Hi Chaps,
We'd like to re-fit our kitchen, but one end wall is taken up with the sole large radiator - which really limits our options for worktops & units.
I'd therefore like to know if converting just the kitchen to UFH would be at all feasible. The rest of the CH is a very standard affair - a Honeywell 'S-plan' system with an unvented DHW cylinder, running off an external oil boiler. There is no mains gas available.
The house is fairly old, 1831 with solid walls, and the kitchen is north-facing. I'd like to improve the floor insulation in any case, so adding UFH wouldn't add too much hassle.
What might help is that the external boiler lives right outside one kitchen wall, giving free access to the main flow & return pipes. This may make it easier to obtain the correct UFH water temperature and flow rate (??).
Any advice very much appreciated!
We'd like to re-fit our kitchen, but one end wall is taken up with the sole large radiator - which really limits our options for worktops & units.
I'd therefore like to know if converting just the kitchen to UFH would be at all feasible. The rest of the CH is a very standard affair - a Honeywell 'S-plan' system with an unvented DHW cylinder, running off an external oil boiler. There is no mains gas available.
The house is fairly old, 1831 with solid walls, and the kitchen is north-facing. I'd like to improve the floor insulation in any case, so adding UFH wouldn't add too much hassle.
What might help is that the external boiler lives right outside one kitchen wall, giving free access to the main flow & return pipes. This may make it easier to obtain the correct UFH water temperature and flow rate (??).
Any advice very much appreciated!