Do radiators always have to be placed under the windows in new buildings?

Hello,

we are currently planning and trying to save costs and are in the process of replacing the FHB with regular radiators. However, we do not want to have them in front of the windows... so we are asking ourselves: today, in a new building with timber frame construction, do radiators have to be installed under the window, or is it just as good elsewhere in the room? The room size per room is under 30 sqm, windows are triple-glazed. We are not building according to KFW standards, but the carpenter said that because of the wood, it is thick and insulated enough.

Do you have any experience with this?

You only do that to avoid losing space elsewhere. Normally, there is nothing in front of the window. You can sit wherever you want.

We have only one radiator on the ground floor in our terraced house built in 2000: in the guest toilet under a window.

In the hallway, the radiator is on the inner wall facing the kitchen, in the kitchen on the inner wall facing the hallway, and in the living room next to the patio door and directly behind the entrance door from the hallway.
It works quite well so far and I personally quite like it.

How much is the saving by switching from underfloor heating to radiators, especially considering the disadvantages of the radiators.

For me, it is saving in the wrong place.

Solely because of the temperature at which a floor heating system with a heat pump operates and the current crisis with gas, oil, etc., I would never install radiators...

You only do that to avoid losing space elsewhere.

That's, sorry, nonsense. The coldest spot in the house is (was) the areas by the window. And the radiators are also placed there because windows are ventilated.

Skip underfloor heating? :rolleyes: Ok, maybe in a passive house, but not in a normal new building in 2022!