Underfloor insulation

This is kind of baby related

We live in one of those old bungalows that are very expensive to heat and even harder to keep warm. We have put a very large rug (almost wall to wall) in the nursery but the rest of the house is wooden floor.
We always thought that it was realistic to keep bubs in his/her room or in the lounge (with wood fire) as these are the rooms we will keep warm ("pfft" I hear you all say). ANYWAYS... my mate bought us a room thermometer as all the baby books say to keep the room between 18oC and 20oC. We did a test run and it turns out that it is really hard to keep our designated baby areas that warm.

Sorry to waffle - I'll get to the point now! LOL
Mum and Dad have offered to pay for underfloor insulation for us and I was just wondering if anyone else has this installed and has it really made that much of a difference?

Waffling over

I think from memory that Jax and her hubby have just installed that...you could try asking her?

We have a Fujitsu heat pump, which is completely brilliant - cheaper than running a heater (or even a multiburner) in the rooms you want to keep heated. We would still definately like to get underfloor heating though, as it'll make our heat pump even more efficient.

I guess it depends on where you live as to what you need. We live in Dunedin, so heating is a major priority in winter.

Apparently underfloor heating and insulation is the cheapest form of heating, and safe...well so the Department of Corrections says,

The new prisons commissioned have underfloor heating. TVOne was making a big deal about being out of league for most everyday NZers but thyey were being fitted in the prisons. But as ther guy said, it may be an expensive outlay, however, it's cost effective, and tamper proof. Good for a prison....or for a home of little people (children that is, not dwarves)

yeah soon we'll all be committing a crime just to get a dry warm place to live :-)

God knows who would want to get under or house to put the things in as there is not much room under there.

We've got the same problem with our house Ann - Poor DH but there's no way I could do it - I'd probably get wedged in

We got the polystyrene underfloor insulation and the night is was put in it made a difference.

The thig with the prisons, well I think that they should get it put in. They can't have anything to heat the prison as the people in there will be able to use it against the gaurds. Gas - they can break pipes and who knows what would happen then. Open Fire - they'll burn the place down, there goes our tax money. Heat pumps they will do the same as gas.

I could be wrong but the plunket nurse told us about how if you have a child under one you get subsidised or something to get insulation. I can't remember much about it sorry but I'm sure she said something like that.

We have Hrv (as I said) and a heat extractor - have a log fire in the lounge and vents to hall way and our bedroom for the extractor - don't use it too much - save on electricity but it does take the chill off the air when its a colder night. As Hrv drys the house not heats (unless the roof is warmer than the house and with Stratie winters thats not going to happen during the night)
Thinking of getting a Oil collum heater when they come on special - has anyone used these in their babies room and are they expensive to run and worK???