Hello, I am renovating my victorian 3 storey house. The basement floor which is parsially below ground at the front has a slightly damp feeling and wondered if i should go for under-floor heating or just put in an extra radiator. I fully realise the under-floor is alot more expensive, just wondered what the benefits would be and is it expensive to run and maintain. Kind regards for any help you can give me.
Is under-floor heating worth the cost
Jun 17, 2006
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I'm in the process of building a new shower room with wet UFH. It is a lot more involved than installing a conventional radiator, but is supposed to be cheaper to run because the nature of the heat enables the room stat to be a degree or two lower without the occupants noticing any difference. However, you do need to insulate the floor otherwise you'll just be paying to heat the ground under your house.
I don't have a basement, but I think I'd be inclined to investigate the source of damp before making any decisions about additional heating.
Mike
Ventilate, dehumidify, heat. Deal with drainage and tanking if needed.
UFH will be expensive to run if your floor is not very well insulated. As you are probably unable to dig out your foundations [1] adding insulation will reduce headroom.
Owain
[1] and do not even contemplate doing such a thing without speaking to your friendly Structural Engineer first :-)
IMHO yes .. especially if you put in yourself, I put in a NuHeat system and I'm very pleased with it ... individual temp/time control of all rooms, and no rads limiting where to put things .. Big benefits are a thermal store .. so I get mains pressure HW, and as I have pumped return, I have instant HW ... no delay waiting for it to run hot.
Showers with mains pressure HW are superb.
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