Installing electric underfloor heating

The service life and quality of the floor heating depends on the electric cable. Floor heating to buy online store will help you choose it, and it works on the same principles as the electric saw, iron and other household appliances, where electricity is transformed into heat energy by the heating element. Electric current flows through the cable, which heats up and the heat is transferred to the concrete screed. Stretch in turn heats the floor in the room.

Only a special purpose cable should be used to install the underfloor heating. The inner core of this cable is made of nichrome, brass or galvanized steel. The insulation of this cable consists of several layers, and consists of fluoroplastic, silicone rubber or PVC.

Properly installed insulation, more than eighty degrees is not heated, but can withstand more than a hundred degrees, and in this case it is similar to the metal-plastic pipes, but it is with the condition of proper operation.  In addition, the insulation is additionally protected from all kinds of damage by a special screen. To install a warm floor can still use a two-core cable, it is easier to lay. Together with the cable, a special sensor is poured into the concrete and hidden in a corrugated tube.