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Ashleynorris
Hi all,
I have just moved into a new apparment, its around 8 years old and was made with underfloor heating as its only heat source. We have living room large hallway and 2 bathrooms 2 bedrooms. The place was freezing when we moved in as it was inhabited for months.
Each room has its own thermostat (devireg550) we turned them on and it was still freezing so we raised the issue with the seller who insisted because its concrete walls and floors it takes ages to heat up you need to turn it on and leave it. So i have got the living room and hallway on constant set at around 15degrees and these areas are livable but the rest of the apartment is freezing . I have been watching the digital electric meter and been trying to workout cost not sure if im reading correctly but it would seem im burning tonnes of electric for a one level appartment which is still in my eyes freezing !!
With the flooring taking so long to heat up i cant imagine it would be cost effective upping the temperature and having it on timer.
Im reading the meter and subtracting the previous reading and assuming the difference is KWHS. In that case i would be using 65kwh per day which seems shocking, we dont have any plug in heaters running and no tumble dryer. we came from a 3 bed semi house with gas and i was using around 800 a year combined and was always warm.
Am i reading the meter wrong or is this heating that expensive??
Sorry for the lengthy post.
Any advice would be great .
I have just moved into a new apparment, its around 8 years old and was made with underfloor heating as its only heat source. We have living room large hallway and 2 bathrooms 2 bedrooms. The place was freezing when we moved in as it was inhabited for months.
Each room has its own thermostat (devireg550) we turned them on and it was still freezing so we raised the issue with the seller who insisted because its concrete walls and floors it takes ages to heat up you need to turn it on and leave it. So i have got the living room and hallway on constant set at around 15degrees and these areas are livable but the rest of the apartment is freezing . I have been watching the digital electric meter and been trying to workout cost not sure if im reading correctly but it would seem im burning tonnes of electric for a one level appartment which is still in my eyes freezing !!
With the flooring taking so long to heat up i cant imagine it would be cost effective upping the temperature and having it on timer.
Im reading the meter and subtracting the previous reading and assuming the difference is KWHS. In that case i would be using 65kwh per day which seems shocking, we dont have any plug in heaters running and no tumble dryer. we came from a 3 bed semi house with gas and i was using around 800 a year combined and was always warm.
Am i reading the meter wrong or is this heating that expensive??
Sorry for the lengthy post.
Any advice would be great .