How justified is the use of gas blocks when installing a warm floor in a house?

Good afternoon! Need professional advice. On the ground floor of the house I plan to lay out the "warm floor" system. Actually, I have almost already acquired the necessary materials and components of the system itself, somewhere around 80%. Now you need to decide how to arrange the floor itself. I am advised to first put a layer of gas blocks, on them to perform the installation of pipelines of a warm water floor. Pour all this with a screed, and use ceramic tiles as a floor covering. Is such a floor heating design possible?

Hello, we would not recommend a similar floor cake model with a “warm floor” system. Aerated concrete is intended for building thermal insulation. That is how manufacturers position it.

Based on these of its features, this material will not be a heat accumulator, to the extent that it is necessary for this floor design. In other words, the very essence of a warm floor is leveled out.

There is a second key point. The pipes will not give off enough heat from the coolant to the floor, which means that they will overheat. These circumstances will significantly affect both the efficiency of the presented system and its durability.

A clear model of the device underfloor heating system

How to do it?

You must act when creating such an expensive sexual structure in accordance with the technology, which is similarly described on our website. Its essence is as follows:

• The base is cleaned of debris.
• A layer of leveling screed is applied.
• A layer of thermal insulation material is laid. Polystyrene is great.
• According to a pre-designed scheme, the installation of the pipeline and the mixing unit is carried out.
• The system is being tested.
• The arranged structure is poured with a concrete screed. Before this, beacons are pre-set.
• When the screed has dried completely, the ceramic tile is laid.

Important! The model of a water floor heating device shown here is classic and has been tested many times.

We offer an example of the correct option for creating a warm floor with a water coolant

In conclusion, I want to add another recommendation regarding the implementation of the screed itself. In the manufacture of the solution, it is necessary to use special additives that will contribute to the "elasticity" of the warm floor. That is, when the temperature regime changes, the structure will not crack.

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