Radiant floor heating

Video for those who are too lazy to read about which warm floor is better here

And it's autumn. Homeowners have the time to think about what will warm them when it cools down. This is especially true for those who in the future plan to use heat pumps to save on heating. After all, surface heating systems are not only the most efficient but also the most comfortable.

Warm water floors can be both an additional and a basic heating system.

The house in this case should be well insulated. The water-heated floor consists of a system of pipelines with hot water that is mounted in the floor. It connects to an electric, gas or solid fuel heater. This solution creates optimum conditions for comfort.

After all, our feet love the heat and the head cool.

Compared to radiators or convectors, the water system for a warm floor has significant advantages.

• Comfort
• Energy efficiency
• The absence of unnecessary details in the interior

But the same is true of the drawbacks of the traditional system of water floor:

• Complexity of installation
• Not very high capacity per m2 (in traditional buildings can not be used as a single heating system)
• Bad repairability. In order to get to the leakage points you need to remove floor coverings. (With the use of quality components such a problem is unlikely)

Let's consider several systems of installation of a warm floor.

Water heating of the floor, under the screw.

In this version, the layer of waterproofing is laid on the basis first of all. On the contour of the room is fastened damping tape. After that, the necessary layer of thermal insulation is placed on which the reinforced mesh is laid. To it a pipe of warm floor is fastened. The location of the branches of the pipes is determined according to the pre-designed plan.

Floor of pipes is made of cement-sand bonding in the thickness of at least 5 cm. Floor covering can serve as ceramic tile, laminate or linoleum.

Possible variant of laying of polystyrene mats for easy installation. They are a heater and facilitate the installation of water-warm floor. But in this case, the framework must be perfectly prepared.

Advantages of a binding solution: 

it is possible to lay on a not completely horizontal basis. The horizon can be printed with a screw
inexpensive accessories
Disadvantages of a warm floor under the screw:

• Possible risk of damage to the pipe when pouring the screed
• Considerable additional weight on the overlap. About 100 kg / m2.
• Can not be used with wooden overlays.
• Filling the whole floor should take place at one time. What is difficult physically.
• Taking into account the heater can remove up to 0,15 m height of the ceiling.
• From the moment of pouring the floor to the start of the system should pass 28 days with a temperature above 5 degrees Celsius. For a complete set of durability with a screw.
• The laying on of such a floor on one floor goes to a week's time.
• Self-made solution for wooden ceilings.

For the installation of the system on wooden floors craftsmen were invented a solution. The pipe is laid into grooves between pre-prepared rails from a board or MDF. For better heat distribution, the heat pipe is rotated by foil or stacked in omega-shaped aluminum plates.

This method allows you to mount a warm floor on wooden floors and has a low cost of components. However, it has low energy efficiency and requires considerable time spent on preparation and installation.

We want to introduce another system that combines the advantages of the above methods of stacking.

Water warm floor dry installation

This decision has appeared in Europe quite recently. After the widespread use of low-temperature heating systems for use in the reconstruction of a traditional heating system to low temperature.

1-floor covering

2-gypsum fiber sheet under a tile or lining under a laminate

3-mother of warm floor with heat distributor and pipe

4-clean and equal footing

5-overlap

The water floor pipe is laid into grooves which are pre-milled directly in a layer of hard heat insulation material. For heat dissipation, aluminum heat-distributing plates are used on the surface.

Advantages of the 'THERMO-POL' flooring system for a warm floor:

• light weight (5 kg / m2), can be mounted on wooden floors
• simply and quickly mounted.
• The whole floor consists of typical elements which, if necessary, can be easily disassembled and assembled elsewhere (which is important for the rented premises).
• Excellent serviceability
• The cost of the installation system is 30% less than the warm floor with a screw
• Can be mounted in apartments (when connected to a common system through a heat exchanger)
• Simply mounted with your own hands (when ordering you get numbered modules and layout scheme)
• Energy-efficient homes can be the only heating system.
• Fast warm up, no thermal inertia
• The system is ready for operation immediately after installation
• Installation of the system 50-60 m2 2 people perform in 1-2 days. (Depending on the configuration of the room)

But when choosing a system it is necessary to take into account its features:

• Insecurity in the repair process, while the layer of finishing coating is not applied
• Like any system is subject to freezing.
• Requires preliminary design
• We consider the floor heating system of the water floor to be the most versatile and energy-efficient solution.

You can order it at a price of 55 EURO/m2,