Electric heated floor with own hands

Ten years ago it was considered an inaccessible curiosity, today the warm floor has become widely used as the main and additional heating of all kinds of premises in houses and apartments. This is a very convenient type of heating, favorably different from the banal radiators, which require space for accommodation and sometimes spoil their overall appearance of the overall interior of the room.

It is quite easy to make an electric warm floor with your own hands, you just have to adhere to certain recommendations of specialists and observe the necessary safety rules.

The principle of operation of this heating system is based on the operation of a special electrical cable laid on a previously prepared base base. The surface under the warm floor with your hands should be flat and dry. For its equalization, a special screed mortar is usually used, which is allowed to dry completely for a while, after which the surface is thoroughly cleaned from dust and primed. By itself, the design of the warm floor resembles a kind of puff cake. On the base one by one, layers of heat insulation, wire mesh, directly heating element, leveling mortar and finishing coat are laid. The latter is usually used ceramic tiles, laminate, carpet.

For domestic craftsmen to build a warm floor with their own hands is relatively easy, the main thing in this business is compliance with the laying technology and some basic rules. The warm floor must be laid only on a dry base, and turn it on only after the top layer of the leveling solution has dried completely.

The heating cable itself can not be lengthened, shortened or cut, so it is necessary to carefully perform all necessary calculations before installing the system. The finish coat should be compatible with the installed heating system, for example, parquet - because of its quality characteristics - not the best option for a warm floor.

A 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 important for houses and apartments equipped with centralized water heating. It is very important in wet weather, when the heating season has not yet come or has already ended. Warm floor with your own hands can be installed locally: near the bed, under the desk, do not mount at all - in order to save - in places occupied by cumbersome furniture. This heating system of the room does not require any maintenance and will serve as faith and truth for many years. The presence of special timers allows to heat the room in automatic mode or to control the temperature manually, up to the setting of the inclusion of the structure for a given time.

Recently, a novelty appeared on the construction market - infrared film warm floor. This heating system is characterized by tremendous versatility - it is compatible with almost any type of finishing flooring. Infrared warm floor does not require thorough preparation of the base, it is not only easy to install, but, if necessary, it is easy to dismantle. In addition, this heating system emits infrared rays, which have a beneficial effect on the body and the person's health.