An alternative breathable option is limecrete.
How to lay underfloor heating on a concrete floor.
Either through pipes carrying hot water embedded in or directly below the floor or via electric mats in or below the floor.
Make sure your concrete has completely cured before you lay down your in floor heating mat.
I plan to lay ceramic floor ontop of the heating.
In the following guide we look at installing a wet underfloor heating system although you can install electric dry systems.
Fill any cracks in the concrete and use self leveling compounds if necessary.
Can i place underfloor heating directly onto concrete or do i have to put plyboard down first and then lay the under floor wire heating and then the ceramic tile.
Wunda group if the pipes are housed in the concrete floor slab sometimes the case for new homes this is could be 150mm thick and give a reaction time of over four hours.
Remember also that concrete floors and damp proof membranes may upset the equilibrium of the structure causing damp problems.
Process of installing underfloor heating on a solid floor.
The heat is made possible in two ways.
Instead of blowing hot air through a vent or pumping hot water to a baseboard radiator along the wall radiant heat warms up the entire floor.
This works particularly well with underfloor heating and includes a compatible layer of insulation.
In this situation.
I am planning to install electric mat wire underfloor heating in my kitchen with a thermostat.
The underfloor heating mats on mesh are very easy to use but limited in their ability to heat floors when the covering such as concrete or deep slabs is thick.
However my kitchen floor is concrete.
Here screed is being laid over warm water underfloor heating pipes to the correct depth in this install using products by the wunda group image credit.
To lay them directly on top of the electric wires of an underfloor heating system therefore is a little unwise.
Prior to laying the anything on the solid floor you first need to insulate the envelope of the house loft walls and floors.
Prepare the floor and mat.