Advice on tiling kitchen floor.

[wynny]

Hi, I need some advice on tiling my kitchen floor. We have just had the kitchen extended and its now been plastered and the floor levelled. We now decided that we want electric UFH and are wondering what is the best way to install it. Although we should have embedded it into the floor leveller to start with,😳 we didnt think so do we now lay the UFH down and level again then tile the whole floor OR get the units/island in and fit the UFH around these and just use adhesive to lay the tiles straight onto the current levelled floor? Any advice?

Mike

 

[Gazzer]

At very least you need to mark exactly where the units meet the floor as you dont want the heating mats under units/island. This could cause a hazard and could lead to failure of the floor due to hot spots.
The mats should be encapsulated in a levelling compund which is sutable for heated floors. Then when dry the tiles can be laid.
Most under floor heating mats are aound 3.2mm. With leveller over the top you should be adding about 5mm to your floor as it is now.

 

[faithhealer]

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[Scott]

You can lay most under floor heating (ufh) in the adhesive but it is better to put them it the leveller (slc)

Personally id put the units in and leave the island but but mark where its going. Lay the ufh and the slc over the top but around where the island is. There is little point no heating anywhere your not going to walk or under units.

Some people like to tile the whole floor soits under the units. From a kitchen fitters perspective (mine!) i think its false economy especially if the tiles are expensive. There is a theory that if ever you change the kitchen then the floor will be reuseable. In todays throw away society i dont think thats always the case and your then restricted to a kitchen that matches your floor.

Edit: beaten to it again!

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

At very least you need to mark exactly where the units meet the floor as you dont want the heating mats under units/island. This could cause a hazard and could lead to failure of the floor due to hot spots.
The mats should be encapsulated in a levelling compund which is sutable for heated floors. Then when dry the tiles can be laid.
Most under floor heating mats are aound 3.2mm. With leveller over the top you should be adding about 5mm to your floor as it is now.

That just about sums it up

 

[wynny]

Good advice thx but still not sure how to tackle it as I want to avoid raising the floor height too much because of the step up from the hall. Any idea what a tiler would charge to lay porcelin tiles down on a kitchen floor about 20 sqmtrs?

 

[Gazzer]

Sorry but we dont discuss pricing in the forum.

 

[wynny]

OK fair enuff, how about recommendations around Wolverhampton then?

 

[Gazzer]

OK fair enuff, how about recommendations around Wolverhampton then?

For what ? prices or tilers ?

 

[DHTiling]

Also a loose cable system would be better for this installation..