How to install a heated floor in a wooden house

Economical heating and minimizing heat losses - these are the two main headaches of residents of cottages and private houses in the winter. So it was before, when the warm floor in a wooden house was created with the help of carpet, foam polystyrene, warm linoleum and mineral wool. These materials, although contributing to the preservation of the necessary temperature regime, had a number of shortcomings. But progress does not stand still, and now residents of private homes are increasingly resorting to the use of technology "warm floor."

The warm floor in the wooden house is pretty simple to install. Installation can be carried out directly on the rough floor or on the logs. The connection of the warm floor will be absolutely safe for wood, which reduces to "no" the risk of accidental fire. To date, there are 2 types of "warm floor": with a system of modular type and with a rack-type system. Let us examine these systems in more detail in order to find out which warming floor is best used in a wooden house.

Systems of both types have a water principle of operation, based on heating and circulation of water through pipes, which are the main components of the design. In the modular system, the module elements made of chipboard and having a thickness of 22 mm are used. In the sheets of chipboard there are channel pipes and plates, through which water circulates. In the rack system, the principle is almost the same, only the plates and tubes are installed between the strips of EAF sheets, the thickness of which is about 28 mm. The whole system has a rigid fixation, which allows the plates and tubes to withstand the permissible vibration and stay in a fixed position.

How to mount a warm floor in a wooden house? Both systems have the same mounting principle. First you need to get rid of the old flooring and the rough layer. Further along the entire perimeter of the room is nailed the support, which is usually a wooden beam of solid thickness. Lags are installed with a step of about 0.6 meters, and a "warm floor" is installed. During the installation as a rough floor will serve as a board chipboard, which fixed the plate and tube. In order for the board chipboard to fit tightly to the base, it is necessary to put a polyethylene layer between them, which will play the kind role of a "pillow".

After the completion of the installation work, a laminate layer or a parquet board is laid. It is also possible to lay a layer of ceramic tiles, but then it will be necessary to build an overlap of gypsum fiber board, which acts as a protective shield and protects the coating from deformation heating, evenly distributes the load and the heat generated throughout the floor surface.

Of course, the warm floor in a wooden house is not cheap, but it is better to pay once, and your floor will always be warm at any time you need. And as for which of the two heating systems of the warm floor to choose, then in terms of safety and thermal performance, they are almost equal.

With the "warm floor" system, the weather in the house will be adjusted only by you, and not by any natural factors.