How To Install In Floor Heating Over Concrete

Radiant heat warms a floor s surface through electric mats or water tubing installed on the surface of a concrete floor and encased in an additional thin layer of concrete or thinset.

How to install in floor heating over concrete.

The picture above shows a concrete floor we re about to pour with radiant heating tubes installed. Instead you should turn to electric floor heating to warm up that cold concrete slab. Connect the plastic tubing to a pump which is connected to a separate water heater that circulates hot water through the tubing. The concrete was 4 thick and the insulation under the slab was 2 thick.

Insert flexible plastic tubing into the track. Screw down a track with precut grooves for plastic tubing to the plywood subfloor. Make sure your concrete has completely cured before you lay down your in floor heating mat. In the united states you can heat under carpet using a floor warming roll or mat made from reinforced laminated aluminum foil with cable spaced 2 inches apart.

The heating contractor laid out the pex tubing according to the zones that were established for heating the home. In bathrooms and kitchens install a moisture barrier to protect the gypsum. Secure a plywood subfloor to the concrete slab. The heat from the radiant heated floor rises to heat all surfaces in a room or home.

For a thermofin u installation on concrete you would build a surface to be able to screw the plates into by first putting down a layer of atlas rboard recommended 1 2 which you should be able to get from your local building supplier. A google search on atlas rboard will bring up their site and the product info. Let it dry the appropriate length of time then cover it with flooring as if you were installing the flooring over a concrete base. When installed in a concrete slab radiant underfloor heating is.

Fill any cracks in the concrete and use self leveling compounds if necessary to ensure the concrete is.