I am currently undergoing a house refurbishment and we are now working on the downstairs open planned kitchen/family room which is 6.6m x 7.6m. We originally considered the wet UFH however due to cost we decided not to proceed on this basis but to have radiators.
I have been concerned about heating such a large room so have chosen radiators that will adequately heat the room, but now am wondering if perhaps electric UFH would be useful to add the underfoot warm feeling.
The floor is a suspended wooden floor and my builder has suggested 100mm celotex between the joists. This alone is very costly for the products and the labour to do the work. He is going to finish the floor with 22mm caber flooring.
We are undecided at the moment if we are going to go with either engineered wood flooring or Kadean.
So depending on what the final flooring chosen what suggestion would you have for finishing each.
Woodfloor:
100mm celotex between joists
22mm Caber under
foil UFH under
engineered wood flooring.
Do i need an additional insulation between the caber flooring and the UFH foil if i have already added 100mm celotec below the flooring?
Kardean:
100mm celotex between joists
22mm Caber under
electric UFH under
latex screed under
Kadean finish floor.
Can i lay the UFH on to the caber flooring or do i need to add some floor ply so i can latex?
Do i need to do the 100mm celotex but instead have a lower cost thinner insulation above the caber flooring?
The area I need to cover is roughly 50m2 but i need to take off areas where the kitchen units/island etc will be. None the less this is still a sizeable area. Are there kits available that can cover this space. I have seen some 100w loose cable options that could do 36m2 but this may not be enough.
Any suggestions/advise please would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks.
I have been concerned about heating such a large room so have chosen radiators that will adequately heat the room, but now am wondering if perhaps electric UFH would be useful to add the underfoot warm feeling.
The floor is a suspended wooden floor and my builder has suggested 100mm celotex between the joists. This alone is very costly for the products and the labour to do the work. He is going to finish the floor with 22mm caber flooring.
We are undecided at the moment if we are going to go with either engineered wood flooring or Kadean.
So depending on what the final flooring chosen what suggestion would you have for finishing each.
Woodfloor:
100mm celotex between joists
22mm Caber under
foil UFH under
engineered wood flooring.
Do i need an additional insulation between the caber flooring and the UFH foil if i have already added 100mm celotec below the flooring?
Kardean:
100mm celotex between joists
22mm Caber under
electric UFH under
latex screed under
Kadean finish floor.
Can i lay the UFH on to the caber flooring or do i need to add some floor ply so i can latex?
Do i need to do the 100mm celotex but instead have a lower cost thinner insulation above the caber flooring?
The area I need to cover is roughly 50m2 but i need to take off areas where the kitchen units/island etc will be. None the less this is still a sizeable area. Are there kits available that can cover this space. I have seen some 100w loose cable options that could do 36m2 but this may not be enough.
Any suggestions/advise please would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks.
