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OT Knowledge / Re: Underfloor heating pros / cons
« Last post by chrisbainbridge on Today at 11:42:26 am »Thanks for all the above.UFH heats the floor which then heats the room. The heating is best at the floor and the decreases upwards so the ceiling is unheated. Radiators by convection heat the air above your head height which is a complete waste!
I had a chat with the bathroom fitter about UFH at the beginning of the process, during which he helped me to talk myself out of UFH. Things mentioned included:
- it’ll only warm the floor, not heat the room (fine, there will be a radiator / towel rail, it’s not a big room, and doesn’t get particularly cold. On the other hand, feasible size of said rad is limited)
- running costs, because you won’t be able to just “use it for short periods” as it takes time to warm up. Also, most inefficient to use UFH that way (dunno on this one)
- if it breaks etc. (Well in the course of talking about that he partially negated his argument by telling me about UFH setups that can tell you via an app where the break is. Guess it depends on how reliable these things are and correct installation)
I’m leaning towards getting it.
The greater the thermal mass of the whole floor the more benefit from having it on all the time. I think electric undefloor on a small bed could be put on for a few hours at a time.