Underfloor heating

[Mich the Tester]

We had underfloor heating fitted to a house extension (completed 2007).
Heating is water based in concrete screed. Have some of the floor tiled (utility and bathroom) part wooden floor (new living room). It is excellent, but don't expect instant heating.

Its best left 'on' all the time but controlled through a thermostat which can be just turned down in summer. This will stop the concrete pad getting cold.

whs, but even better if you can switch it on regardless of the thermostat; mine's water based and it's fantastic for warming your feet after a cold winter walk, but also for lying down on the warm tiles if you ever suffer back pain.

[Archangel]

I have electric underfloor heating in my kitchen diner (quite a large area). Its flippin brilliant, but when it's on you can dance round the meter and the leccy bill shoots up in winter. it's like burning fivers.

If I had the job to do again I'd use water.

[NotAllThere]

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From your comment I presume you mean non-underfloor electric heating!

Yes.

Underfloor electric heating would have been cheaper also than the previous, since that would be at a lower temperature.

It does take a day or two with the water ones to heat up, but our house is very well insulated, so it isn't really a problem.

[ChimpMaster]

Yes.

Underfloor electric heating would have been cheaper also than the previous, since that would be at a lower temperature.

It does take a day or two with the water ones to heat up, but our house is very well insulated, so it isn't really a problem.

This is why I am tending towards electric rather than water based. We're more the type to turn on the heating for an hour and then turn it off , i.e. get a quick warm up of the house and then settle in. I could not fathom having to wait hours for the water based underfloor heating to come on! I've read that the actual running cost difference between the 2 is very little.

[DS23]

we have electric under our tiles in the kitchen and dining room. can't remember how much it cost nor indeed do i know how much it costs to run or how it compares to others. sorry. but it gets warm quick and is great on winter mornings. i'd do it again.

[Sysman]

I've read that the actual running cost difference between the 2 is very little.

My underfloor water heating in a well insulated modern place turned out to be a lot cheaper than the old draughty gas centrally heated house I'd had before.

[ChimpMaster]

My underfloor water heating in a well insulated modern place turned out to be a lot cheaper than the old draughty gas centrally heated house I'd had before.

Yep that I would agree on, i.e. underfloor heating is cheaper to run than conventional central heating. What I was referring to though is the difference between electric underfloor heating and water underfloor heating.

It would be a concern if one was a lot more expensive to run than the other, but I don't think that's the case.