Installing Heated Floors Under Carpet

A radiant heat floor can save homeowners up to 25 percent in energy bills.

Installing heated floors under carpet.

We have purchased coretec enhanced composite floor tiles. But the heating system we bought idealheat s 3 ft. Radiant floor heating with carpet underfloor heating is well suited for use under carpet provided that care is taken when choosing the carpet. Or you can use the flat side of the trowel and float a skim coat of thin set that just covers the heating wire then lay tile in a second step.

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. The overall thickness of any materials above the heater needs to be taken into account too as this will ensure efficient heat transfer. Plastic trowel if spreading thin set mortar directly over the radiant floor heating mats in one step we recommend using a plastic trowel to prevent cutting the heating wires. Floor joists accessible from below provide a convenient base from which a do it yourselfer can install radiant heat.

So if you have open access to your floor joists now you can add the comfort and efficiency of radiant floor heat to your home. Radiant heating can be installed under resilient floorings such as sheet vinyl tile vinyl and luxury vinyl plank. Sheet or tile vinyl flooring. Check the manufacturer s installation instructions for maximum temperatures.

Also radiant heating is much less effective under materials like carpet that insulate the heat from entering the room so if you prefer a lot of cozy carpet radiant heat may be too inefficient. This in floor heating system consists of one thin continuous cable heating element woven into a mat that you install under the tile. The retroheat system can be installed to heat tile hardwood laminates. The heat is made possible in two ways.

The retroheat floor heating system was designed specifically for providing electric radiant heat to existing floors by accessing the floor joists below. Either through pipes carrying hot water embedded in or directly below the floor or via electric mats in or below the floor. 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. The tile manufacturer says this product is compatible with radiant floor heating.

Generally begin with 70 degrees f during the first 24 hours of use increasing to no more than 85 degrees f.