Conservatory Heating..Radiator or underfloor heating

[jogger321]

Thee is a bit of building/possible plumbing/possible electrics so hopefully this is the best place for this post

I'm currently building a conservatory and am undecided on how to heat it..I've got the option of plumbing in a radiator off the existing system or installing underfloor electric heating over which i'm going to put ceramic tiles..

Anybody care to comment on which way would be the best to go??

Thanks

 

[markthebuilder]

I assume you havent got enough depth of screed to get wet underfloor in .
if you have put that in there are a few kits about for up to 15m2 otherwise put in the pipeing for a rad and the electric. if electric proves to expensive to run or you knack it you have a back up.

 

[Tozzy]

We use a convector heater in a large conservatory. Works a treat and warms us up like toast , but is quite expensive . Don't forget though, you'll only be heating the conservatory up in the winter time .

 

[Richard C]

I had a bit of a disappointment with my U/floor electric heating system I had installed last year. I left my conservatory company to design & install it but they undersized the heater element by a massive 35% so it won’t cope on its own if the outside temperature drops below around 8 degrees; but it works fine for chilly autumn evenings if not a little expensive to run!

Didn’t want to dig up the floor again so I eventually got my money back for that part of the work making it a free system! The heating specialist that did the complaint survey said they should have installed 200w/sq. metre & that would take care of all but the coldest weather, the system won’t struggle or use any more power. I have now installed an additional large radiator plumbed into the main central heating; this gives enough on it’s own but I tend to run the floor on low to make it cosy for the feet. If doing it again, I would go for a piped water U/floor system. Install isolator valves to the conservatory loop so you can drain/shut it down in winter if it’s not in use.