Mid range electric underfloor heating.

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Think of getting electric underfloor heating installed in a small area about 2m sq.

Any suggestions on which kit to buy which also includes the thermostat.

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I can't help with your question, but many years ago I installed it into a few rooms and found it so expensive to run that we ended up never using it - totally due to the sub-floor.
Has the room got a concrete floor, and if so, is it insulated ? If not, then any heat will just disappear into the concrete. We ended up getting a couple of tiny wall-mounted heaters that did the job for our bathroom and utility room. Even if it is insulated, it will take a fairly long time to warm up enough to feel any difference.
Given the size you quote I'm guessing the room is a toilet or shower room ?
How about a water-filled towel rail with heating element - like this sort of thing, which can be fitted into most towel rails - https://www.toolstation.com/towel-radiator-heating-element/p75892
Much easier to install, quicker to heat a room and easier to replace should there ever be a problem.
 
I can't help with your question, but many years ago I installed it into a few rooms and found it so expensive to run that we ended up never using it - totally due to the sub-floor.
Has the room got a concrete floor, and if so, is it insulated ? If not, then any heat will just disappear into the concrete. We ended up getting a couple of tiny wall-mounted heaters that did the job for our bathroom and utility room. Even if it is insulated, it will take a fairly long time to warm up enough to feel any difference.
Given the size you quote I'm guessing the room is a toilet or shower room ?
How about a water-filled towel rail with heating element - like this sort of thing, which can be fitted into most towel rails - https://www.toolstation.com/towel-radiator-heating-element/p75892
Much easier to install, quicker to heat a room and easier to replace should there ever be a problem.
Thank you for replying.

It is for a porch we are having build. I can have a small rad connected but would have to pull out the hallway flooring which I do not want to at this stage.

We may not even need heating in the porch but want to make sure there is something there incase it is needed.

The floor will have insulation added so that should not be a problem.
 
I used to use this kit in the top of the line camping pods I used to build, it's good stuff...

 
I used to use this kit in the top of the line camping pods I used to build, it's good stuff...


Thank you for the link. The kit looks like a good option.

Will it actually warm up the area or just the floor?

Speaking to some it seems that these electric systems only warm up the floor and not the actual space.
 
I built 6.6m x 3.3m pods and the underfloor heating was the only source of heat in the entire pod other than a heated towel rail, and these were going up to the top of Scotland, and we never had any issues. I couldn't tell you the cost of running it all the time however.
 
I built 6.6m x 3.3m pods and the underfloor heating was the only source of heat in the entire pod other than a heated towel rail, and these were going up to the top of Scotland, and we never had any issues. I couldn't tell you the cost of running it all the time however.

Thank you for the additional info. One more question. Are the ones you linked to okay to plug into a standard electric socket or do they have to be connected back to the rcd with it own connection.

Or am I okay to spur out from an electric socket in the hallway to connect the heating.

The work will be completed by an electrician but just checking my options between this or a proper rad
 
Having had several properties with porches, I'd say don't bother as you won't need it (unless you intend to spend time sitting in it).
 
Having had several properties with porches, I'd say don't bother as you won't need it (unless you intend to spend time sitting in it.

I agree not seen any apart from my next doors, but I have had two people who have said it is worth having so just confused and want to make sure I make the right decision.

If I have it fitted and not used it is not a great loss, but if I then fell I need it I would not want to retro fit it.
 
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Thank you for the additional info. One more question. Are the ones you linked to okay to plug into a standard electric socket or do they have to be connected back to the rcd with it own connection.

Or am I okay to spur out from an electric socket in the hallway to connect the heating.

The work will be completed by an electrician but just checking my options between this or a proper rad

Ours were wired back to the RCD as the customer wanted to keep the controls away from customers using the pods (no idea why) so it was just all hardwired into the utility box on the back of the pod.
 
We thought about putting underfloor heating in our conservatory when we had it added a few years back. (3m x 3m) Decided not to and just stick a fan heater out there if we feel it needs a bit of a boost. In a porch, any warm air will escape when the door is opened so I wouldn't bother TBH.
 
Thank you all for the help and suggestions. Had the plumber round and he will just extend the current heading and add a rad in the porch. We will add a thermostat on it so can turn it off if not required.
 
I've had experience of 3 kinds of underfloor heating.....

1. We remodelled a largish kitchen (use to be 2 rooms) and laid porcelain tiles. Underneath them we had electric floor heating which was designed to take the chill off them. It worked well - put it on for 30 mins before you get up in the morning and you can walk around the kitchen in bare feet. A bit patchy though - there wasn't quite enough to cover the kitchen and you could tell the bits they missed. Pretty cheap to run.

2. In a house I rented the kitchen and bathroom had underfloor electric heating which was a lot more powerful. Took about 2 hours to heat up and was lovely and toasty. We stopped using it after the first electricity bill.

3. Current house has *proper* underfloor heating. 40 degree water running under the entire ground floor which heats the concrete slab under the building. Takes 2 days to heat up the first time and then just sits there being warm for months with little cost. No other heating on the ground floor and last year we didn't even turn the upstairs heating on :D.

For a porch I would either not bother (how much time do you really spend in in there?) or get something like this


Cheap enough that if you end up not using it, it's not a huge loss. And 150w means you can actually afford to run it. They are lying about the "suitable as a primary heating source providing you have adequate insulation" bit BTW. Nobody has the kind of insulation that means 150w will heat a glass box with 2 doors in it. :D
 
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