It is good when in the apartment and at work, in the store and in the garage the air temperature is at a comfortable level. How to make your home warm?
Paul who moved
Of all the traditional and latest options today, we consider electric floor heating. Under the carpet, under the tiles or other flooring, a stable system is most often laid that locally heats a certain area. Everything is good in this method, except for one thing: you can’t move or change the area of this heating after installation is completed. Yes, and to troubleshoot, you will have to open the main floor, raise the laminate or remove the tile.
Modern developments of manufacturers provide consumers with the opportunity to avoid such situations. By purchasing a portable underfloor heating under the carpet, citizens receive one of the options for additional heating of any place in their home or office. It can be placed in the living room or children's room, in the bedroom near the bed or on the floor near the desktop. The rug can be small or for the whole room - it depends only on personal preferences.
How to use a comfortable novelty?
The mat-film can be used not only in the off-season or in winter as a local heater. It perfectly dries shoes or children's things. Putting it under your feet in the workplace, you can significantly increase productivity, and maintain health.
Do vegetables freeze in the balcony in winter? It is easy to avoid such a nuisance by insulating the potato storage box with infrared film. It is very convenient to arrange such a warm layer in the play area of the children's room or to make a chair for a senior citizen more comfortable.
For those who have not yet acquired their own housing and live in a rented apartment, a warm floor under the carpet (reviews confirm) can be an excellent mobile option for their own comfort.
The principle of action of nanocover
Electric portable
infrared warm floors are made on the basis of a special polyester film. Carbon strips and silver-copper conductors firmly laminated to the base are used as heating elements. After being connected to the power supply, carbon atoms are excited in the “filling”. This causes uniform emission of infrared waves from 5 to 20 μm in length over the entire surface of the film module.
Underfloor heating under a carpet consumes a very small amount of electricity from a standard network during operation. As an example, the following numbers can be given: for a module measuring 50 by 35 cm, only 30 watts is needed. Since the surface heats up to 50 degrees, the use of small modules is possible without additional temperature controllers. To use a surface with an area larger than a square meter, you need a device to automatically turn off and turn on the device depending on the temperature.
Completeness for self-assembly of IR film
Just make a warm floor under the carpet with your own hands. First you need to stock up on the following materials and devices:
- infrared film with a width of 500 to 800 mm;
- set of connecting clamps;
- mastic insulator;
- ordinary heat-insulating non-foil film;
- two sets of vapor barrier material (for the lower and upper layers);
- temperature regulator;
- electrical connecting wire with plug.
How to assemble an IR mat
Do-it-yourself underfloor heating is assembled on the free surface of the room. First, steam and thermal insulation materials are laid out. Using ordinary scissors, the infrared film is cut in accordance with the selected dimensions and laid out on top of the insulation. Conductive film tapes are connected in parallel, secured between each other with clip-clips. All stiffness contacts must be carefully insulated with mastic glue. The film, thermostats and the electric wire are connected into one system and connected to a power outlet to check the operability. The final insulator is again placed on top of the vapor insulator, then the finish layer of the carpet or just an ordinary rug. The warm floor under the carpet is ready to use! The top coating over the film material should not be too thick, otherwise all the heat will remain under the carpet.
Is this portable carpet warm well
Since the film itself is not a finished heating device, but only one type of material, the power of this heat source depends on the correct assembly of the “puff cake”, which is a warm floor under the carpet. The reviews in this case are unambiguous: there is no proper assembly, so you should not wait for good heating. In order to get comfortable heat in the room by means of only an infrared film device, it is necessary to cover about 70% of the floor area in this way. But with the correct and high-quality thermal insulation, the efficiency of such a coating will be almost 95% with minimal energy consumption. Where it is impossible or unwilling to lay a complex, stationary hot floor from water heaters, a mobile system based on IR film will become a universal solution. In addition, this system, if necessary, can be moved to another room, another apartment or taken to the country.
Mobile mat - Palace
The heat-insulated floor under the Teplolux carpet is a construction slightly different from the film structure. Its surface is an artificial felt that is durable and easy to care for. The canvas has certain dimensions and is available in two versions: 2 by 1.5 m and 2.8 by 1.8 m. The basis of its heating filling is a thin cable in a protective hermetic sheath. The mat is connected to the power supply via a 2.5 meter installation wire. Such a mobile heating coating can be spread under wicker, lint-free or pile rugs of medium thickness, the surface of which will uniformly warm up to 35 degrees.
The infrared warm floor under the carpet is connected to the mains with a universal plug suitable for any type of outlet. The wire is fixed through the power box. Optimum temperature conditions are supported by a functional and convenient power regulator.
There are still cons
As they say, without the bad it would be hard to understand the good, or "everything is known by comparison."
When starting to list the negative qualities of an infrared “underground” coating, it is important to take into account the size, place of use, and the presence of basic heating. So cons:
- the film is not as durable as consumers would like;
- heavy furniture cannot be placed on a portable underfloor heating, as this can transmit and damage radiating conductors;
- the material is very demanding on the cleanliness of the surface on which it is laid;
- if you put a thick carpet on top of it, the heat transfer will be close to the lowest mark;
- with improper assembly of the heat-carrying infrared system, you should not expect heat in the apartment.
It is always important to consider that a warm floor under the carpet is not a separate heater, but a small set of measures taken for its comfort. If the above conditions are not observed, infrared heating elements lose their performance.
Is health goodness a myth?
Long-wave radiation is not only safe, but also beneficial for both people and plants. The constant feeding of organisms with infrared rays helps to strengthen the immune system and a surge of vigor. The effect of such heat waves on a person is like the heat of the sun or a hot stove. Modern medical research officially recommends the use of infrared radiation in dentistry, surgery and other fields.
The use of such a coating as a film underfloor heating under the carpet has a beneficial effect on the health and well-being of both the elderly and children. Under the influence of infrared radiation, the development of pathogenic bacteria stops even in the surrounding airspace. Inhaling ionized air, people get rid of allergies and neurodermatitis, psoriasis and pressure problems.
IR rays neutralize the harmful effects of television and computer electromagnetic fields. Effects were found to suppress even the growth of cancer cells. Radiation has a mild beneficial effect on healthy organisms. Warm floor (electric) under the carpet will bring only benefit and comfort to the house.