Electric Radiant Floor Install

There are two basic types.

Electric radiant floor install.

This in floor heating system consists of one thin continuous cable heating element woven into a mat that you install under the tile. This electric floor heating system will consume about the same amount of electricity as three 100w lightbulbs. Electrical systems are the most diy friendly of the radiant floor options. Electric radiant underfloor heating systems can be installed under wood floors by working from the basement or from a basement crawlspace.

While you can hire a pro to do a radiant floor retrofit it s not a difficult job if you re comfortable setting floor. You simply trowel the thin set mortar over the heating mat then. Radiant heating works well with ceramic tile and vinyl but not with wood floors. Installing underfloor electric radiant heat.

This is the easiest and most cost effective way of. Installing the tile over the radiant floor system is no different from installing it over cement board without the floor system. Radiant system in general are more cost effective than other means of electric supplemental heating such as space heaters. A bathroom size warm floor retrofit will cost 400 to 700 including the cost of the new tile.