Installing Electric Radiant Floor Heating Under Tile

Retroheat radiant floor heating system.

Installing electric radiant floor heating under tile.

Warmlyyours radiant heating s flagship product tempzone was specifically designed to heat tile marble and stone floors by being embedded in thinset or self leveling cement under the floor covering. If you are pouring a concrete slab under. So it stands to reason that most of the time trade pros and homeowners are installing a radiant floor heating system under tile flooring. In this situation hydronic radiant heat water circulating through pipes would be easier to install than electric mat radiant heat.

Stepping out of a shower onto a warmed tile floor in the winter is much better than stepping on cold tiles. Controlled by their own thermostat these electric floor heating systems don t replace your main heating unit they augment it. Electric radiant heat mats with wall mounted thermostats are easy to install under new tile floors and provide comfortable invisible heat at a reasonable cost. Installing the tile over the radiant floor system is no different from installing it over cement board without the floor system.

Electric mat radiant heat is best when sandwiched between the subfloor and the finish material be it wood tile or carpet. They work well as supplemental heat in bathrooms kitchens and entryways. A radiant heat floor can save homeowners up to 25 percent in energy bills. If you re installing radiant floor heat in an existing room you ll need a dedicated 15 to 20 amp gfci protected circuit to power the system and an excuse to lay a new tile floor.

Or you can use the flat side of the trowel and float a skim coat of thin set that just covers the heating wire then lay tile in a second step. You simply trowel the thin set mortar over the heating mat then. The retroheat floor heating system was designed specifically for providing electric radiant heat to existing floors by accessing the floor joists below. Plastic trowel if spreading thin set mortar directly over the radiant floor heating mats in one step we recommend using a plastic trowel to prevent cutting the heating wires.

The retroheat system can be installed to heat tile hardwood laminates.