Comments for DH Property Lda http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com Property sales, rental and construction in Central Portugal Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:50:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Contact DH Property Lda by propertyportugal http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/contact-dh-property-lda/#comment-25 propertyportugal Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:50:48 +0000 http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/?page_id=148#comment-25 Hello Barbara and thank you for your enquiry. Our office is in Penela, south west of Coimbra. Regarding your proposed installing of under floor heating. Is the house old or new? If it’s an old house the most important thing is to get good levels of insulation in below the heating elements. This could mean digging up the floor or raising the existing floor by 100mm. Can you do this in your house? If it’s a new build it “should” have the correct amount of insulation in the floor. It probably wont. Another thing to look out for is the type of tubes used to make the under floor piping grid. As which product you builder is going to use and look up the manufacturer on the internet. Contact them and ask if they recommend that product for under floor heating systems. Zones, have you thought about how many individual heating zones that you want. These can be single rooms or multiple rooms that get warm at the same time. This must be thought about before the installation. I do know of an Arab gentleman who has the marble drive to his house heated. I hope you’re not going that far with the zones! The type of boiler (Gas or Oil) is almost immaterial as they seem to be pretty even on running costs. The oil boilers do require servicing a little more often than Gas. Condensing boilers are normally the most efficient type. Under floor heating takes a lot of heat to raise the temperature in a home. This is why you need very good insulation in the floor. I am fitting it to my new home during the build. I will email you with the contact of a local to Alentejo installer during next week. Good luck with your project John Hello Barbara and thank you for your enquiry.
Our office is in Penela, south west of Coimbra.
Regarding your proposed installing of under floor heating. Is the house old or new?
If it’s an old house the most important thing is to get good levels of insulation in below the heating elements. This could mean digging up the floor or raising the existing floor by 100mm. Can you do this in your house?
If it’s a new build it “should” have the correct amount of insulation in the floor. It probably wont.
Another thing to look out for is the type of tubes used to make the under floor piping grid. As which product you builder is going to use and look up the manufacturer on the internet. Contact them and ask if they recommend that product for under floor heating systems.
Zones, have you thought about how many individual heating zones that you want. These can be single rooms or multiple rooms that get warm at the same time. This must be thought about before the installation. I do know of an Arab gentleman who has the marble drive to his house heated. I hope you’re not going that far with the zones!
The type of boiler (Gas or Oil) is almost immaterial as they seem to be pretty even on running costs. The oil boilers do require servicing a little more often than Gas. Condensing boilers are normally the most efficient type.
Under floor heating takes a lot of heat to raise the temperature in a home. This is why you need very good insulation in the floor. I am fitting it to my new home during the build.

I will email you with the contact of a local to Alentejo installer during next week.
Good luck with your project

John

]]> Comment on Contact DH Property Lda by Mrs B Luffman http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/contact-dh-property-lda/#comment-24 Mrs B Luffman Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:35:41 +0000 http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/?page_id=148#comment-24 I have a property in Alvito in the Alentejo and am looking into installing under floor heating using either a gas or electric condensing boiler as a source for the heating. Where is your office in central Portugal? Do you know of any companies who could help with advice/installation of an underfloor heating system using either a gas or oil condensing boiler. I have a property in Alvito in the Alentejo and am looking into installing under floor heating using either a gas or electric condensing boiler as a source for the heating.

Where is your office in central Portugal?

Do you know of any companies who could help with advice/installation of an underfloor heating system using either a gas or oil condensing boiler.

]]> Comment on How Cold is the Winter in Central Portugal by Suzie http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/how-cold-does-it-get-here-in-central-portugal-during-winter/#comment-23 Suzie Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:54:37 +0000 http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/?p=88#comment-23 Get the sun shades out, Slap on the sun screen and Relax. Climate scientists have predicted that 2009 is set to be one of the five warmest years on record. The average global temperature for 2009 is expected to be more than 0.4C above the long term average, the Met Office and University of East Anglia researchers said. The Met Office also predicted a rapid return to long-term warming for global temperatures and an increased probability of record temperatures after 2009. Currently the warmest year on record is 1998, which saw average temperatures of 14.52C - well above the 1961 to 1990 long-term average of 14C. Professor Phil Jones, director of the climate research unit at the University of East Anglia, said: "The fact that 2009, like 2008, will not break records does not mean that global warming has gone away. "What matters is the underlying rate of warming - the period 2001-2007, with an average of 14.44C, was 0.21C warmer than corresponding values for the period 1991-2000." Get the sun shades out, Slap on the sun screen and Relax.

Climate scientists have predicted that 2009 is set to be one of the five warmest years on record.

The average global temperature for 2009 is expected to be more than 0.4C above the long term average, the Met Office and University of East Anglia researchers said.
The Met Office also predicted a rapid return to long-term warming for global temperatures and an increased probability of record temperatures after 2009.
Currently the warmest year on record is 1998, which saw average temperatures of 14.52C – well above the 1961 to 1990 long-term average of 14C.
Professor Phil Jones, director of the climate research unit at the University of East Anglia, said: “The fact that 2009, like 2008, will not break records does not mean that global warming has gone away.
“What matters is the underlying rate of warming – the period 2001-2007, with an average of 14.44C, was 0.21C warmer than corresponding values for the period 1991-2000.”

]]> Comment on Monsoon in Central Portugal by Kalamazoo http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/monsoon-in-portugal/#comment-21 Kalamazoo Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:20:04 +0000 http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/?p=98#comment-21 Do you have any problems with flooding in central Portugal Do you have any problems with flooding in central Portugal

]]> Comment on Walking with friends in Central Portugal by Robert http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/10-kilometre-walk-across-beautiful-varied-countryside-near-coimbra/#comment-16 Robert Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:13:05 +0000 http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-16 Hi, we did this walk too!! We found the info for it at the Our Portugal blog over at ourportugal.wordpress.com. It was great and the go outdoor team were absoloutley fantastic. We were sooo ready for the picnic and wine when it came to lunch! Hi, we did this walk too!! We found the info for it at the Our Portugal blog over at ourportugal.wordpress.com. It was great and the go outdoor team were absoloutley fantastic. We were sooo ready for the picnic and wine when it came to lunch!

]]> Comment on Beaches of Central Portugal by Sunnyjim http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/the-beaches-of-central-portugal-pria-do-costa-prata/#comment-3 Sunnyjim Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:26:03 +0000 http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-3 I don’t know nuch about it other than I saw them racing very fast on the road along the river front and then on the beach in a circuit. All the major manufacturers were there, Honda, TDM, Yamaha and so on. try this link www.sagarolhas.net for more information I don’t know nuch about it other than I saw them racing very fast on the road along the river front and then on the beach in a circuit. All the major manufacturers were there, Honda, TDM, Yamaha and so on.

try this link http://www.sagarolhas.net for more information

]]> Comment on Beaches of Central Portugal by motomad777 http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/the-beaches-of-central-portugal-pria-do-costa-prata/#comment-2 motomad777 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:00:33 +0000 http://propertyportugal.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-2 I am interested in all things Motocross. Can you tell me when and wher the races are held. How do I get to ride in these races. Thanks for any help that you can give MM777 I am interested in all things Motocross. Can you tell me when and wher the races are held. How do I get to ride in these races. Thanks for any help that you can give
MM777

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