Any radiant heating system – it is a complicated project, and its embodiment in the life to be trusted only to qualified professionals. As manufacturing technology and water, and electric heated floors are very similar: how to lay cables and PEX pipe (PEX Tubing) are the same. Cables require somewhat more careful handling and filling, as must be prevented air bubbles in the concrete – it can lead to overheating of the cable and internal damage. Each of these systems have their advantages and disadvantages. For example, electrical systems require no maintenance during the operation, but electricity is more expensive than other sources of heat. It is easy to manage the process of PEX radiant heating electric floor PEX radiant heating, because thermostat is placed in each room, but large areas have to put extra, sometimes not cheap electrical equipment.
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PEX radiant heating
However, if the room is planned to install furniture or equipment that will not move, then the warm floor beneath them is not done. The design of such floors is as follows. First is dirt or concrete base, then – a layer of warmth and waterproofing. Insulation laid on top of concrete screed with fuel elements: PEX pipe of hot water PEX radiant heating or electric cables. You may ask: “Why do you complicate things, when you can just hang on the walls of the battery?”. Answers – for comfort.
The author has personally experienced something almost heavenly bliss, which provides such a system. Being in the house where the only PEX radiant heating system was heated floors, I was surprised that the air temperature in the room did not exceed 18-19 ° C. In the yard – minus 24 ° C, and a general sense – all the comforts. The house shed a soft, pleasant warmth. Arrogant cat was not to banish from the tiled floor, where the animal warmed after a walk down the street.
