Either through pipes carrying hot water embedded in or directly below the floor or via electric mats in or below the floor.
How to lay underfloor heating on a concrete floor.
Fill any cracks in the concrete and use self leveling compounds if necessary.
In this situation.
To lay them directly on top of the electric wires of an underfloor heating system therefore is a little unwise.
Laying laminate or engineered flooring onto an electrical underfloor heating and a concrete floor laminate or engineered flooring needs to be laid onto a perfectly flat surface.
Remember also that concrete floors and damp proof membranes may upset the equilibrium of the structure causing damp problems.
Instead of blowing hot air through a vent or pumping hot water to a baseboard radiator along the wall radiant heat warms up the entire floor.
This works particularly well with underfloor heating and includes a compatible layer of insulation.
An alternative breathable option is limecrete.
A good compromise is to install underfloor heating on the ground.
Prior to laying the anything on the solid floor you first need to insulate the envelope of the house loft walls and floors.
The underfloor heating mats on mesh are very easy to use but limited in their ability to heat floors when the covering such as concrete or deep slabs is thick.
Prepare the floor and mat.
The heat is made possible in two ways.
Make sure your concrete has completely cured before you lay down your in floor heating mat.
However my kitchen floor is concrete.
Process of installing underfloor heating on a solid floor.
Here screed is being laid over warm water underfloor heating pipes to the correct depth in this install using products by the wunda group image credit.
I plan to lay ceramic floor ontop of the heating.
Thicker floors require more energy to heat them so larger cables up to 7mm are used.
Can i place underfloor heating directly onto concrete or do i have to put plyboard down first and then lay the under floor wire heating and then the ceramic tile.