The entrance hall is the first room in the house into which a person enters through the front door from the street. It accounts for the main load of street dirt and moisture. Therefore, in many houses, porcelain tiles are used as flooring, which is easy to clean, durable and resistant to moisture and mechanical stress.
Why warm floor in the hallway
The content of the article
- Why warm floor in the hallway
- What kind of layout do you need to make a warm floor
- When the heated floor in the hallway is a waste of money
In the cold season, it becomes very uncomfortable on the tile. The problem is solved by the warm floor, thanks to which the granite quickly heats up to a comfortable temperature. In addition to additional heating of the corridor, it performs several more significant functions:
- protects from dampness in rainy or snowy weather;
- quickly dries shoes and umbrellas from moisture;
- neutralizes drafts from an entrance door;
- may be an alternative to a pet bed.
“I can’t imagine my corridor without underfloor heating, which is definitely needed if there are small children in the house: the problems with drying children's clothes and shoes completely disappear. Radiators remain free, just took off the clothes from the child, hung them on a hanger, and everything dried up in a matter of minutes in both winter and autumn. Extremely convenient! ”
Irina, Moscow
What kind of layout do you need to make a warm floor
Clearly limited entrance halls in apartments, as a rule, are not. This option can only be found in private homes. The corridor is either passing or adjacent to any rooms.
Most often, underfloor heating is installed in the kitchen, bathroom and hallway. It is especially relevant if porcelain tiles are selected for flooring. In the small hallways adjacent to the kitchen with underfloor heating, there is no need to do it.
Reference! Heated air flows quickly rise up to a height of 1.5-2 m, ideally distributing the temperature in the room.
In large hallways adjacent to the bedrooms, it is recommended to insulate the floors in the entrance area (entrance to the bathroom and toilet). In the L-shaped corridors, insulation is arranged in the area adjacent to the front door. Under the tile, cable heating or electric heating mats are recommended for installation.
“My corridor is not a passage, so we decided not to do the underfloor heating, but I regretted it very much with my husband. The child constantly runs there, and the porcelain stoneware is very cold, just icy, and it’s unpleasant to shoe themselves ”
Olga, Moscow
When the heated floor in the hallway is a waste of money
Warm floor - this is an additional cost for the payment of electricity. Therefore, its installation must be approached rationally. Installation of such a heating system makes sense:
- if there is not enough basic heating capacity in the heating season;
- in the off-season, when the heating has not yet been turned on or already turned off.
Living rooms, to which the hallway does not apply, need good heating. Installation of electric heating makes sense for coatings with good thermal conductivity. These include porcelain tiles, marble and ceramic tiles. Parquet and laminate conduct heat much worse, so when using them, laying a warm floor in the hallway is not effective. Such flooring is never ice. In addition, parquet may become unusable.
“The underfloor in the hallway is needed the least. He came and went, took off his shoes, took off his shoes, the presence of a warm base under his feet can be ignored. The entrance hall is in the apartment, it can’t be really cold in it. ”
Andrey, Ivanovo
The system should be installed on an open surface. It makes no sense to make heating under cabinets, cabinets or other furniture. Firstly, this is idling, and secondly, the drying of furniture.
Many specialists in the installation of heating systems believe that with good heating at home, the installation of a heated floor in the hallway makes absolutely no sense. Whether its use in the hallway is a waste of money depends on each specific case.
