How To Install In Floor Heating Over Concrete

Insert flexible plastic tubing into the track.

How to install in floor heating over concrete.

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. A google search on atlas rboard will bring up their site and the product info. Instead you should turn to electric floor heating to warm up that cold concrete slab. 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.

The heating contractor laid out the pex tubing according to the zones that were established for heating the home. The heat from the radiant heated floor rises to heat all surfaces in a room or home. The pex tubes were attached to wire mesh using zip ties. 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. Fill any cracks in the concrete and use self leveling compounds if necessary to ensure the concrete is. Make sure your concrete has completely cured before you lay down your in floor heating mat. 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.

Mats that include a self leveling gypsum mixture over them is best. In bathrooms and kitchens install a moisture barrier to protect the gypsum. When installed in a concrete slab radiant underfloor heating is. The picture above shows a concrete floor we re about to pour with radiant heating tubes installed.

Let it dry the appropriate length of time then cover it with flooring as if you were installing the flooring over a concrete base.