Radiant floor heating systems are able to offer your feet a warm and comfortable feeling.
Unlike systems that use forced air, they do not stir up dirt, dust and other allergens and are able to cut down heat loss by infiltration.
A system that uses forced air pulls the air out of the rooms, then heats it, then pushes the warm air outside through the openings and cracks.
Since a home that is heated exclusively with radiant heat is not put under pressure, the air and heat of the room stays inside.
If you choose to install radiant floor heating, you may be able to do so yourself.
However before you begin, you need to discuss the electrical requirements necessary with an electrical contractor.
This is because your system might need a dedicated circuit so you would need the protection of a GFCI or a ground-fault circuit interrupter.
The electrician also has to be the one to complete the final connection.
Here are the general steps to installing radiant floor heating.
You need to remember, though, that you need to observe the instructions of the manufacturer.
Never try to skip a step and always follow directions carefully or the do-over aspect could be very expensive.
Here are some Step by Step Installation Tips 1.
With a pair of scissors, cut out the mesh backing as guided by the layout.
This would create a couple of exposed cables or rectangular panels which can be placed back and forth on the floor and can be cut to fit around cabinetry and other fixtures.
2.
After making use of the tester supplied to ensure that all the cables are functioning properly and are intact, you can apply a coating (around an eighth of an inch) of flooring adhesive or thinset cement on the mesh.
You can also glue or staple the mesh to the sub-floor so that it would stay in place as the thinset is applied.
3.
Set in the floor or stone tiles in another layer of thinset cement.
4.
You can then ask an electrician to wire the system to a thermostat, which is installed on a standard wall box (2 by 4 inch or 4 by 4 inch).
If you have a couple of wood furniture pieces on your property, you can use an outdoor boiler for heating your radiant flooring.
You could also place a coil in your existing furnace.
You can then use the wood boiler's warm water for circulating the heat in your house.
Unlike systems that use forced air, they do not stir up dirt, dust and other allergens and are able to cut down heat loss by infiltration.
A system that uses forced air pulls the air out of the rooms, then heats it, then pushes the warm air outside through the openings and cracks.
Since a home that is heated exclusively with radiant heat is not put under pressure, the air and heat of the room stays inside.
If you choose to install radiant floor heating, you may be able to do so yourself.
However before you begin, you need to discuss the electrical requirements necessary with an electrical contractor.
This is because your system might need a dedicated circuit so you would need the protection of a GFCI or a ground-fault circuit interrupter.
The electrician also has to be the one to complete the final connection.
Here are the general steps to installing radiant floor heating.
You need to remember, though, that you need to observe the instructions of the manufacturer.
Never try to skip a step and always follow directions carefully or the do-over aspect could be very expensive.
Here are some Step by Step Installation Tips 1.
With a pair of scissors, cut out the mesh backing as guided by the layout.
This would create a couple of exposed cables or rectangular panels which can be placed back and forth on the floor and can be cut to fit around cabinetry and other fixtures.
2.
After making use of the tester supplied to ensure that all the cables are functioning properly and are intact, you can apply a coating (around an eighth of an inch) of flooring adhesive or thinset cement on the mesh.
You can also glue or staple the mesh to the sub-floor so that it would stay in place as the thinset is applied.
3.
Set in the floor or stone tiles in another layer of thinset cement.
4.
You can then ask an electrician to wire the system to a thermostat, which is installed on a standard wall box (2 by 4 inch or 4 by 4 inch).
If you have a couple of wood furniture pieces on your property, you can use an outdoor boiler for heating your radiant flooring.
You could also place a coil in your existing furnace.
You can then use the wood boiler's warm water for circulating the heat in your house.
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