won't be pleased with how warm it manages to make it.

[Saint Keith]

if you have several external walls in your kitchen, i wouldn't bother. You probably won't be pleased with how warm it manages to make it.

 

yes, the outside wall runs the length of it, about 10-12 metres

[Saint Keith]

What type of floor are you looking to put down? I have connections with a ceramic tile business that are agents for Heat Mat.

 

I have you still got my number? I have yours ending in ...389

 

yes, thats my number, thnx. we have got ceramic tiles in there at the moment, but its very cold. there are just laid on the screed. was going to put wooden floor down, but then thought about the under floor heating option

 

so we haven't really decided yet

[Saint Keith]

i suspect its the cat flap that makes the room really cold. so might have to wait for dougal to pop his clogs

[Hatch]

Just buy the missus some slippers.

[Saint Keith]

Just buy the missus some slippers.

 

its not her that needs them, its me!

[Hatch]

its not her that needs them, its me!

 

 

oh , sorry, I thought you said Kitchen ...

[bridge too far]

We thought about this when we had our kitchen done at the end of last year because we were losing a radiator so that we could have more units.

 

In the end we went with a plinth heater, our reasoning being that the kitchen is usually quite warm (from cooking) but is cold first thing in the morning. The plinth heater does the trick very well. It only cost £60 to buy and I imagine the running costs are negligible.

[buctootim]

I've got this in my kitchen and really rate it for under ceramic tiles. Floor is nice and warm and you dont lose any wall space to radiators etc.

 

Essentially you've got two options - wet or dry. Dry is an electric mat, like an electric blanket - which is very thin but very expensive to run, especially if you dont put any insulation underneath it. A wet system is run off your central heating boiler and passes hot water under the floor. This is what ive got and Id recommend it.

 

If you dont want to actually heat the room, just take the chill off of cold ceramic tiles then you can get undertile heating - which is like a dry system but much less wattage and therefore much cheaper to run.

[Nineteen Canteen]

We had it into our new conservetry last year, it is very expensive to run, so we have gone back to wall heaters.

 

I can confirm that. We bought a modern 4 bed house with a large conservatory with under floor heating under a flagstone floor. The look and feel was fantatsic but the electricity bills were astronomical not to mentiosn teh cost of keeping it cool in the summer. House duly sold 2 years later and glad to see the back of it in the end.

 

My advise if you want some fancy heating in your kitchen go for a modern 'out there' radiator. That way people will know you have spent lots of money as it seems important to some.

[Nineteen Canteen]

I've got this in my kitchen and really rate it for under ceramic tiles. Floor is nice and warm and you dont lose any wall space to radiators etc.

 

Essentially you've got two options - wet or dry. Dry is an electric mat, like an electric blanket - which is very thin but very expensive to run, especially if you dont put any insulation underneath it. A wet system is run off your central heating boiler and passes hot water under the floor. This is what ive got and Id recommend it.

 

If you dont want to actually heat the room, just take the chill off of cold ceramic tiles then you can get undertile heating - which is like a dry system but much less wattage and therefore much cheaper to run.

 

Or buy some carpet tiles

[Johnny Bognor]

 

My advise if you want some fancy heating in your kitchen go for a modern 'out there' radiator. That way people will know you have spent lots of money as it seems important to some.

 

.....an AGA. Cooks brilliantly & keeps the kitchen warm in winter. Bit hot in the summer, but you'll be outside with the BBQ, so who cares?

[Nineteen Canteen]

.....an AGA. Cooks brilliantly & keeps the kitchen warm in winter. Bit hot in the summer, but you'll be outside with the BBQ, so who cares?

 

An AGA? Do you like steam engines JB? There is only one thing that frightens me more in a modern house than an AGA, a hot tub on the decking. Keith's refusal to wear slippers suggests he may be a flip flops man at best IMO.

[hamster]

An AGA? Do you like steam engines JB? There is only one thing that frightens me more in a modern house than an AGA, a hot tub on the decking. Keith's refusal to wear slippers suggests he may be a flip flops man at best IMO.

 

and should be banned from all supermarkets within the SO postcode region. Flip-Flops? What are they all about.

 

Back to the OP, I would go for the natural warmth of sanded floorboards every time. Wood, warm in winter and cool in the summer, nice healthy fresh air circulating through like aircon. Wood, it's good, you know you should.

[norwaysaint]

Pretty much all bathrooms in Norway have under floor heating. It's the best thing ever, always stepping onto warm tiles. We also have it in our entrance hall. I think I'd only use it in a tiled room though.

[Saint Keith]

I would go for the natural warmth of sanded floorboards every time. Wood, warm in winter and cool in the summer, nice healthy fresh air circulating through like aircon.

 

hmm, that was the original plan, maybe we'll stick with that

[buctootim]

hmm, that was the original plan, maybe we'll stick with that

 

If the boards are on a concrete floor you still need to put insulation underneath otherwise they'll still be cold.

http://www.celotex.co.uk/Applications/Floors

[Saint Keith]

If the boards are on a concrete floor you still need to put insulation underneath otherwise they'll still be cold.

http://www.celotex.co.uk/Applications/Floors

 

yeah its got all that underneath, its only a few years old.

 

the room has got 2 radiators in already, but it still gets cold. i reckon dougal's catflap is the culprit

[Scummer]

Couldn't you just put a little curtain or something across the catflap?

[Saint Keith]

Couldn't you just put a little curtain or something across the catflap?

 

lol. or get one that fits properly would probably be easier

[hamster]

Seriously Keith, if you decide on sanding the floorboards, have a go yourself. Make sure you knock EVERY single nail well down and tape up all doors to the rrom if pracical.

 

Biggest + that we have found, and it took us a while to realise it had happened, was that mrs h's asthma stopped. It didn't ease, it stopped. That Walter Wall has a lot to answer for I tell ya mate.

 

When we next move we're going to sand every room and at the very most have some quality rugs thrown around, just think how much we're gonna save next time she has a decorating fit! And dog **** is easier to mop up from a floorboard than it is a carpet. Win, win.