Connect the floor heating to the thermostat

connection to the underfloor heating thermostat is usually a simple process, but the additional instructions and the video does not hurt, especially if you are doing this for the first time.

scheme of installation of floor heating with thermostatic control is much easier to other types of flooring, for example, water.

most important thing when you connect the system - to correctly position the heating elements.After that you will only have to connect the floor to the thermostat.

From the article, you will learn step by step the technology to do this, as well as video, instructions and diagrams to help you install the system with their own hands and save on attracting professionals.

Types underfloor

System Installation and connection of the thermostat will be slightly different depending on the type of set you have the floor.

So first we'll talk about what they are, and how to choose the floor to work it was easier just to him.

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device water floor can be found in the Russian houses quite often.This type of floor heating is a kind of modern heating system on radiators.

water floor popularity can be attributed to its economy - after the installation of this system you will save 10% or more of heat resources in the past month.

water floor heating temperature is slightly lower than in the main radiators, and therefore cost you less.

no need for such a floor thermostat, becauseit is associated with a central heating system, and operates independently of it.

most common type of underfloor heating - electric.It, unlike water works via thermostats and divided into several subtypes: a cable, a rod and a film.

distinguished and method of electric heating floors of different types: it can be heated by infrared radiation or have a convection heating method.

When the film unit of floor heating, the surface obscures the special film material provided with a heating element.

For packing material does not need cement - it trail right on the rough flooring.

This will make the installation of the system with their own hands a lot easier and will save on additional materials, for example, the solution and the tools to create a screed floor.

Such a warm floor can be placed under any flooring - parquet, linoleum or laminate.

However, if you decide to cover the floor of natural wood, it is best to make sure that the floor heating temperature is not higher than 28 degrees, otherwise there is a risk of damaging the coating.

film for this floor can be equipped with a bi-metal or carbon heaters.

latter type more heat and usually consists of two heterogeneous layers: the first is made of an aluminum alloy, the second - the alloy of copper and the other additional elements.

The structure of the carbon film includes copper, Mylar and carbon elements.

Such films are sold in rolls, to set them on the floor with their hands do not need to have some specific tools or skills - the material is easy to cut, so you can fit the characteristics of their sex.

Another way to cover - rod.In its composition it has a flexible carbon fiber rods which are laid in cement screed, or fixed to the tile adhesive, thus forming something like mats on the draft floor.

This type of floor heating can also be placed under any floor covering, including carpet and tiles, which are placed on top of the film is not suitable for floors.

last option of underfloor heating - cable.Sex cable is heated by the elements and is discharged in the form of rolls equipped with heating sections, or in the form of a conventional cable bay.

At the base of the cable floor are two-wire or single-core cables - for its technological properties are identical and differ only in the way of installation.

For each type of floor heating, in addition to water, temperature control is required.How to install it, you will learn below.

mounting thermostat for underfloor heating

Before you decide to install the device, you should choose, where it will be located, as well as choose which device is better to buy.

All thermostats have the same structure and the need to properly manage the floor heating system and to maintain optimum air temperature in the room.

You can choose any device - from the conventional mechanical, to the so-called intelligent devices, it all depends on your financial capabilities and preferences.

Wiring thermostat to the floor can be of two kinds: in the first case the thermostat is connected to the stationary electrical panel, and the second - with the help of the socket.

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The most common connection is located on the thermostat circuit design housing - it will greatly help you in your work and will do everything with their hands properly.

After installing the thermostat, it is necessary to sum the phase to the junction box, and make grounded and zero.

system to work properly, the wall is necessary to make the groove in which you place the two plastic tubes.

first need to put it in the power cord of the heating cable, the second - to accommodate wiring from the sensor (the sensor itself will be placed under the floor).

Try to install the scheme was observed exactly.This is followed by the installation and connection of the system.

Before starting the connection of floor heating, the surface must be carefully aligned and placed along the wall damper tape and insulating layer.

If you are doing a warm floor in the apartment or on the second floor of a private house, you can mount the cable directly into the subfloor.

Before him lay, to stretch the power cables to the thermostat box so that the clutch for the connection was inside the concrete screed.

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installation and connection of floor heating scheme is this: you must first lay a mounting tape (on the draft floor or insulating layer, depending on what's under the floor) that will fix the cable.

It is best to lay the ribbon snake, to avoid any further crossing cable and equip its special fasteners, which will help in setting uniform conductor.

After laying the cable and check the correctness of his position, it is necessary to install the sensor: it is placed in a special plastic tube (as we discussed earlier).

Last installation step - assessment of its quality.

To do this, use the tester - if he shows resistance of the cable, respectively, the value specified in the passport of the thermostat, then you did everything right, and you can pour the screed.

Connection floor heating can only after drying and hardening of the screed.After drying screed need to connect power from the sensor sections of the heating and electrical wiring.

This - the most difficult part of the job.

In performing their hands can help you layout and video, but if you are not confident in their abilities, it is better to entrust this work to a professional, because if it is done properly, then the whole system will not work.

The following is a direct connection floor - it's easy.

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Wiring floor heating, equipped with a heating mats the same as the installation diagram of another cable system, except for two differences: it is not necessary to use an insulating layer, asthis will lead to overheating of this type of floor heating.

The entire system should be placed on the rough concrete floor, after placing it poured screed or tile adhesive and then just close the finishing material.

As you can see, setting the thermostat for floor heating a simple matter, especially when there are instructions and a diagram that will help do the job properly and to save money on attracting professionals.