Warm floors are one of the most common heating systems. They are able to quickly warm up the room, apartment or house and create a cozy atmosphere in the room. The advantages of floor heating are its compact size and excellent performance.
Such a heating system has a lot of other advantages, which can not be seen due to incorrect installation of the floor. Heated floors mounted under the floor covering, a floor structure. The heating cable emits heat and transfers it to the floor surface, which is evenly warmed and, in turn, warms up and the room. Walking on warm floors - it is a pleasure. There are electric and water underfloor heating. They differ in design, the heating elements and life.
Underfloor heating is easy enough to install and to repair in case of breakage. Malfunctions in the system occur when incorrect and illiterate installation.
Signs of improper installation of floor heating
Improper installation of the heating system of this type can lead to very different consequences. The most common and least serious of these is poor heating facilities.
If the heat is not warm, so with him is clearly something wrong. The floors may be poorly heat for various reasons: poor insulation under the pipes of the system, incorrect selection of radiators, improper flooring.
Signs that the heating system has been installed correctly:
- The floors are not heated at all, poorly heated or, conversely, heat the room more intensively than necessary.
- Sex is heated unevenly.
- Sensor or thermostat works intermittently.
- The temperature sensor is located too close to the floor surface.
- The heating cable is installed under a plumbing or anything dimensional and massive. Before you pour the screed, check the availability of the system. If the cable went, it could be damaged.
If there is no noise, which occurs during operation of the circulation pump water floor heating, this means that the pump is out of order.
Warning: floor heating can be switched on only after the screed froze.
Strip and connect the cable, change the pipe, and the temperature can be independently. However, if you are not confident in their abilities, you should call experts who will determine the damage and repair it.
Correct installation of the floor heating system ensures a long service life and stable performance. Warm floors are installed properly, can serve 50 or more years.
