Electric Radiant Floor Install

Radiant heating works well with ceramic tile and vinyl but not with wood floors.

Electric radiant floor install.

Installing underfloor electric radiant heat. This is the easiest and most cost effective way of. Electric radiant underfloor heating systems can be installed under wood floors by working from the basement or from a basement crawlspace. There are two basic types.

This in floor heating system consists of one thin continuous cable heating element woven into a mat that you install under the tile. Its success with carpeted floors depends on the length of the weave thick carpets or those with thick pads won t work well as heat generated by the system will stay trapped in the floor. Radiant system in general are more cost effective than other means of electric supplemental heating such as space heaters. You simply trowel the thin set mortar over the heating mat then.

These heated floors are a project best done when overhauling or changing the floor covering of an existing room or when adding a new room. Electrical systems are the most diy friendly of the radiant floor options. A bathroom size warm floor retrofit will cost 400 to 700 including the cost of the new tile. While you can hire a pro to do a radiant floor retrofit it s not a difficult job if you re comfortable setting floor.