underfloor heating

Underfloor heating and cooling is a form of central heating and cooling that achieves indoor climate control for thermal comfort using hydronic or electrical heating elements embedded in a floor. Heating is achieved by conduction, radiation and convection. Use of underfloor heating dates back to the Neoglacial and Neolithic periods.

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    UK Tile movement and popping noise over underfloor heating

    Hi. We've had a bathroom installed with electric mat underfloor heating in a new extension. The heated mat was not turned on for a month after the tiles were laid and then the heat was gradually increased by 1 degree a day. The mats are on a timer to reach 25 degrees over a 3 hour period each...
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    Aus Water underfloor heating and epoxy grouts

    Hello, I did some reading here and there, but the opinions seem to diverge at some point and I am not able to translate the info to my particular question. I have a water underfloor heating (thermal pump and so on) installed and am currently having the bathrooms (and not only) done. I am...
  3. Lou

    Have I possibly damaged the underfloor heating mat? Electrical Advice

    Have I possibly damaged the underfloor heating mat? Discussion ThreadHave I possibly damaged the underfloor heating mat? Electrical Advice So I’m fitting an electric underfloor heating mat by pro warm. I was testing it for continuity between L N and got 88ohms which is what it should be...
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    UK Electric underfloor heating onto concrete floor.

    I have a customer who lives in a 200 year old property. The lounge floor he wants tiled which is very thick concrete. He wants electric underfloor heating but I'm concerned he'll lose too much heat into the concrete. He's gone with tumbled modular limestone and the floor is quite wavy which...
  6. r1chy0

    Best low profile electric underfloor heating system for tiles UK

    Hi there, hoping for some help here. I am about to install a small (2.2x2.5m approx) area of tiles in our utility. I am using 900x900x10 tiles and ideally would like to keep the junction with our kitchen floor (engineered wood) as flush as possible. That means there is approx 15mm depth to play...
  7. Steve_Bcs

    Porcelain Hollows over underfloor heating

    Hi All I am after some advice please. We have a retrofit undefloor heating system ( Robbens Profilow 15) which was laid on a rather uneven floor. We had 4 rooms knocked into a large kitchen dining living area approx 50 sq m. I can tile myslef to a reasonable standard and have used this forum...
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    Really stuck! Underfloor heating Q in wetroom!

    I am sure someone will know a good practice solution. We started a wetroom last year and then fracture my wrist badly so it's been left in a state of limbo. We have removed the temporary fixed loo, bath and sink to continue and have children so need to sort a way forward quickly. Builder had put...
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    Hollow tiles with water underfloor heating

    We had a water underfloor heating installed and tiled over. 3 months later we noticed many tiles sound hollow. We worry this can signal future problems. More details on our floor: water underfloor heating system fitted on XPS Overlay Lite Boards, laid on top of self-levelling porcelain tiles...
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    Tile moving and grout breaking

    Hi fellow forum dwellers, am a distraught customer looking for some advice. We did an extension and got water pipe UFH installed throughout the ground floor close to 100sqm. The WFH was left to dry for 4 weeks before the tiling was commissioned. We purchased glazed porcelain tiles from TilePlus...
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    Electric underfloor heating first time use

    Hi guys, Hope you are all having a fantastic Xmas. To cut a long story short I have installed electric underfloor heating wires under large format tiles (600x600) using ditra heat duo membrane as per manufactures instructions etc. My question is how do I switch on the floor heating on for...
  14. IsmailYPatel

    Underfloor heating screed with Grano

    Hi. I'm after some advice. Need to screed above my underfloor heating pipes. Some rooms have overlay boards and some rooms have new concrete and the floor will be chased/milled out for pipes to go in. Is it possible to make screed with grano, sand, lime, concrete fibres and cement? Make a wet...
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    Possible to turn underfloor heating on low while tiling due to cold?

    Tiling a new extension. Cement poured screed on piped underfloor heating. Heating has been commissioned, and turned off 48 hours before tiling. Fracture matting laid across all floor and started to tile. But its so cold in here, the tiles I laid 2 days ago (customer supplied standard set S1...
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    Wet underfloor heating and Karndean/Amtico flooring

    Hi All, I'm new to the forum and not in the trade, so please excuse my ignorance. I'm looking to install wet underfloor heating using polypipe overlay plus system (18mm) and then looking to finish with a karndean/Amtico floor finish. I need some advice on: what goes on top of the underfloor...
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    Subfloor for underfloor heating

    Hello. We're going to be installing large limestone tiles with wet underfloor heating in our kitchen/living area of the house. At the moment it's gutted and we have the opportunity to start from scratch as we're back to the joists. I'm looking to tile on to either 18mm routed cement boards or...
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    Unipipe underfloor heating

    Hi guys, anyone tiled over this product? It’s polystyrene grooved product that heating pipes run through over laid with a metal fibred strong board. New product to me and would like any advice or procedures req prior to tiling. Can’t seem to find any info on it.
  21. Viv Subra

    Turkish Tiles vs Indian Tiles for underfloor heating

    Hi, I was advised by my builder to get spanish or turkish tiles for my 100 sq floor. I bought thinking I am getting Turkish porcelain tiles, however I received Indian porcelain tiles instead. My builder is not sure about the Indian tiles for underfloor heating. The Tiles company claims that...
  22. TSCTILING

    Foil backed underfloor heating board. Can I tile?

    Does anyone know of a foil backed board for underfloor heating, (with the inserts for white hot water pipes) that's suitable for tiling? I've said no but they (contractor) insist it's ok providing the primer is allowed to dry for 24hours, so against my better judgement I have primed Saturday...
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    Layer/prep for tiling with UFH on wooden floorboards

    Hi, So I can’t find any solid information on this topic. For context, I am wanting tiles floor with underfloor heating from the kitchen into the living/dining room (joining rooms via a door) so basically the whole downstairs. While having a new kitchen installed prior to tiling I was advised to...
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    underfloor heating.

    Isn't it about time we stop installing wired underfloor heating? Despite best practise, it always fails. It always does. It might last 10 years. The likelihood it lasts about three. Seems like a complete waste of time.
  26. R

    Looking for Tiler in South Buckinghamshire to Tile a Kitchen Floor and Fit Electrical Underfloor Heating

    Looking for a tiler to lay a Kitchen Floor with 60x60 porcelain tiles. Floor is a screed concrete. Floor area is aprox. 22m2. We would like to have electrical underfloor heating installed at the same time. Any recommendations are very welcome. Job can start at any time. The sooner the better...
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