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UFH vs alternatives

  • 07-03-2023 10:10pm
    #1
    randombar
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    Hi all,

    Updating the kitchen and adding on a bit more space in the next 6 months or so.

    Well insulated 13 year old house. Stupidly didn't put in UFH back in the day. Oil boiler.

    Talking to guys that do the milling, rough price of 5 to 6k to do the entire downstairs.

    The issue is you have to do it all in one go, I was hoping to just do the rooms I'm upgrading and leaving 3 other rooms alone (engineered oak). So I'd have to take up 3 perfectly fine floors and my understanding is you cant get engineered stuff back down too easily.

    I'm just thinking of 10 years down the line would I be replacing rads anyway for low heat rads with an A2W?

    Am I mad?



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  • #2
    Sleeper12
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    If you go for a heatpump in the years to come then you will be kicking yourself that you didn't install underfloor heating. Using oversized rads for heat pump isn't as good as underfloor heating. Underfloor heating is perfect for heat pump. Radiator heating, despite its name, is convection heating. Some parts of the room will be be a slightly different temperature. Underfloor heating is radiant heating. It give a very even heat throughout the room and is a much more pleasant heat. The downside is that a few times per year we will have an unexpected warm day. Turning off the underfloor heating takes time to cool down. It also takes time to heat up again. The trick with underfloor heating is to have plenty of zones.



  • #3
    randombar
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120328298#Comment_120328298

    My understanding with the Milled UFH is that it has a faster warm up / cool down time as it's closer to the surface.

    The zones is a very good point.

    I guess one thought I have is will low energy water based heating systems still be the norm in 15 years time or will everyone be moving to pure electric.



  • #4
    Sleeper12
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    Eventually there will be a date set where no gas or oil boilers will be allowed to be sold. I think from this year no new home can have gas installed and replacement boilers will be banned in years to come. Eventually everyone will have a heat pump. Anyone designing a heating system should have in mind that eventually it will be a heat pump system



  • #5
    randombar
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120328644#Comment_120328644

    Yup, I think as much prep as I can before the time comes is the right way to go all right.



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