Why electric underfloor heating?

Often, when choosing the option of full or additional heating of a room, a person faces the question: "What to heat the house with — electric underfloor heating, IR film, water underfloor heating?"

Naturally, buyers, starting to study this topic, face difficulties that could have been avoided by familiarizing themselves with standard questions:

1) What are electric underfloor heating? What heating elements are used?

This is a modern and sufficiently high-tech solution for creating an optimal temperature regime in residential, office, medical and industrial premises. The CHTK ® underfloor heating systems are a heating cable or heating mat laid in a cement floor screed or tile adhesive, additionally equipped with a temperature sensor connected to a thermostat. As a heating element, a wire with a high electrical resistance is used, which heats up when an electric current of 220V, 50Hz passes through it. Accordingly, such a heating core has protective covers made of heat-resistant insulation, belt insulation, reliable screens and an external heat-resistant shell

2) Is it necessary to calculate the future system? What parameters should I pay attention to when choosing?

Like any high-tech product of the CHTK ® Underfloor heating system, they are designed, fully ready for installation, have complete accompanying documentation and have passed safety certification. However, it is necessary to calculate how much power it is necessary to buy a product for a certain room based on the USEFUL (HEATED) area, the type of room and what kind of "Underfloor heating" system will be - the main or additional heating system. As the main one, it is necessary to choose systems with a specific surface heat output of 160W/sq.m. m up to 220W/sq. m. m, and for additional heating - from 100W/sq.m. mdo 150W/ sq. m. For hallways, corridors, kitchens and dining rooms, these figures can be minimal, and for nurseries, bedrooms, bathrooms and toilets – maximum. Also, when choosing, it is necessary to pay attention to the information about the availability and quality of the screen in the heating cable, because many Chinese and "pseudo-Russian" (Russian OEM customers of Chinese underfloor heating) manufacturers either do not put screens in the product, or the screen is made primitive. After all, a high-quality CHTK ® screen, made by winding wires and winding with aluminum flex or a dense braid with copper wire, removes EM radiation, protects against electric shock, evenly distributes heat from the cable to the floor and creates additional mechanical protection from damage.

3) Is it possible to self-install electric underfloor heating? Are there any restrictions on its use?

Manufacturers of underfloor heating who care about the buyer always have installation methods and schemes, recommendations and calculation methods in the passport-manual and on the box. Also on the website of the manufacturer and the official distributor there should be videos on the installation of various heating systems. Therefore, any attentive and careful person "with hands" will be able to mount an electric underfloor heating. When installing independently, it is necessary to have the skills to perform electrical work, comply with the requirements of the "Rules for the device of the EC" and "Rules for the safe implementation of electrical work".

4) How much does the energy consumption increase when using such a underfloor heating? Can it be used as the main source of heat?

Of course, electricity consumption will increase, but we are willing to pay for the comfort that underfloor heating provides. How much it grows will depend on how much power the consumer will put in the floors, however, the use of competent calculations of laying, high-quality thermal insulation and programmable temperature controllers will minimize energy consumption. Underfloor heating systems can be used as the main source of room heating. For the main heating of the room, it is necessary to choose heating systems with a specific surface heat output of 160W/sq.m. m up to 220W/sq. m.

5) What advantages of electric underfloor heating can be distinguished? What are the advantages over water-heated floors?

Among the advantages of electric underfloor heating can be distinguished:

• Low initial investment in components;
• Inexpensive simple installation;
• The Melody of Heat ® foil machine can be installed directly under laminate or carpet by the method of "dry" installation without screed;
• No danger of "freezing" the system when the central heating is turned off;
• No need to obtain permits for the installation of underfloor heating;
• Safety, confirmed by relevant tests and certificates;
• Fire safety, confirmed by appropriate tests and certificates. Incombustibility and absence of release of volatile harmful gases and vapors;
• Durability of high-quality underfloor heating from a reliable manufacturer, comparable to the service life of buildings and structures;

The huge variability in the use of Underfloor heating systems allows them to be placed not only on the floor, but also on the wall, as well as in swimming pools, saunas, etc. What distinguishes electric underfloor heating from water and others.