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would mean raising the ground floor a couple of inches I think?
There are contractors who specialise in retrofitting wet UFH. They use a machine kind of like a walk behind cut-and-break saw to cut tracks in the floor which the pipes are then laid into. You could DIY it either if you're handy and have the time but it is a rather messy job.
Nahguavkire-
There are contractors who specialise in retrofitting wet UFH. They use a machine kind of like a walk behind cut-and-break saw to cut tracks in the floor which the pipes are then laid into. You could DIY it either if you're handy and have the time but it is a rather messy job.
@Nahguavkire you did this DIY right?
Can you remember what the rough p/m² cost was of installing wet UFH?
Also in terms of how it connects to the boiler, is there anything special about it? Ie would a plumber just be picking one of the hot pipe and return feeds from an upstairs boiler and connecting them to that?
Cheers.
hugo7
Pretty well insulated and draught proof. It was built circa 2000, so done to whatever building regs prevailed then. It is the ground and first floor of a four storey building, with a concrete ceiling so not much heat loss through the roof. Circa 50% of walls are external facing. I think there is PIR or equivalent in the walls. Obviously double glazed.
We used to live in a 2 bed in the same place, and we never updated the convection wall heaters. They were useless, but our electricity bills weren't too awful. I just want to get something as efficient as possible in the new place.
I guess wet underfloor is an option, but would mean raising the ground floor a couple of inches I think? The ceilings are very high so could be viable. The other option some neighbours have is ceiling mounted heaters, but I don't know much about them.