About ten years ago, considered an inaccessible curiosity, today the warm floor has become widespread as the main and additional heating of all kinds of rooms in houses and apartments. This is a very convenient type of heating, comparing favorably with banal radiators, which require space for placement and sometimes noticeably spoil the overall interior of the room with their appearance.
To make an electric heated floor with your own hands is quite simple, you just need to adhere to the individual recommendations of specialists and follow the necessary safety rules.
The principle of operation of this heating system is based on the operation of a special electric cable laid on a previously prepared base base. The surface under the underfloor heating with your own hands should be smooth and dry. To level it, a special screed solution is usually used, which is given some time to completely dry, after which the surface is thoroughly cleaned of dust and primed. The construction of the warm floor itself resembles a kind of layer cake.
Layers of thermal insulation, a wire mesh, a directly heating element, a leveling mortar and a finish coating are laid in turn on the base in turn. As the latter, usually used are ceramic tiles, laminate, carpet.
It is relatively easy for home craftsmen to build a warm floor with their own hands, the main thing in this matter is compliance with installation technology and some basic rules. Warm floors must be laid only on a dry base, and turn it on only after the absolute drying of the top layer of the leveling mortar.
Directly heating cable itself is forbidden to lengthen, shorten or cut, therefore, before installing the system, you must carefully carry out all the necessary calculations. The finish coating must be compatible with the installed heating system, for example, parquet - due to its quality characteristics - is not the best option for a warm floor.
The warm floor, the installation of which is not particularly difficult, has a lot of positive qualities. First of all, it allows you to always maintain the desired temperature in the apartment, which is especially true for houses and apartments equipped with centralized water heating. This is very important in wet weather, when the heating season has not yet arrived or has already ended. Do-it-yourself floor heating can be installed locally: near the bed, under the desk, do not install at all - in order to save money - in places occupied by bulky furniture. This room heating system does not require any maintenance and will serve faithfully for many years. The presence of special timers allows you to heat the room in automatic mode or to control the temperature manually, until the installation is turned on for a specified time.
Recently, a novelty appeared on the construction market - infrared film heat-insulated floor.
This
heating system is characterized by tremendous versatility - it is compatible with almost any type of finish flooring.
The infrared warm floor does not require thorough preparation of the base, it is not only easy to install, but, if necessary, easy to dismantle. In addition, this heating system emits infrared rays, which have a beneficial effect on the state of the body and human well-being.