Electric Underfloor Heating For Concrete Floors

In concrete electric storage heating can be used to warm concrete finished floors up to 50 m.

Electric underfloor heating for concrete floors.

Since 1996 thermosoft s electric heating products have created comfort for over 1 500 000 north american families. Process of installing underfloor heating on a solid floor. Please also look at our wall floor hidden heating option. Prior to laying the anything on the solid floor you first need to insulate the envelope of the house loft walls and floors.

Due to their high thermal mass concrete floors are ideal to be heated by an underfloor heating system. Our ul and nec compliant radiant floor heating systems are easy to install affordable and green saving energy up to 40. Warm water systems run hot water through pipes to create heat whereas electric underfloor heating heats wiring beneath the floor to generate heat. Please contact us for advice.

In the following guide we look at installing a wet underfloor heating system although you can install electric dry systems. Electric radiant heating systems use wires embedded in a mat laid right on your concrete. The inscreed cable electric underfloor heating system is designed for installation in concrete screed thickness of 50mm to 100mm. The forte grid system has been specifically designed to use with reinforced concrete floors and utilises a gridwork frame on which to install the heating pipes within the concrete.

Water underfloor heating systems are perfect to install with new polished concrete floor finishes as concrete is the ideal subfloor material to cover the system. These wires cannot be cut in any way and only partially manipulated so size your mat to the floor it will. There are two types of radiant floor heating electric and water based systems. Hydronic heating may be more appropriate for zones larger than m.

For retrofit in existing concrete floors where there is less room to alter the floor height another electric underfloor heating system may be a more suitable option. These wires are often sold on a pre assembled mat which makes it. Both provide heating in a room from the floor up for consistent efficient warmth. Electric radiant underfloor systems use electronic cables that run under the floor to give off heat.