Installing Electric Radiant Floor Heating Under Tile

Retroheat radiant floor heating system.

Installing electric radiant floor heating under tile.

Stepping out of a shower onto a warmed tile floor in the winter is much better than stepping on cold tiles. They work well as supplemental heat in bathrooms kitchens and entryways. Or you can use the flat side of the trowel and float a skim coat of thin set that just covers the heating wire then lay tile in a second step. Plastic trowel if spreading thin set mortar directly over the radiant floor heating mats in one step we recommend using a plastic trowel to prevent cutting the heating wires.

How to install floor tile over infloor heat. Warmlyyours radiant heating s flagship product tempzone was specifically designed to heat tile marble and stone floors by being embedded in thinset or self leveling cement under the floor covering. Controlled by their own thermostat these electric floor heating systems don t replace your main heating unit they augment it. So if you have open access to your floor joists now you can add the comfort and efficiency of radiant floor heat to your home.

Installing the tile over the radiant floor system is no different from installing it over cement board without the floor system. If you are pouring a concrete slab under. Electric mat radiant heat is best when sandwiched between the subfloor and the finish material be it wood tile or carpet. So it stands to reason that most of the time trade pros and homeowners are installing a radiant floor heating system under tile flooring.

If you re installing radiant floor heat in an existing room you ll need a dedicated 15 to 20 amp gfci protected circuit to power the system and an excuse to lay a new tile floor. In this situation hydronic radiant heat water circulating through pipes would be easier to install than electric mat radiant heat. Electric radiant heat mats with wall mounted thermostats are easy to install under new tile floors and provide comfortable invisible heat at a reasonable cost. Radiant heat can be added under your existing floor.

The retroheat system can be installed to heat tile hardwood laminates.