Hi all, thanks in advance for any responses.
We are about to build a new build two storey timber framed house. We had always thought we would be using wet underfloor heating on the ground floor with Radiators upstairs and wet underfloor heating in the bathrooms (3) upstairs as well, with towel radiators.
We have been advised that this is inefficient because the water for the underfloor heating needs to be about 40 degrees but for the radiators about 70 degrees and that we should have underfloor throughout, and basically you heat the water to the maximum and then add cold to cool it for the underfloor. We have some concerns as is if we zoned the ensuites with the bedrooms as has been recommended then in my opinion there is minimal use as the main reason for the bathroom underfloor heating would be to take chill off the tiles. I think we therefore have a number of approaches and am keen to hear opinions.
1. Full wet underfloor heating, somehow we would zone the bathrooms separately, towel rails in bathrooms would be electric with a time delay switch to power them.
2. Full wet underfloor heating downstairs with radiators upstairs and towel rails. Wet underfloor heating in the bathrooms upstairs and just cope with the fact it's slightly inefficient.
3. As two, but use two different boilers, one for radiators and hot water and one for underfloor heating. (obviously there are ongoing maintenance costs here as well as additional install costs)
4. Wet downstairs and in the bedrooms upstairs, use electric underfloor heating in the bathrooms to control it separately, along with electric towel radiators.
5. Any other options there may be that I haven't thought of.
The bathrooms are not massive so the floor space needing to be heated isn't huge, I just want to be able to have the bathrooms on separate from the bedrooms as ceramic / porcelain tiles still get cold, even in the summer.
Hope this makes sense. The first of many questions I would think.
We are about to build a new build two storey timber framed house. We had always thought we would be using wet underfloor heating on the ground floor with Radiators upstairs and wet underfloor heating in the bathrooms (3) upstairs as well, with towel radiators.
We have been advised that this is inefficient because the water for the underfloor heating needs to be about 40 degrees but for the radiators about 70 degrees and that we should have underfloor throughout, and basically you heat the water to the maximum and then add cold to cool it for the underfloor. We have some concerns as is if we zoned the ensuites with the bedrooms as has been recommended then in my opinion there is minimal use as the main reason for the bathroom underfloor heating would be to take chill off the tiles. I think we therefore have a number of approaches and am keen to hear opinions.
1. Full wet underfloor heating, somehow we would zone the bathrooms separately, towel rails in bathrooms would be electric with a time delay switch to power them.
2. Full wet underfloor heating downstairs with radiators upstairs and towel rails. Wet underfloor heating in the bathrooms upstairs and just cope with the fact it's slightly inefficient.
3. As two, but use two different boilers, one for radiators and hot water and one for underfloor heating. (obviously there are ongoing maintenance costs here as well as additional install costs)
4. Wet downstairs and in the bedrooms upstairs, use electric underfloor heating in the bathrooms to control it separately, along with electric towel radiators.
5. Any other options there may be that I haven't thought of.
The bathrooms are not massive so the floor space needing to be heated isn't huge, I just want to be able to have the bathrooms on separate from the bedrooms as ceramic / porcelain tiles still get cold, even in the summer.
Hope this makes sense. The first of many questions I would think.