For a long time you will not surprise anyone with a warm floor in the house. Most often, the coating is warm in the bathroom, on the loggia, veranda or children’s room. Such a foundation perfectly copes with the role of additional, and sometimes the main heating of the room.
Features of installation
Types of electric flooring and ways to lay it up different. They are selected depending on the flooring, which is planned in the room.
Laying an electric warm floor can be performed by employees of a professional company or independently. The time that will take this work will take about two days.
Important: In order to independently install a warm flooring system, it is necessary to have some knowledge in the electrician and the installation of the flooring.
Types of installation
The main methods of installing a warm flooring system are:
– Installing the system on a screed, followed by laying of ceramic tiles;
– Mounting a warm flooring system in a layer of screed. The main coating is laid after the screed is completely dried;
– Laying a hidden heating system directly under the selected flooring.
Installation of hidden heating under a wooden coating
For the installation of an electric base for a parquet board, laminate and other wooden coating the best solution is a two -core system. In order to put an electric warm floor under the parquet without the help of a professional, it is necessary to understand the arrangement of a wooden coating and the features of its interaction with the system.
To lay a warm coating, you must have the following with you:
– copper cable for grounding;
– heating cable and fortified mesh;
– a temperature sensor and regulator;
– fasteners;
– connecting wires;
– RCD – protection system.
Important: you must not forget that the wood increases greatly when it absorbs water. Therefore, if a pipe break in the warm floor system occurs, then the parquet is very deformed.
Where to start?
The first thing to do is make the marking of a warm base on paper. The plan will help to avoid mistakes and an unplanned waste of time and money when installing. When the plan is ready, you need to transfer it to the floor. A hole for the regulator’s box is made in a suitable place on the wall, and the strokes are lowered to the floor. At the same stage, a diagram of connecting an electric warm floor is developed.
Tip: take care of the location of the heat coating system. It should not take place in places where household appliances, massive furniture or passing the heating system will stand. In these places it is necessary to leave the buffer zone.
Preparation
The next step will be the preparation of the surface for laying the system. If necessary, the surface is carefully cleaned. After there is a layer of waterproofing, a damper tape is laid around the perimeter. So that the heat from the system remains in the room, it is necessary to warm the floor. A reinforcing mesh is laid on top and a screed is filled.
Installation work
When the screed has dried, a warm floor system is spread. In places of joints, the wire is hidden in a corrugated tube to avoid a cable break. A parquet board is laid on top of the system.
Tip: Be sure to bring all the joints to the apartment plan. This may be needed during the operation of hidden heating.
It is not difficult to install a warm floor yourself. The main thing is to have some important knowledge and take into account all the points necessary for the correct installation.