Three types of electric underfloor heating

What a joy that the yard - 21, and today houses the heating can be cumbersome (in the era of oil heaters), Safe (Unlike basking to 100 ° C convectors) And without smudges (both in water heating). Perhaps you have already guessed that in this article we will focus on the device electrical warm floors in a country house.

We talk about the three types of heating floor constructions:

• The heating cable;
• Heating mat;
• Infrared film;

Each material is good in its own way, but each has its own disadvantages, why dwell on them in detail.

heating cable

That a heating system is quite easy to install, but it is better to contact the experts: are cases of fire due to the self-assembly error. Installing the heating cable involves the following stages:

• Laying a first layer of insulation on the screed.
• Strengthening cable mounting tape.
• Checking cable.
• Pouring a second tie layer (2-3 cm).
• Stack topcoat (laminate, linoleum, Parquet) after drying concrete.

heating mats

If you do not plan to make a screed floor, then it may well choose termomaty (heating mats). Their operating principle is exactly the same as that of the heating cable, but the mat is located on a special glass-and not in the screed. Termomatov Installation is quite simple: a rolling mat in the room and turn to test, after which the floor is laid.

Mats are provided with special connectors for connecting the convenience that makes it possible to install them at high or rugged areas.

The main drawback of the system of heating mats - low power, approximately 10 W / sq. m. However this fact allows to assemble termomaty directly in tile adhesive layer, and a laminate.

thermo

One of the "youngest" Electrical heating methods - infrared film. It is available as a thin film (of 0.5 mm).

Installation of heating film is also very simple.
The main condition - reliable waterproofing, which is why the thermal tape is not used in the "wet" laying the flooring, so the thermal tape is not placed under the tile.

The advantage of the thermal tape that she feels great under laminate, linoleum or parquet floors, warming the room thanks to the IR (infrared) radiation.