Is it possible to make a warm floor in the bedroom: the arguments for and against
With an enviable frequency, both on the Internet and from the lips of real people, one can hear judgments about the inadmissibility of installing heating circuits in some rooms. For example, designed for sleep. To clarify the question of whether it is possible to make underfloor heating in the bedroom, you need to understand their modern structure.
Harmful radiation
Over the past few decades, humanity has repeatedly been scared by a growing level of electromagnetic background, which affects the human body. The heating system under the screed acts here as another oscillation generator, along with a TV, computer and microwave.
However, this is true only for an electric heated floor. The water circuit can not give out any radiation, at least those that can affect the body.
Floor emission of volatiles
It is also known from the school physics course that under the influence of high temperature, substances begin to decay and pass into a gaseous state. This is especially true for polymeric materials based on hydrocarbons, that is, any plastics that are made by man.
However, this is true only when heated to critical values. The temperature of a warm field rarely exceeds 30 degrees Celsius. This is clearly not enough to evaporate harmful products. Probably, television programs-horror stories about how they slowly kill us in our own houses add fuel to the fire.
Uncomfortable sleep at high temperature
This argument is the most compelling. Some people complain of poor health and poor sleep in an overheated room. Indeed, warm floors heat the air from below, and at a distance of 70-100 cm from the floor it is warmer than at the level of the head of a standing person.
On the other hand, the same effect is observed when operating at full capacity of batteries or heating convectors. The logical step would be to install a thermostat on the loop of the main line entering the bedroom. This will lower the temperature to comfortable limits without abandoning the underfloor heating system.
As you can see, most of the considerations of opponents of underfloor heating refers to the period when neither the equipment nor the floor coverings were perfect. Indeed, cheap linoleum produced in violation of the rules can smell bad even with minimal heating. Modern hidden tubular heaters, both water and electric, have been greatly improved, as well as controls for their operation.
