Making floor heating from a central heating with their own hands - instruction

In recent years, more and more people are interested in the question of warm floors.This is due not only to the peculiarities of our climate in the country, but also, unfortunately, often with unsatisfactory performance of public services.Warm floor as a partial solution to the problem of premises heating attracts not only the owners of cottages and private houses, but also tenants.Especially floor heating from the central heating is relevant for a ground floor apartment as often, even when hot batteries in the apartment cool.It depends on the presence of a ground floor (basement), and the foundation of quality, soil and so on. D.

What you need to know before you connect the floor heating to the heating

If you have already decided to mount a floor heating system andconnect it to the central heating pipes, it is necessary to bear in mind some of the nuances:

• usually heating system - water (steam rarer).To connect to the water system used metal and plastic pipes.The fact that the usual plastic can withstand water hammer.Pipes are laid on the floor in a specific configuration, leaving terminals for connection to the heating system.The whole structure is closed screed.
• battery temperature water ranges from 70 to 900 C. - is the norm.And for floor heating must be 35 - 400 C. Therefore, it is necessary to mount a separate teplopunkt floor heating.Its main element - a water pump, which provides a quick circulation of water through the pipes in the floor, which reduces heat transfer.Used different scheme, with different additional elements, but it is a separate and long conversation.
• necessary to determine the place of installation of the collector cabinet.It will be located inside of him all pipe connections, valves, drainage outlets.Cabinets are available in the sale, the main thing - to decide on the size.

must be borne in mind that the warm floor, connected to the central heating system is an additional load on the entire system.Therefore - it is more heat loss.If you install such a construction official, by HCS, then you can get to install an additional meter of heat metering.Therefore it is necessary to consult, especially with friends.Someone has put a system, someone is going to do it.There are specialized companies that are engaged in heated floors.

And most importantly - we must remember that there is no single recipe.For each specific apartment or house - a personal approach.