Do you want to make the floor in an apartment or house warm and cozy? The best solution to this problem will be laying a warm floor, which can be used both under the laminate, and under the tiles, and under linoleum.
On the tile, the warm floor is usually laid in those rooms where the floor covering must be resistant to moisture and mechanical stress. Tiles can most often be seen on the floor of a kitchen, bathroom, toilet, storage room or store. This easy-to-use floor covering is quite cold, so often there is a need for additional floor heating. Depending on the room you plan to heat, you can choose a water or electric underfloor heating.
Which has Will suit you? It depends on several conditions: if the goal is to make the tile comfortable even for bare feet, you need to pay attention to the power of the warm floor, which should be at least 220 W / m2 in this case. The price of this floor will be higher, but this capacity is enough with a margin. It is better to lay water-heated floor pipes at a distance of no more than 20 cm - under such conditions, the floor will heat up evenly. In the kitchen, under the tiles, you can use a floor of lower power: 150-180 W / m2.
The preparation of the base for the warm floor also depends on its type. Film floor heating can be laid on a wooden base, covered with plywood or chipboard and put tile on top of the glue. If a cable floor is used as heating, then under the tile it will be necessary to make a screed.
You can buy a heated floor for tiles in the manufacturer’s online store . Here you will find products of the highest quality and lowest prices, and the product warranty is 25 years.
Warm floor under the laminate
Laminate is a modern and beautiful floor covering, which is gaining more and more popularity. Laminate is itself a warm and pleasant material, it makes the apartment cozy. It’s nice to walk on the laminate floor without slippers, and lovers of extra comfort can install a warm floor under the laminate.
Warm floors will warm the air in the room and eliminate excess humidity. Which one to choose a warm floor for the laminate depends on the type of room and the quality of the coating on which the warm floor will be laid.
The financial wishes of the client play an important role: the price per square meter can be very different. If you choose an infrared heat-insulated floor, a concrete screed is not needed, but a water floor will require more complicated installation: concrete screed, thermal insulation, pipe laying, and therefore more serious financial investments. Leveling the floor and screed the base with reinforced mesh may be required for those who decide to install an electric floor heating.
It is better to purchase a warm floor under the laminate after consulting with specialists who will evaluate the condition of the base of the floor and the scale of the upcoming work and pre-calculate their cost.
The easiest option is to buy an infrared warm floor. The film floor can be put in any rooms. The only requirement when laying the infrared floor is a flat base.
You can put a warm floor on a wooden floor - the main thing is that there are no bumps or cracks on the wooden base. If you put an infrared floor on a balcony or a loggia - consider that nearby there was an opportunity to connect to a network of 220 V.
The Teplolux company offers a wide range of floor heating from the manufacturer in Moscow and Russian regions with delivery.
Warm floor under linoleum
Linoleum is an inexpensive, convenient and practical floor covering, suitable in any room. Linoleum easily fits into any interior, it is easy to care for it. If you plan to install a warm floor under it, then you need to pay attention to its thermal conductivity. Most often, under linoleum, they acquire an electric or infrared floor.
Linoleum must choose a multilayer polyvinyl chloride - it is combined with any type of warm floor. It is also important that linoleum is resistant to fading and deformations, which can accelerate when exposed to high temperature, and has high mechanical and chemical resistance. You should not choose linoleum with an additional heat-insulating layer, thinking that this will make the floors warmer - on the contrary, a thick layer of linoleum will reduce the level of heat transfer. The best choice is linoleum of small thickness, resistant to heat.
When choosing a warm floor, make sure that this heating system and flooring are suitable for each other. Infrared and electric underfloor heating is combined with tiles, linoleum, laminate, carpet, and water - more demanding on the type of flooring.