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Maximum heat for tiles & underfloor heating

darrenheaphy · 2013-03-22 20:24:38

Hi chaps, some weather eh? I have a lovely geothermal underfloor heating and I wonder if I should use it's heat more. Presently it's on a timer from 04:00 to 08:00am and from 16:00 to 18:00 in the evening, house is zoned and average temperature for each zone is set to ~18. The information panel on the heat pump tells me…

22-03-2013 8:24pm

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darrenheaphy

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Hi chaps, some weather eh? I have a lovely geothermal underfloor heating and I wonder if I should use it's heat more.

Presently it's on a timer from 04:00 to 08:00am and from 16:00 to 18:00 in the evening, house is zoned and average temperature for each zone is set to ~18.

The information panel on the heat pump tells me the water in the tank right now is 40 degrees so would like to use that! Could I set the floor temperature to 25 or so and not damage the tiles? Am worried too much heat would stain or crack them or something ....!

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#2 22-03-2013 11:39pm

Joey the lips

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Never heard of it happening but the way underfloor is designed you don't get extremely hot floors.

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