electric under floor heating

[egginyourface]

does any one know of any under floor heating that heats up a whole room??

thanks

 

[Dunc]

Pretty much all electric under floor heating will heat a whole room. You may need multiple mats and a contactor but it's possible. Not a cheap way to heat a room either IMO.

 

[Smugley]

The 100W per sq. metre mats will only really keep the floor warm. For room heating you need either 150W or 200W per sq. metre depending on how well insulated the room is.

 

[egginyourface]

so your saying 200watt per sq metre will heat up entire room?? was told by my wholesaler it will not do

 

[telectrix]

whether it will or not, if you take an average living room of 20sq.m., that's 4kw to keep your feet warm. a pair of fur lined boots is more economical

 

[Mark_Burgess]

What did your wholesaler recommend you do then?

I am with Dunc, it would surely be expensive to heat a room that way.

 

[egginyourface]

wholesaler just said under floor heating will only keep feet warm and not strong enough to heat room. Thats how the yleft it.

 

[Mark_Burgess]

Wow an honest wholesaler, normally you'd have been told to buy a bigger kit. kerr-ching!!

 

[telectrix]

you'd get a better result lighting a fire in the room below. under floor heating, no matter how efficient will only heat the floor. that has got to be the most inefficient radiator going.

 

[ian]

[FONT=&quot]I agree with the other posts, most people are disappointed with UF heating as a method of heating an entire room.

ian
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[Engineer54]

I wouldn't give you a ''Thank You'' for any form of permanent electric heating in a home.
I feel sorry for those that have no choice in the matter, they get taken to the cleaners whenever to leccy bill drops thru the letter box!! ...lol!!!

 

[egginyourface]

thanks all,, told them it cant be done.

would it be worth having a electric boiler fitted and floor heated with water system

 

[Spudnik]

Sorry chaps, but i have fitted 200w/m UFH mats with dedicated insulation boards beneath and clients have been very happy, especially as they have towel rails stuffed full of......well.....towels, and this prevents decent heating of the room.