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Underfloor heating

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  • 19-11-2014 9:10pm
    #1
    Curious Geroge
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭


    Whats the avg cost per sq ft for underfloor heating supplied and fitted with manifolds. I've almost 3300 sq ft. thanks


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    chidorisai
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭chidorisai


    Hi,

    I paid 56e by sq/m which included material supplied/fitting/easycreed.


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    bmm
    Registered Users Posts: 912 ✭✭✭bmm


    Sounds expensive in comparison to radiators !

    i thought ufh was same price as rads these days??


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    hexosan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭hexosan


    bmm wrote: »
    Sounds expensive in comparison to radiators !

    i thought ufh was same price as rads these days??

    Who told you that chestnut.


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    bmm
    Registered Users Posts: 912 ✭✭✭bmm


    hexosan wrote: »
    Who told you that chestnut.

    Dermot Bannon architect.

    Materials like ufh pipes can be purchased quite cheaply online.

    Some plumbers would have you believe its very complicated and very expensive but its not complicated or expensive !

    Buyer beware! Shop around !


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    kkelliher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭kkelliher


    bmm wrote: »
    Dermot Bannon architect.

    Materials like ufh pipes can be purchased quite cheaply online.

    Some plumbers would have you believe its very complicated and very expensive but its not complicated or expensive !

    Buyer beware! Shop around !

    from experience I would highlight the definite buyer beware with these points.........


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    blast06
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭blast06


    Easy screed is overkill in a low energy house that is part L compliant imo .... and grouping the price of easy screed with UFH skews the perception.... i.e.: its not like you don't need a finished floor if you go with rads !
    And i'd agree that (at a very macro level), cost of manifold plus piping would not be a lot different to cost of rads plus pipes


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    kieran.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,174 ✭✭✭kieran.


    Priced a similar house recently 3500 sq ft €13.50 per m2 for 40mm easy screed and around 3.5k underfloor heating pipe and ancillary items materials only.


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    No such thing as average price. No of circuits/manifolds/stats/controllers etc all influence it.

    Don't confuse being asked for more money than rads with the job actually costing more than rads....

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    blast06
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭blast06


    Re stats ..... in a part L comppliant house with UFH, you don't need stats. I don't have any ... in house 15 months and have never missed them !


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    blast06 wrote: »
    Re stats ..... in a part L comppliant house with UFH, you don't need stats. I don't have any ... in house 15 months and have never missed them !

    I don't know about anyone else, but I use stats to have different temps in different places, it's got nothing to do with Part L.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    blast06
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭blast06


    Fair enough..... but have you MHRV and done the maths ?
    Just weighing up cost of electrician wiring for all stats plus cost of stats themselves .... say €1,000.
    This is just under 3 times my annual heating bill (€390 for 1st year in house) for 20 degrees 24/7/365 for a (just about) A2 2600 sq ft house.
    If i wanted to leave say 600 sq ft with heating turned off then given i can't turn off MRHV for a zone like that then at max i would say i'd only save €70-80 per year.
    So ~14 years to save back my ~€1000 investment .... and 14 years without heating on in a large section of the house ..... No thanks !!


    Woops, edit ... disregard entire comment. I misread "different temps" as "no temps" (i.e.: heating off) !!


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    #13
    Paddy James
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭Paddy James


    Hello

    Doing a new build
    3,200sq down 2,200 up 1,000

    Underfloor or rads with oil burner, multi burner and buffer tank or with air to water?


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    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,140 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Paddy James wrote: »
    Hello

    Doing a new build
    3,200sq down 2,200 up 1,000

    Underfloor or rads with oil burner, multi burner and buffer tank or with air to water?

    BER provisional result detailing both options = ?


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