Many owners of apartments and private houses at the construction stage and during renovations decide to create more comfortable living conditions. The installation of heated floors with various modifications has been especially popular lately. From the point of view of safety, ease of use and cost, electric heated floors are unrivalled.
The only thing that confuses homeowners is the rather high cost of the work, the main component of which is the payment of installers. But in this case, there is an opportunity to radically save on the services of hired workers by making an electric heated floor yourself. That’s why there are many different sets of electric floors on sale of varying power suitable for all types of coatings and for different sized areas, from which you can choose the one that is ideal for your home.
Installation instructions for electric heated floors
Let’s consider the option of installing an electric heated floor yourself in a private house (it can be done similarly in an apartment). You first need to make sure that the wiring installed in the house can cope with the loads from the floor heating elements, and that you have installed automatic switches of the appropriate power.
Thermal insulation
Reinforcement
After this, it is necessary to make a reinforced screed from a solution 10-20 mm thick. Reinforcement can be done either with galvanized plaster mesh or with plastic mesh. Foil is placed on top of the screed to reflect infrared radiation from the heating elements.
Filling skirt
When starting the installation of an electric heated floor with your own hands, determine the location of the heating cable, taking into account the arrangement of various furniture, making sure that the wires will be located at a distance of up to 5 cm from the edge of the furniture. When laying a heating cable, it is necessary to attach it to the lower base using a special mounting tape, and then fill it with a cement-sand screed from a solution or a ready-made mixture.
Various technological subtleties that arise during installation can be seen by watching videos of the installation of electric heated floors with your own hands on our website, where they are performed by professional craftsmen. Simultaneously with laying the cable, a temperature control system sensor is installed in the thickness of the screed, and a thermostat is installed in a convenient place, allowing you to regulate the floor temperature at your discretion.
Nuances
Photos of installing an electric heated floor with your own hands are reflected in our article and will serve as assistance in carrying out the work. The difference between laying a warm electric floor under tiles and laminate is that the tiles can be mounted on a minimal screed directly on the heating cables, at the same time, under the laminate it is recommended to place a layer of screed between the cable and the coating of at least 20 mm to ensure that there is no deformation of the laminate.
