The Best In-Floor Heating System I'VE EVER SEEN
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Everyone loves warm floors in the Winter. The problem is that installing in-floor heating is difficult, especially in a retro-fit or renovation scenario. Today, I'm going to talk about the best in-floor heating system I've ever seen, and show you why it's better and more reliable than the rest.
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And pay €1000/month for electric bill
I installed this under tile in my bathroom. It’s been perfect.
Thanks for the well-narrated, detailed, brief video. Everything it had to be.
Looks like great system. As an electrician I have installed “hot wire” system in Australia, which is basically a long element. We have to roll out it in a snake pattern and individually stick every part down with tape that we have to cut ourselves , very time consuming. After this the tiler lays a thin coating of self leveling concrete. That lays the glue and tile. Is this product available in Australia?
Can you install wood veneered engineered flooring over the ditra heat or just tiles?
Several plank flooring vendors I've seen have capped the in-floor heating temps between 100-120, mainly due to limits of the adhesive and risk of delaminating the hardwood from the core material.
@@MadLadsAnonymous we used a warm board hydronic system and are running it at 110 degrees. Works well but cost a lot.
@@liveslowsailfastonlanier1374 Thanks. Wondering if it'd be better for me to use porcelain tiles and an electric system like the DITRA one for bathrooms, just try to zone different parts of the house. Probably too expensive.
@@MadLadsAnonymous I think that tile with electric wire will work well. The mortar will conduct heat from the wire to the tile and get heat distributed across the floor efficiently. If you have a laminate floor you would need something to move the heat to the planks. May be there is a glue or paste of some sort that can be used but I do not know of such a product.
can i put this under wooden ply floor
No.
Can this be installed in the crawl space underneath the subfloor?
Can you use it with wood floors?
Good Morning Mike! Officially speaking, this product is only for use under ceramic or porcelain tiles. But in practice I've had great results under laminate. Fasten the uncoupling membrane to the subfloor, install the heating cables, fill the spaces in the uncoupling membrane with more thinset mortar, then install the laminate. Solid wood is thicker than laminate, so heat transfer would not be as great. I don't know how much "less great", but you could do some experiments to see. I hope this helps.
Bye for now,
Steve
Does this system work well with engineered wood flooring (design to work with UF heating)?
Officially speaking, this system is only designed to work under ceramic or porcelain tiles and it works best in this situation. That said, I have seen it work well under laminate flooring. I'd be concerned about engineered flooring because it's thicker and more insulating. I hope this helps.
Thanks for watching!
Steve
Can this be installed under a thin concrete layer without tile?
yes you can. but it has to be in 10mm min apparently and obvioudly you would need to insulate the floor first otherwise youll just be heating the ground below.
Can you use it with carpet on top?
Does the warranty still apply if a homeowner installs the system himself? Or does one need a contractor to install everything? For example, can I install the system but not tile over or terminate, and then have a contractor inspect the installation and activate the warranty?
How does it compare though?? Ive heard Ditri is great but how much does it cost each year to heat and would a boiler system be warmer? There are variables like warmth ( always a fear its on maximum and you need to supplement it with baseboards) while the obvious complaint about electric are energy needs? For a whole house ?
Do you need 120V or 240V to run this? Or does it depend on how big the area is?
As soon as I hear "German" I am usually in. I have never been disappointed. My ols house was all Buderis and Vitroens. However I found great American electric radiators (RUNTAL _ THEY ARE GREAT) because of electric voltage issues. I assume this works here.
Great info. Thanks
Yep, the Schluter system is the only reliable system on the market (so far). Beware: like heated truck seats, don’t install heated floors unless you plan to never settle for unheated floors again. Pricey? Not really when you consider that you should get at least 40 years out of properly installed porcelain tile. $900 / 40 years = $22.5 per year for a small bathroom. You probably spend more than that - per week - on coffee.
Can it be used as wood
Hot water underfloor heating is not efficient as electric . It can only be slightly efficient when you have a gas boiler .
resistant heating is expensive.
bro, back the camera up. why u so close?
Will do next time!
I’ve used the Schluter systems for years . Never ever had a problem. Once you have heated floors you will always want them….just ask my dogs.
Pointless if no insulation beneath the floor
Yes, you're right. I generally insulate with 2" of extruded polystyrene foam on the subfloor, with a layer of 3/4" plywood on top of the foam. Newer versions of DITRA-HEAT have a small layer of insulation underneath, mostly for use over concrete floors. It's amazing how well this system works.
Thanks for watching!
Steve
What about EMF radiation right under your feet ?
what do you mean its all infrared radiation in the form of heat, Regular heated elements produce no EMF
just buy eletrci heat mats and job done. can be used any any flooring. Save tons of money without this ditra brand nonsense.
You’d go bankrupt running it in MA
We have electric mats it in a 20sqm north facing kitchen with 3 external walls, 300 year old property so insulation is minimal. It’s on full time and keeps the room at 19 degrees which is fine, £2.40 a day in the middle of winter. Bankruptcy is a long way off
@@DavidJarrold-e7jAnd where in MA, CT or HI do you live?
@@brianc9642 I clearly don’t live in the US as I cited costs in £’s. I’m merely pointing out that in less than ideal conditions heating mats can provide a perfectly reasonable heat at perfectly reasonable cost. That’s with electricity prices in the UK twice as much as the US.
This is so dumb. Talks about some bullshit timer but not cost of use etc.
Bad system, because I don't want plastic in my house, the floor doesn't breathe with plastic!
What do you recommend instead?
Lots of things don’t “breathe” in a house. Metal, concrete, tile. Plastic flexes which can be more important than anything.
🙄 wow ,a house is a living thing it couldn't I didn't know that wow 😑
@@hallieahgarrett5043 Are you stupid or otherwise just stupid in the head?