I am working on the specs for a sunroom. the owner has electric heat in the whole house. would still like radiant heat in the floor. are the electric radiant heat systems you put under tile (on top of a slab) decent for providing heat to the room or is it just to warm the tile? any brands you guys would recomend?
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Ray-Chem - http://www.tycothermal.com/usa/english/floor_warming/electric_floor_warming.aspx
Jeff
have you used this product? I've got a 16' by 18' sunroom to "warm" with these mats. do they make a big enough one? looks like you can add on without an additional thermostat. how many times can you add on?"it aint the work I mind,
It's the feeling of falling further behind."Bozini Latinihttp://www.ingrainedwoodworking.com
3' x 6' mat in my master bath. Don't know about larger sized but my electrician won't use any other brand.
Jeff
Check out http://www.warmlyyours.com
I've used Easy Heat on several jobs and also have it in my own home, great for keeping the chill out of the tile floor, however, the manual states very clearly that it "is not designed as a primary source of space heating for any room in which it is installed. A separate source of heat is required. " For a 170 sq ft room your only installing 10 amps of heat.
Try NuHeat http://www.nuheat.com
I heard that Laticrete just came out with a mat that tile distributors can deliver quickly. No doubt someone else makes it for them but their setup supposedly requires less lead time.
Billy
I am not an electric heat guy, but I know warm floors. Many sunrooms have incredible heat loads due to massive window coverage; they can be fine on solar gain into the evening, but if they want to be comfy when it's not soaked up with solar gain, then many times the load is just too much for floor to provide comfortably. That is, the floor might be uncomfortably warm to walk on, even if you did meet the heat load.
in most cases the electric mat is unroll and go. but in very high load areas, you might need a bit more than floor can do alone.
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I'm not aware of one that actually provides heat, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
I use NuHeat. They will custom make the mat in about 7 days if you need an odd size. And I think mats are easier to install than individual cables.
But I would check about needing a thermal break above the slab and below the mat. I could see most of the heat being wasted otherwise.