With the advent of the heating season, the problem of heat in the house appears, and almost constantly. Currently, modern finishing materials are used to warm up houses and apartments, which allow saving on heating and holding precious heat. However, it is worth noting that a lot of heat leaves the house through windows, ceiling and floor. The placement of the central heating battery under the window is quite effective, however, as you can see, the other part of the room does not actually warm up. It is most advisable to warm the room from below over the entire surface, and in this case the heat will rise up, creating a comfortable temperature around the entire perimeter of the room.
There is such a thing as a warm floor. It is the warm floor that ensures the uniformity of warming up the room and comfortable conditions. Generally distinguish between two types of warm floors – electric and water. Each of these types has its advantages and disadvantages, which will be written below. It is worth noting that the installation of a warm floor is carried out during major repairs, since the installation requires disassembling the entire floor with the subsequent installation of the warm floor and cementing system.
Water warm floor is a system of tubes filled with hot water. This system is powered by a hot water supply system or from the central heating system. However, in this case, you can significantly reduce water pressure in the heating or water supply system, which will lead to the dissatisfaction of the neighbors above. However, in the repair of such a floor is much simpler than an electric warm floor, since the rush of pipe can be determined visually and not disassemble the entire floor to search for a problem.
An electric warm floor is a special electric cable that heats up under the influence of electric current and gives heat to ceramics in the floor. Such a floor is easy to install, however, if the cable is damaged, you will have to disassemble the entire floor. In addition, it does not cause dissatisfaction with the neighbors, however, when installing an electric warm floor, intensification of electrical wiring is often required. In addition, in this case, you will increase electricity costs, which means that to save you you will have to additionally heat up your house.