New tiled floor without underfloor heating? Yay or Nay

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We are planning to renovate the kitchen dining space which includes changing the floor. We like to go for tiles but looks like everyone doing tiled floor is doing underfloor heating as well.
Is underfloor heating worth the initial cost?
In this day, will it be weird if we went for tiles but skipped the underfloor heating part?
Your experience and opinions please, thank you

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macbroom

last month

I would choose to have the underfloor heating. I’ve just had it installed in kitchen with tiled flooring and it makes the whole room feel warmer. I only have it on for an hour or 2 in the morning and same in evening. I figured it’s better to have the option of it being there but if it ended up expensive to run then it could just be switched off. As to the cost, here is a helpful overview:https://www.fastwarm.com/underfloor-heating-running-costs-50-w.asp

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Sarah L
last month
I have electric underfloor heating in my kitchen/diner with porcelain floor tiles. Definitely worth it imo for extra warmth on an otherwise cold floor.
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Thank you Sarah, how do you find the extra electric bills please? And do you have radiators as well as electric underfloor heating or just the underfloor heating. One plumber asked us to retain the radiators for some reason.
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Hi, I would incline to tiling the whole space in one material. Now, with that you have lots of options in terms of material choices. If you have underfloor heating I would recommend to go for porcelain tiles - they come in wide range of colours, patterns, stone and wood imitations. Marble and wood imitating tiles are very popular and timeless such as calacatta white marble, creme marfil marble, granite, slate. Wood porcelain tiles range from blonde tones, light, dark browns to almost black, zebrano. Porcelain tiles technology has evolved so much over the last decade that an untrained eye can not distinguish the porcelain from the real thing. And if you have children it's so much more practical as well. Easy to clean and maintain. However, if you don't have the option of underfloor heating I would recommend wooden flooring. Again throughout. I wouldn't break the flow with different flooring types. If you have your living room in that open plan as well, I wouldn't worry too much about changing the flooring type just because of it. You can always use large rugs to define the area and function of that space, and make it more cosy. I just completed a project with porcelain tiles throughout. You can have a look at my profile. More images are on my website. I'm happy to help so please get in touch if you need more specific info. I offer lots of free information on my blog and via social media. I'm more than happy to point you in the right direction. Hope this helps. Karolina
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Thank you Styling Spaces :)
123
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We have just water ufh, on a separate control to the rest of the house, no radiators. When your feet are warm you don’t need so much ambient heat. It is much nicer than a cold floor in the winter.
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Tiles need UFH in our opinion.
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Sarah L
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I do have a radiator as well in the kitchen/diner. No idea how much it adds more to my electricity bill (also got electric ufh in my bathroom). I have solar panels so my electricity bills do vary from month to month (0 in high summer).
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Anna G
last month
I love water ufh but I think the link with tiles is that ufh limits your flooring options and tiles are probably the best for getting the heat into the room. If the initial choice is tiles and you're looking to deal with the coldness underfoot, slippers are a perfectly valid option!
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Thank you Anna, my husband would love to hear your answer. He is leaning towards tiles but no UFH to keep renovation costs down, we are used to that in our previous house, we wear slippers at home anyway. I'm thinking everyone these days are going for UFH for tiles and if we skipped it, it might be odd. So I'm steering towards engineered wood/lvt flooring instead. We will have to decide soon :)
Sonia
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I don’t think everyone has UFH, I don’t, but when I visit other homes that has it, it is lovely! So cosy. I would certainly look into the costs of running it beforehand and if it fits your budget then go for it.
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Stephanie Pavie
last month
Depending on how large the room is, you could also layer rugs over the tiles, easy to switch in and out (seasonally) and bring some texture and warmth to the space…
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HU-229295604
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You’re making the decision the wrong way round. . First decide if you want underfloor heating . If you do you must add a lot of insulation under it otherwise you will spend a fortune on electricity/gas. Wet UFH and gas is cheaper - electric mat will be expensive. If you have solid floors retrofit will be hard and not much easier with wood! UFH will cost you a lot of money to install but is lovely once on if you have it done properly with good insulation. Then decide on flooring. if you don't want UFH then choose the floor you want ! We had real wood for 15 years and it was fine - but expensive now and engineered wood is ok - my neighbour has LVT and it looks great - we’ve retrofitted UFH with a heat pump everywhere and will now tile. Decide on your heating system first then the floor.

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