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Warm floor: advantages and disadvantages.

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Warm floor: advantages and disadvantages.


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Warm floors are an idea that the ancient Romans knew about when they built their famous baths.

Nowadays, we don’t dig stoves under the floor, but underfloor heating remains an excellent thing for a comfortable microclimate during the cold season.

The main advantage of any heated floor is the uniform distribution of temperature over the entire area of ​​the room.

This is a fundamental difference from a radiator system, where heat comes from one local source.

Warm floors differ in the type of heating and are divided into: water and electric.

Let’s see what their advantages and disadvantages are.

Warm floor based water circulation.

The water in such a floor serves as a coolant, circulating through pipes laid in the screed.

The water heated floor system works as follows: water is heated in a boiler, then passes through the pipes and transfers heat to your screed.

The cooled water returns to the boiler, is heated again and enters a new heating cycle.

The elements of a water heated floor are:

  1. polyethylene and PEX pipes
  2. floor insulation
  3. hot floor manifold
  4. drives
  5. manifold control system
  6. thermostats in every room

Sometimes a circulation pump and a mixing kit for underfloor heating are also required.

The heating element is usually a double-circuit condensing boiler, which also supplies hot water to the house.

Water heated floors are good because:

  1. Suitable for all types of decorative floors.
  2. Efficient and economical. When combined with a condensing boiler, you will benefit from impressive savings of over 50% on your gas bills when compared to a radiator heating system.
  3. Warms up the floor perfectly. So in winter you can walk barefoot, it’s great pleasure.
  4. Discreet design. The pipes are hidden in the floor. This will give you a nice looking room and more space.
  5. Does not dry out the air and does not create an electromagnetic field.

But there are also disadvantages:

  1. Difficult and time-consuming installation. Despite the fact that screeds can be dry or semi-dry, laying the entire system is a difficult and slow task.
  2. Installation should only be carried out by a professional. If there is a leak, you will need to remove the floor and perform partial or complete dismantling of the screed.
  3. The room will become lower. The water screed can be up to 10 cm thick – keep this in mind.
  4. Purchasing the entire system and installing it will cost more than an electric heated floor.

Electric heated floor

There are several types of electric heated floors.

  1. Cable. Heating occurs from a single-core or two-core cable in the screed.

a. At the same time, a single-core cable is cheaper, but more difficult to install, since both ends of the cable must be connected to a power source.

b.The two wires are connected at one end only, so installation is easier.

2. Nheating mats. A more convenient type of cable flooring.

a. The heating wires are already fixed on the coarse mesh – there is no need to calculate the cable laying pitch and think about its design and fastening. Simply run the heating system on the prepared floor and turn on the power.

b. In addition, heating mats typically have a smaller cable diameter than a freestanding cabling system. For this reason, cables can be laid not in a screed, but, for example, directly in tile adhesive. Installation is easier and does not raise the floor as much.

Advantages of electric heated floors:

  1. Cheaper to install.
  2. The air circulates much better. The entire room is heated, unlike radiators, which heat only the upper part of the room.

Consider these points before installing heated floors:

  1. The flooring should be in the form of tiles or special parquet. Tiles transfer heat best, but as an alternative you can choose laminate, which is specially designed for heated floors.
  2. Thermal inertia. This system heats up within a few hours and cools down just as quickly. It is necessary to warm up the entire concrete screed so that it heats the room.

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Where is a warm floor necessary and useful?

  • Warm floors are ideal for all rooms.
  • Some customers install underfloor heating in combination with radiators, but you won’t regret it if you install it throughout the house.
  • Warm floors are an excellent solution for children. Small children spend a lot of time on the floor, and heating it will be very useful.

Is underfloor heating dangerous?

There is definitely no harmful radiation from water. We can only talk about radiation for electric heated floors.

Pipes can penetrate into the hot water field, so it is important to make high-quality waterproofing and it is advisable to install a leak protection system.

Electric underfloor heating can be a fire hazard if installed incorrectly.


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Useful tips for underfloor heating:

  1. If you live in an apartment building and can’t raise the floor much, installing electric mats may be a better option.
  2. The system will be installed after the doors and windows are installed. The room must be isolated from the external environment. This will allow the screed to dry better.
  3. The remaining construction work must be completed. This way you won’t damage the pipes.
  4. The floor must be well prepared (clean, dry, level, etc.)
  5. The screed must have expansion joints to prevent cracking.
  6. Supervise workers pouring screed to ensure they do not damage it during work.
  7. Choose a quality pipe with anti-oxidation protection.
  8. Place insulation under your floor heating system to avoid heating up your neighbors or basement.
  9. Do not install the cheapest parquet or laminate flooring. It should be specially designed for heated floors, which will prevent unpleasant odors from heating the material.
  10. Large rugs are not recommended as they will block heat.
  11. Install an automation system that will increase your comfort and energy savings.

The heated floor system is an ideal solution for saving energy and obtaining increased comfort, as well as the most aesthetic way to keep warm.

Yes, it’s more complicated, so you don’t need to skimp on materials and a professional installer.

In Chisinau, you can purchase a heated floor system from the company amber.md. The manager will advise you on choosing an installer and heating system components.

You can find us at 68 Vadul lui Voda street or in online chat from amber.md!

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