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    How to tile onto water ufh

    Hi, I am tiling into a Concrete floor, then 25 mm fibre board, water based ufh and 6mm ply! Rang Bal tech and they won't guarantee it or recommend any adhesives. Does anyone on here have any ideas?
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    Underfloor heating - to screed or not to screed?

    Hi, Looking at putting electric UFH down in the kitchen onto an uninsulated concrete floor. Plan to use 6mm insulation boards under the mat, but my question is do I need to lay a screed down over the mat before then laying the tiles + adhesive? Most of the UFH manufacturers offer the choice of...
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    Tiles sound hollow under underfloor heating

    Hi Guys, I need help!! Basically I employed a cowboy and now there is a problem I can't contact him! I had my floor tiled (over 200sqm) prior to turning the under floor heating on. Now the heating has been on and off for over a month the tiles sound hollow when I walk over them! I feel they...
  4. Kyle Knowles

    Nu Heat Low Pro underfloor heating

    Ive just bin to look at a job roughly 80m the customer wants Nu heat low pro I've never used this before so is there any Do's and Don't I'm gonna be laying it all well I'm gonna be helping the plumber lay it all and then my plan is to level over it with fine flow 3000 Then rile with setaflex
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    Replacing trav tiles over wet underfloor heating

    Hi, we have travertine tiles all over ground floor that are slowly disintergrating and developing hundreds of holes. The UFH is wet and buried in a concrete slab (I think) to give a good thermal mass but would it be better to tile over as this would just add a bit more mass or lift them all and...
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    Mosaics over electric UFH & chipboard?

    Hi all :) Installing an Impey wetroom former/tray & tanking kit. The floor will be tanked, then electric UFH, then mosaics... but before that, the existing subfloor is P5 grade chipboard which is in good condition. I assume I'll need something over the top of that before tanking, i.e. thin...
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    Underfloor heating/issue with builder

    Hi everyone please can you share your thoughts on this. I received this email from the project manager/contractor from this job we completed a while ago: Dear Mike, I was contacted by customer as the under floor heating that youinstalled in his bathroom in September 2014 had stopped working. I...
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    Tray Former & Underfloor heating

    I'm looking for a bit of advise. I have fitted wet rooms before using tray formers and i have laid electric underfloor heating before, but never combining the two. Im looking to see what you guys think of my plans. The existing floor is a timber floor. I plan on putting kingspan insulation...
  9. Chris_32

    Underfloor Running Costs

    Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knew roughly the cost of running electric underfloor heating? I am aware that different systems will be slightly different but just a general estimate from peoples experience. I am asking as was building an extension in our house and weighing up the cost of...
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    Electric Underfloor Heating Mat

    Hi All, Need an advice with regards to underfloor heating and which brand to go for... Need about 7m2 200w for my conservatory, 6m2 150w for kitchen and around 2m2 150w for bathroom. There is so many brands to choose from Warmup, ProWarm, WarmStar, Underfloor Heating Co and I'm bit lost as...
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    Happy Christmas from the team at Uheat underfloor heating

    Happy Christmas from the team at Uheat underfloor heating!
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    is wet underfloor heating expensive to run?

    I am in the middle of house remodelling and I am wanting to install wet underfloor heating across a 128 square meter area but I have been told by my neighbour that it is really expensive to run and to look in to it. He told me that it cost him £500 in heating oil in one month to run his...
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    Ist underfloor heating job

    Hi Guys, never used underfloor heating before but I'm doing one this week. Only 3 metre square, loose wire Prowarm on old but good condition floorboards. The data sheet says no mention as such of Hardiebacker, we have some 6mm insulation boards on site already. Is it Hardiebacker as normal...
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    Electric Ufh Prices M2

    I'm due to lay my first ufh system on a new build. It's 30m2 but prob 20m heated with 6mm insulation boards. How much do people charge per m2 to lay ufh
  15. Kyle Knowles

    Best Adhesive To Fix Porcelain Tile To Ditra Over Plywood With Underfloor Heating

    I've bin reading rather a lot on this subject as it will be the first time I've used ditra over ply with heating and I'd like some information fron the fellas who do this all the time Much appreciated
  16. Kyle Knowles

    Ditra On Water Pipe Underfloor Heating

    I've got a job roughly 70 sqm it's on new 22mm ply with wet underfloor heating it's all solid and level I'm just concerned about cracking due to the expansion and contractions can u use ditra over underfloor heating on ply I know u can use the tile master mat and the bal rapid mat Any tips and...
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    How Many M2 Are You Getting With Slc

    I seem to only manage little over 2m per bag over Ufh wires, and I'm only just covering the wire! What do you usually expect to get?
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    The Underfloor Heating Store

    I touched on this topic the other day and I have come across it again pricing up a pro warm kit. The 2.5m Mat 150w on there site - £165 with standard thermostat. The same kit on eBay sold by them. £125! Makes the 10% trade discount they offered me pretty pointless. Anyone else found this?
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    Electric Underfloor Options And Mosaic Tiling

    Hi guys, I have a customer who wants to put electric underfloor of approx 3m2 into a 6m2 bathroom with a timber floor. No big problem there I hear you all say....lol. The tiles they want to use are whats causing me some concern or rather the build up to the tiles I should say, they have picked...
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    Redoing An Underfloor Heating Job

    I went to have a look at a job the other day, it was a underfloor heating job where about twenty tiles had started to come away from the floor with a few cracked ones. It's in a kitchen and the tiling has gone completely under the cupboards, the flooring has been down for about 10 years, I was...

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