What is better for a bathroom: a pipe for warm floors or an IR-film?

Comfort in the bathroom and other rooms inlargely due to the condition of the sexes. Make them even better by creating warm floors in the bathroom! Relatively recently, systems of warm floor systems that have appeared in our country have long since passed from the category of luxury to the benefits available to almost any family. Especially popular is the "water" system.

In this case, the pipe for warm floors is connectedto the heating system and fit into the concrete screed. In many ways, the prevalence of this particular variety is related to its reliability and safety. But is the pipe good for warm floors? Are there any alternative ways to make your home more comfortable?

It is easiest to mount such a floor based onsimple heating mats. They are made on the basis of a special grid on which heating elements are mounted. Among other things, this mesh is ideal for securely fixing the heating element on the floor, as well as for mounting it directly in the screed. It should be noted that the uniform heating of the floors depends on the correct fixation on the grid of the heating element.

Since the thickness of the mat reaches a maximum of 5millimeters, the height of the room when using it varies slightly. As you can understand, no pipe for warm floors will not give such a result. The main disadvantage of such systems is their relatively high cost.

It is necessary to particularly highlight some types of floor heating systems:

• Infrared film is quite common,at which use the floor rises no more than 3 millimeters. However, it is practically not used by companies that make turnkey repairs.

• Heating cable spreads slightlyless, but more reliable. It is attached to the metal mesh, which is filled with cement screed. The floor level can rise by about 5 millimeters.

However, it is worth considering that the screed, tile, etc.equipment increases the overall height by about 7 centimeters. Therefore, the use of such a system in small rooms is undesirable. However, the pipes for a warm water floor raise the level of the room even higher, so it’s worth to choose between the price and the convenience of using the room.

Нужно понимать, что плитка обладает прекрасной thermal conductivity. Therefore, the use of a warm floor of this type can have its own difficulties, since ceramic tiles can heat up too much. That is why professional builders advise you to put a special coating on top of the screed that will even out the temperature difference. Most often in the role of such a coating is used drywall or izolon. They distribute heat well, not preventing its spread in all directions. If a pipe is used for underfloor heating, there are no such problems: as a rule, heating systems rarely heat the water to boiling water.

When installing underfloor heating should be followedsome crucial rules. In particular, it is necessary to properly connect and run the system. So, the screed or glue should dry properly. Experts advise for reliability to wait at least one month. Only then can the heating cable be connected to the network. In addition, when designing a "water" type of warm floor, you need a professional plumber who can tell you which pipes for a warm floor are most reliable.