Electric heating, underfloor heating, gas condensing technology instead of radiators?

Hello experts,

at the moment I am struggling with the question of how to distribute my underfloor heating in the planned new building.
We have a small child under 1 year old and will be building soon.

On the ground floor we are quite sure that we will install underfloor heating in all rooms.
Upstairs, however, we are still unsure, especially in the two children's rooms.
The heat source is a gas condensing boiler.

What is troubling me is the relatively long lead time of the underfloor heating, as it operates at low temperatures.
In your opinion, is it sensible to use radiators upstairs or are there other options (electric heating), and if so, how economical are these or how costly in terms of purchase? What about maintenance, etc....???

I would appreciate some informative contributions.

Good morning,

the most expensive way to generate heat is electric radiators. Radiators mixed with underfloor heating is energetic nonsense, as you need a much higher flow temperature for the radiators. Maybe you can find low temperature radiators, but will they sufficiently heat the room?!?

I think €uro will tell you a few more things.

Best regards

Where exactly do you see the problem of the long lead time?

A modern insulated house can keep the cold of winter outside for quite a long time.. the heating easily gets up to speed in time to sufficiently heat the rooms.

Hello,

What is causing me headache is the relatively long lead time of the underfloor heating, as it operates at low temperatures.

That is (almost) correct, but not as long as it used to be in earlier times.

In your opinion, is it sensible to use radiators upstairs or are there possibly other options (electric heating), if so, how economical are they or how expensive are they to purchase? What about maintenance, etc....???

It is usually nonsense to combine radiators and underfloor heating.

The most economical nonsense is by the way to tamper with the control system. If it is not switched off during the summer, it is – the annual bill says hello – more efficient in terms of consumption. Another advantage I see is that the presumably slower-reacting underfloor heating triggers at the slightest temperature deviation downwards (outside sensor) and thus noticeably softens the perceived "sluggish" behavior.

By the way, this applies equally to radiators; I enforced it myself years ago in one of our last rental properties that the heating is not switched off during the summer. All neighbors including ourselves were pleased with the refund and have – I am relatively sure – continued this practice to this day.

There are low-temperature radiators and they are also mature and do their job; however, they are not really that nice since they naturally have to be much larger and are not exactly inexpensive per piece – if they are supposed to look somewhat attractive. This then gives you the next problem, because they require space and it is also not practical to place shelves or furniture in that spot.

What are your reasons to install both underfloor heating and radiators?

Best regards from the Rhineland

Hello,
With some users I can also hold back and just read along

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Thank God!!!!

Hello,

What are your reasons for installing underfloor heating and radiators?

Rhenish greetings

Hello Bauexperte,
thank you for your explanations.
I don't have any reasons in that regard yet. Just considerations, because some homeowners in my circle of acquaintances have caused these uncertainties for me. My initial opinion was also to install underfloor heating throughout the entire house, without those ugly space-consuming radiators.
Then I was told that with underfloor heating it takes quite a long time for the room to reach the desired temperature and that it also takes a long time to cool down again, and so on. With radiators it is supposed to be easier and more comfortable/easier to operate for the children, even when they are older. Through my thread I wanted to gather your opinions, since I personally have no experience with underfloor heating yet. Our parents have one on the ground floor, which we find very pleasant. That pretty much sums up my experience so far. However, my feeling tells me that it makes sense to use underfloor heating throughout the entire house, since it is a cycle and a nice feeling when the feet are warm. Furthermore, I also think that the room is heated more evenly by the underfloor heating than by conventional radiators.