![]() ![]() I earn a small percentage from a purchase using these links. ( I’ve included affiliate links for your convenience. The only difference is that you wouldn’t use a rolling pin to flatten the mats and you’d used a tile saw instead of a utility knife -). What follows is my tutorial for installing the cork mats, but this tutorial is also very similar to laying tile. With a colder temperature reading, the radiant wires would spend a lot of energy trying to heat the concrete subfloor. The cork mats insulate the radiant heating wires and tiles from the cold subfloor and direct the heat up to warm the tiles. Without the mats, the sensor that is embedded in between the wires would read the temperature of the tiles AND the concrete, which would not provide an accurate temperature. (Their heat loss calculator didn’t promise fully heated room, but I’ve already noticed a BIG difference in the comfort of those rooms.)Īfter talking to a support tech at Warmly Yours, I learned that it is highly recommended that I install cork or CeraZorb synthetic cork mats between the radiant mats and the concrete subfloor. Plus, I was hoping that it would help heat those two rooms as well. The promise of warm tootsies on a cold day made my insides all fuzzy. If your radiant floor fails due to a defect in the material, they will not only pay to replace the radiant mats, BUT they also reimburse you for the cost to rip up and replace your floor. They also stand behind their products and offer the BEST WARRANTY on radiant floor products that I’ve ever seen. Warmly Yours manufactures floor heating, ice melting, towel warming, and mirror defogging products. After a few nights of research, I settled on a company that makes custom configured TempZone radiant heating mats for your home. I decided that I wanted to try to add radiant heat in the floors. And, I knew since we were installing tiles in these areas that it would only contribute to that polar ice effect ( wimpy wimpy wimpy, I know). I think I’d turn into a useless popsicle if I had to spend more than an hour in Alaska like Ana White.) The linoleum flooring that was there didn’t do much to dampen the chill. Consequently, in the winter, these rooms are brrrrrrr…chilly willy! ( It’s true, my blood has thinned over the years from living in the south. It was built on a concrete pad and the owners must have decided not to tie those two rooms into the heating and air conditioning. Our long hallway mudroom that ends in the laundry room was an addition to our home back in the 80’s. ![]() Tile floors with radiant heating underneath was one such change we never entertained until our flooring was ripped out. One of the positives of having a plumbing leak and subsequent gutted room, is being able to make changes that you otherwise wouldn’t have considered. ![]() It’s true, I installed radiant floor heating in our mudroom/laundry room and I couldn’t be more thrilled. After you read the title, I guess the cat’s out of the bag. ![]()
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