Bathroom reno

[NewhouseOldhouse]

Hi

I am planning on gutting my bathrooms in the future back to bare walls and floors.

Is it possible to removed the rads and replace with underfloor heating?

I have oil CH and rads throughout house.

Thanks

 

[Madrab]

Of course it is but it's not just a case of extending the pipe from the rads into a loop in the floor. You need a regulating/balancing valve to reduce the water temp suitable for underfloor heating.

It also won't be warm when the heating is off. It may be worthwhile using an electric mat if the floor area is small.

 

[NewhouseOldhouse]

Of course it is but it's not just a case of extending the pipe from the rads into a loop in the floor. You need a regulating/balancing valve to reduce the water temp suitable for underfloor heating.

It also won't be warm when the heating is off. It may be worthwhile using an electric mat if the floor area is small.

Sure if floor is cold now it would be the same when heating is not on with underfloor heating??

Are the electric mats economical to run? I could keep a rad and have an electric mat as well maybe??

 

[denso13]

Sure if floor is cold now it would be the same when heating is not on with underfloor heating??

Is the bathroom warm enough with the current radiator? Is the cold floor a problem?

 

[NewhouseOldhouse]

Is the bathroom warm enough with the current radiator? Is the cold floor a problem?

Rad is not working at the moment in one bathroom other 3 rad OK w,as just a thought as I see a lot of renos installing underfloor heating in bathrooms

 

[Madrab]

It really comes down to what you want.

If you want a warm floor all the time, even at 2am if using the bathroom, then 200W m2 electric matting could be an option (uses 200w an hour). I have that in my en-suite in parallel with a white towel rad. If it's just to heat the space when the heating is on and you're not bothered about a warm floor when the heating's off then retro fitting to underfloor is an option but it's not the cheapest to install.

 

[denso13]

I could keep a rad and have an electric mat as well maybe??

Sounds like a good option as you have everything stripped out anyway. The mat is much simpler than UFH.