Electric underfloor heating in the bathroom

Affordable luxury - electric underfloor heating

• Anyone renovating their bathroom and laying a new floor should definitely think about electric underfloor heating beforehand. Because in the course of the renovation you can upgrade your bathroom enormously with underfloor heating.
• If you are worried about the energy costs for electric underfloor heating, you will quickly find that you save heating oil or gas in return. In the transitional months in particular, the heating in the bathroom no longer has to be fully turned on. In most cases, it is even sufficient to control the temperature of the bathroom with the new underfloor heating.

How to lay the heating mats in the bathroom

Electric underfloor heating systems are available in mat form. The mats are usually less than half a centimeter thick and are therefore also ideal for retrofitting in the bathroom at home, for example if you want to lay a new floor. Due to the low thickness, the floor height remains almost unchanged, so that at most the door to the bathroom has to be slightly adjusted - often just readjusted. Laying the electrical Underfloor heating is not a problem for laypeople either.

1. Before installing the underfloor heating, the old floor covering must be removed and the Underground be made flat and stable again.
2. Make sure that the filler or leveling compound used is also suitable for use with underfloor heating.


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3. The actual laying of the electric underfloor heating is really easy. The mats are rolled out on the floor, can be cut to size and connected to one another. B. directly on the screed, fixed. Here, too, you have to make sure that you use an adhesive that is suitable for operating underfloor heating.
4. When laying, it is also important that you do not overlay any expansion joints in the line with the mats. Here you have to bring the mats to size accordingly and connect the supply lines to one another.
5. The heating mats are placed directly in the with a notched trowel or Flexi-Kleber applied with a notched trowel, placed, aligned and pressed on. When laying the individual mats, you should make sure that you lay the underfloor heating in such a way that the last mat is as close as possible to the power supply to be used. The temperature sensor and controller should be attached to the wall so that it is easily accessible. This regulates the heat from the electric underfloor heating. Who the heating to the outside temperatures resp. Adapting it to the use of the bathroom, instead of running it continuously at full capacity, can save significant energy costs here.
6. Once the glue has dried, you can apply the glue again directly over the heating mats. Then, as usual, the new bathroom tiles are laid on top.

Do you want someone else Flooring use, e.g. B. modern bathroom laminate, when choosing the make, you have to make sure that it is also suitable for underfloor heating. With a large part of the floor coverings, however, this is possible without any problems and does not represent a restriction in the choice of the decor. Enjoy the luxury of your new, electric underfloor heating in the bathroom!