5 Reasons to Install Underfloor Heating in Your Kitchen
When it comes to saving money and keeping your house toasty all year round underfloor heating is probably the best solution – and it works great in a kitchen environment. Here’s why:
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More space
With that unsightly radiator gone and your heating solution replaced by pipes or cables under the floor you have more room for things that you actually want and need in the kitchen. Like a vintage drinks trolley or a shelving unit for your wine or a side table and stools to eat breakfast at – all important, necessary things, naturally.
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Energy efficiency
Being energy efficient also means saving money. Wet underfloor heating works well under a tiled floor and can save you hundreds of pounds every year in energy bills. The Underfloor Heating Store, specialists when it comes to everything underfloor heating related, estimate that the average yearly cost of running a system is £248 (based on 25m Underfloor Heating running for four hours everyday for a year) compared to £870 for a gas central heating system.
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Improved health
Underfloor heating also has health benefits compared to traditional heating systems. Radiators help dust circulate around the room, due to convection currents that allow dust to travel on them and irritate those who have asthma and allergies, whereas underfloor heating simply allows heat to rise upwards through the floor and does not require the air flow in the room to spread heat.
In the kitchen this can only be a good thing, as it reduces germs being circulated and the risk of contamination. Underfloor heating also reduces the possibility of damp and dust mites in rugs and carpets, because it is constantly warming the floor.
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A more welcoming space
Kitchens are always considered warm, welcoming spaces but in our modern age for many families the oven is sparingly used – apparently more so in Scotland–and so the kitchen doesn’t hold the heat or feel as homely as we remember. That’s where underfloor heating comes in even if the oven isn’t on all day, cooking dinner for the evening, the room is still kept warm and therefore inviting.
Just think of all the fun things you can do in the kitchen (which mainly consists of making cakes to scoff in one sitting), with its cosy tiled floor and also how happy the dog will be when it can just lounge on warm tiles and get under your feet every five minutes.
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You can install it yourself
If you’re confident when it comes to DIY then you can install a heating system yourself. You’ll just need to bring in an expert – a plumber or electrician – to make the final connection to your main heating system. Plan to set aside a whole weekend for the job and to use some curse words along the way (DIY just isn’t the same without plenty of swearing thrown in) and achieve home improvement independence.
If you’re not convinced yet just think back to those early morning starts when the heating hasn’t kicked in yet and you have to do a crazy dance across the cold, tiled floor to the kettle. No one wants to experience such a hardship, install underfloor heating and enjoy a toasty floor beneath your feet.
