Vince Green Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) Any electrical methods at providing heat are always going to be expensive to run due to the large amount of current drawn by the item: electric shower, electric fire, electric iron etc. Electricity is always more expensive as you say, and as I am given to understand under floor heating was never intended as a primary heat source. its intention was more along the lines of comfort heating in bathrooms and the like. No heat source that has to pass the heating through a layer of flooring material is ever going to be that efficient besides which a fair percentage of the heat is going to be lost heating the space underneath it which you don't want heated. Edited June 12, 2011 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 But surley it there is enough sun to run the system, it will be warm enough not to be needing heating on? Thats the basic flaw in all solar energy schemes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8landy Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 . No heat source that has to pass the heating through a layer of flooring material is ever going to be that efficient besides which a fair percentage of the heat is going to be lost heating the space underneath it which you don't want heated. Its all about energy (heat) mass. Yes it has to heat up the concrete above the pipes, but once that is up to temperature, it just ticks on and off. BUt relies on a lot of insulation below. They are meant to be turned on and left on like and AGA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 The other side of them is they need far cooler water than rads so more suitable for alternative energy sources Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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