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under floor electrical heating with vynil and electricity costs

Anonymous user 13/03/2024 - 2.32 PM

i have been looking at underfloor heating and i will get a professional to fit it as im not confident to do this big job. i have found what i want and prices seem very reasonable. I want to use this in addition to my normal central heating just to take the edge off the freezing cold floor in winter months, because as soon as i stand on it the cold gets to my feet and it takes ages to get rid of it, even with shoes on! i have the following questions: firstly i assume it would be ok to fit to the concrete floor and then use self leveling cement stuff on the floor? if this is ok can i have a good quality vinyl over this? i dont want to use floor tiles as thats what i have now and i would prefer vinyl its a lot easier to fit and can replace easily when its worn. is there a lower temp limit? i.e. on some heating systems (old ones mostly) you have to set the thermostat 20c or above or it wont really do anything. i was thinking using the floor heating at 10-15c which will take the edge off a cold floor. lastly is it expensive to run? can you give me any comparisons to other electrical items that would be about the same to run as electric underfloor heating please?

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Eagle Electrical

Rating: 5 out of 5

Dartford

Hi there, yes its fine to install matt straight on to concrete floor once cleaned and primed as it will need to be stuck down, and as you said floor will require screeding this will protect the matt and also you will have a nice level floor for your vinyl, best to check that the vinyl you buy can be laid on under floor heating as i dont think all types can, the electrical underfloor heating comes in matts of different sizes in m2 to suit the size of your room, obviously the bigger the matt the higher the wattage. The matts that we use are 150w for the smallest one that will cover an area of around 1.0m2, so the same as having 3 x 50w spotlights on? But they go up to 22m2 which are about 4000w. The matt will be controlled via a digital thermostat so you can set your own temperature.

Answered13 April 2016

James Lynch Electrical Services

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Highbridge

the controller should have a thermostat , it will use most power to heat up from cold but once the desired temperature is reached less power is used to maintain that consent temperture

Answered27 January 2017