ᐅ Full Basement for Hobby and Office – Underfloor Heating, Electric Radiator, or Infrared Heating?

Maybe an alternative would be to have the underfloor heating prepared up to the manifold and design a renovation system yourself.

What is a hydraulic separator used for anyway?
It all sounds a bit strange.

SaschaL schrieb:

Now I’m thinking, just do it properly right away with underfloor heating.

One system isn’t necessarily better than the other; they’re just different.
Due to the negative associations with night storage heaters, people tend to glorify one system and condemn the other. But, as is often the case, it’s not that simple.
We currently have underfloor heating everywhere, but our guest room is rarely used. We basically heat it all the time, even though we hardly need to, and when we do need it, we can’t quickly warm it up because underfloor heating is too slow to respond.
I miss having individual control with this system.
Since I had a traditional radiator heating system in the old house that I was happy with, I was looking forward to underfloor heating. Now I have to say, I find it nice, but I do see its downsides for me.
We are building a KfW40Plus (energy-efficient) house and will heat the entire home with infrared heating, plus a central wood stove. Therefore, I would definitely choose infrared heating in the basement with low supply temperatures, and avoid stone or tile floors. If you want to use the room, you heat it; otherwise, you don’t. I believe this type of heating is also cheaper for everyday use because with underfloor heating, you always need to maintain room temperature or plan heating your TV time days in advance and still end up heating unnecessarily.
In my opinion, your specific question here is a classic example why underfloor heating might not be the best choice, not to mention the very high installation costs.
You can also nicely integrate modules, for example recessed in the ceiling, and once you dig deeper and explore beyond typical fairground vendors, you’ll find good options.

Infrared heating? I'm curious to see how that works.

T_im_Norden schrieb:

Infrared heating? I’m curious about that.

...me too 😀
No, I actually find it really interesting and have connected with some good people on the topic, including an energy consultant who has implemented this many times.
I also know several architects who often use this method and I will share updates myself... but for now, the excavator is still waiting for the frost to disappear.

SaschaL schrieb:

The costs include the heating system itself, an additional increase including higher screed, a hydraulic separator, and the extension of the mechanical ventilation system into the basement areas.

And does the question of ventilation not arise with other heating types? I would predict that the increase in the basement’s structural height is the largest cost factor here.

Is the planned floor construction even suitable for different types of floor coverings, and what will be installed there? Tiles without underfloor heating in the basement are simply cold.

By way of comparison: We have screed throughout the basement and mechanical ventilation in all rooms. Later, we added underfloor heating for a 40m² (430 sq ft) room in the basement. That cost us €1350 net, including the additional required manifold.