Our house was built in 1977 with hydronic in-floor heating. The heated water gets pushed around the pipes which are embedded in the concrete slab. Given the choice I would not have any other type of heating than in-floor. It is devine.
We have tiles near the entry way and in the bathrooms. It's just gorgeous. So much so that when we do further renovations I would like to increase the tiled area in the house.
I'm with Jackrose, if there was a drool emoticon I'd be using it. Visiting my parents house in winter I never feel quite as warm or comfortable.
I grew up in the Dandenong ranges (so freezing ), and our house had wall to wall slab heating. Devine is the right word for it! We never knew it was cold until we stepped out the door. But yes, it is very costly to run, and from memory could take awhile to heat the house up if it had been off for awhile (we had an open fire too, so that always got us over that hurdle). But I don't know, maybe the systems have been improved so that is no longer an issue.
I too know someone who had it, they loved it also used to just put their towles on the floor when finished to dry them!! ( obviously untidy though haha). My mum and dad used carpet in their bathroom it was special for bathrooms, it took a while to get used to but really warm
We had carpet in the bathrooms growing up - I am pretty sure it was designed for wet areas but you just learned to dry yourself in the bath/shower and not splash (for fear of mum's wrath ...LOL)
we have it in our bathroom cost about 600 bucks hubby installed it himself very simple.
and we havent noticed a huge rise in our electricity bill.
we keep our floor at about 21 degrees and its on all day every day it keeps the chill off the bathroom aswell and is lovely to get out of a nice warm shower onto warm floor and your feet dont get cold at 2 in teh morning when you have to wee lol
oh forgot to mention make sure the tiles you use will be ok and conduct the heat properly we found teh cheaper porcelin i think ones wouldnt transfer the heat as well but the nice slate ones we got od it very nicely and insulate unbder the heating you dont want your heat going under the house. lol
The newer designs are very energy efficient and can cost a lot less than an IXL heating light or even ducted heating. There are a few different types and of course the more efficient they are the more costly they are.
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), and our house had wall to wall slab heating. Devine is the right word for it! We never knew it was cold until we stepped out the door. But yes, it is very costly to run, and from memory could take awhile to heat the house up if it had been off for awhile (we had an open fire too, so that always got us over that hurdle). But I don't know, maybe the systems have been improved so that is no longer an issue.
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