I am in the process of remodeling a half bath, study, and dining room. My house sits on a slab foundation. I want to add electric radiant heat under the pebble stone bathroom floor and also under the engineered hardwood floor in the study and dining room. I have been looking at various manufacturers. I have concluded that I do want a system that is set is gypsum or self leveling concrete. I will probably end up using a glue down installation with the wood floor.
Any suggestions on brands for the radiant heat
110 v. 220?
Thanks in advance
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Thinking about the same thing for our floor. There is an ad or small article in this month's Old House Journal (or, maybe it was This Old House) for electrical radiant heat that can actually be cut to size. If I remember, I'll dig out the article when I get back home. (I'm on the road for awhile)
Good luck.
Terence
I used the one by Warmly Yours and have been pretty happy. Bear in mind it isn't meant to heat the room (but you probably already know that) but it does keep the tile in the bathroom and mudroom warm enough so when you step on them they are comfortable rather than like ice. The areas below is enclosed but unheated in the winter (Boston area).
I put it down myself and then set it in the leveling compound. The tile guys then came in and placed the tile.
All in all it was pretty easy. Bit tricky cutting the mats for a few spots but not real bad.
Tom
Easy Heat. Go to their WarmTiles site.
Just used both types mentioned above, Warmly Yours is by far the better one in my opinion. The EZ heat had little plastic clips and the wire had to be routed manually through them. They kept on coming undone, and I had to imbed the whole thing in SLC (self levelling concrete) another added expense and time. The Warmly Yours can be thinsetted in as you apply the tiles. I used Warmly Yours a few years back also. I used a dimmer for the first application a few years ago, but this time got their programmable thermostat - both work fine, obviously depends on your application and useage.