Help!: To heat or not to heat

[Midzer]

Hi, let me start by saying i am not a tiler and do not intend to start. I believe that you should let the qualified experienced tradesmen carry out the work and.....well.....help keep them in work. Anyway, my dilemma is we are having our kitchen floor tiled in our house which is 4 years old and has concrete floors and i can't decide if i NEED to fit underfloor heating. The area that i would need to heat is around 41m2. I can stretch to the installation costs but it is the running costs that i am concerned about. I was told that is costs around 1 pence per square metre per hour for 130W. Add this up and it comes top around £150 per month if on for 12 hours per day (family home is always occupied). I should mention that the room is an existing kitchen with two radiators and a sunroom extension also with two radiators and the UFH would only be used to take the coldness of the tiles. The question is if i don't fit the heating would the room feel cold due to the tiles being fitted directly to the concrete floor? Also, am i calculating the running costs correctly? I realise that the system is thermostatically controlled but how long is it on for at one time? Thanks in advance guys.

[Dave]

Hello and welcome..

If your tiler installs Insulation boards then the running costs will be drastically cut..

[faithhealer]

give uheat a ring with all details, they will have a better idea of running costs

[Tecnik2000]

I'd say unless you run round the kitchen in bare feet give it a miss, it's ambient heat, & probably not worth the installation or running cost.. You know electric is never going to get cheaper. Why install a system your afraid to use?...Just an opinion

[faithhealer]

A properly fitted system won't run on 100% all the time, should only take 30/45 mins to warm up then just ticks over to maintain temperature.
I say properly fitted though, insulation and 100% coverage for heat transfer

[basshunter]

I agree with tecnik,perhaps just insulate...