Under-tile heating floor on heating mats

Many have had this problem when even with the most powerful heating systems, a slight draft spoils the whole picture. In such a room it is very difficult to give up carpets and slippers. And what a problem is an icy floor in the morning, after a warm bed and a good night's sleep. If you are really worried about this problem, you should seriously think about installing a special cable that will warm up your entire floor.

There are several types of such a gimmick. Although it's hard to call this kind of heating a gimmick now, because many homeowners fully trust and use heating cables. There are electric and water heat floors. Now we propose to consider all the subtleties in the installation of electric underfloor heating.

The whole point of it is that the heating of the entire floor is managed by a special screen, which is heat distribution. He makes sure that the temperature in each area is the same, avoiding the appearance of cold "bands". If it doesn't work properly, the warmest areas will be above the heating cable itself, and everything further away will be cooler. If you do not want to deal with this problem in the future and spend money to fix it, it is best to immediately install a special steel mesh.

If you are the kind of person who likes to walk around the house barefoot and be absolutely sure that the children do not catch cold playing on a cold floor, you just need a field with electric heating. The whole cable system will create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort. All this will have a positive effect not only on your mood, but also on your health. And no winter will not change its quality.

The most important quality of this floor is that you can always adjust the temperature of the heating. It is this that allows you to get that comfort and tranquility. If your bathroom or hallway are the colder rooms, then it is for them you can make the temperature higher, which will not affect the other rooms.

The entire cable system is built directly into the floor, prior to installation. As we said before, the temperature can always be changed with a special thermostat, separately for each room. You can always keep track of this by looking at the results of the sensor, which records everything regularly. With such a floor, you can save a lot of money. After all, we always spend a lot of money to warm up the floor by conventional methods, and we always spend a lot of money on increased operation of batteries and other heaters. Cables contribute to good heat savings. The best way to do this is with a floor whose material has closed microcells made of plastifoam.

A very important aspect of such underfloor heating systems is that the heating can turn on automatically, at a certain time and at a certain temperature.

In the evening you can turn on a special alarm clock, which will turn on, waking up the heating system. And when you wake up, barefoot on the floor, you will feel only comfort and peace.

If you need a high-quality floor, and even that it was quickly installed in the room, and it should be placed under the floor covering, then this option as an infrared floor will suit most of all.

Such a floor can be:

• film;
• rods.

This type of floor reaches a thickness of 4 mm with a film width of 5 or 8 mm, due to the fact that it consists of several sheets of polyester, with a heating element hermetically sealed in it. Basically, the heating element is made of graphite.

The heating temperature for such a floor reaches 550 ° C, although 20-250 ° C is enough for comfort. Such a floor is suitable enough as an additional heating, and for the arrangement of an independent heating system. In this case, the melting temperature of the film exceeds 2100 ° C. To heat 1m² you need from 140 to 220 watts. It will last 10 years.

The heating element is made of composite carbon rods embedded in a carbon mat. Forming a kind of thermal mat. The width of such a mat is up to 83 cm, the required power consumption is from 125 to 170 W/m.p.m. and the service life is up to 20 years.

Under the base of any of these floors is necessary to lay more insulation material. It is placed after the execution of the screed in order to prevent heat loss through the bottom of the floor. Very often as a heat-insulating material is used polypropylene or lavsanovoy film. But aluminum foil should not be used in such situations. But having bought plates for the infrared floor, you should not sigh with relief.

It is necessary to buy more:

• connecting clips;
• electrical wire for connection to the domestic electrical network;
• Thermostat with a sensor.

The latter is necessary to regulate the heating of the floor and come in several types:

• recessed;
• overhead;
• sensor;
• electronic;
• mechanical.

The essence of the infrared floor is that it heats the floor by infrared radiation, which does not dry out the air in the room. At the same time, the floor gives off heat well to the room, thereby heating it with infrared rays. In addition, this type of floor, when emitting infrared rays, fills the air with negatively charged particles, which have a beneficial effect on humans. Unlike other heating appliances, this method of heating does not overload the electric network, does not violate the floor covering, does not raise dust from the floor as an electric convector, the room is heated evenly.

The advantages of such floors can be considered:

• easy to install;
• suitable for installation under any floor covering.

If you intend to install infrared flooring under soft flooring (linoleum, carpeting), it is recommended to lay a layer of fiberboard on top, to prevent accidental deformation of objects by penetration.

See the following video about installing floor heating mats.