Radiant floor on the balcony with his hands - Instructions + Video

Balconies in modern apartments often are a direct continuation of the dwelling.To ensure a comfortable microclimate on the balcony - it is expedient to create a radiant floor heating.It compares favorably with conventional heating systems and heat creates a predominantly flat bottom, thereby providing perfect comfort.

Radiant floor on the balcony with his hands

mounting the collector box

Installation pipes to the collector box

Before installing water balcony floor heating system it is necessary to make the calculation.Laying the pipes in such a system can be carried out by two main figures "snake" and "snail".For the balcony more suitable scheme "snail" because it can help provide more uniform heating.

The distance between the pipes in such a system is typically less than 10 centimeters.When calculating the required amount of pipes to warm water on your balcony floor, please note that the length of the heating circuit must not exceed 60 meters.

Thus, the water heating system on the balcony, especially in larger sizes it may consist of several circuits.In order to ensure distribution of the coolant from the heating line along the contours need to purchase and install a water reservoir.

Water reservoir is normally mounted in a cabinet or a slotted nische near the floor.

To ensure smooth operation, set the shut-off valves for each circuit water heating systems.

Video - connect pipes to the collector

Mounting options of warm water on the balcony floor

Features installation of warm water floor on balconies vary depending on the base material balconies.At the same time the top of any type of water-heated floors can be placed either option finish.

If a balcony is a lightweight design, for example from a metal profile, hot-water heating pipe it can be arranged in the thickness of the plastic insulation boards.

If your balcony has a wooden base, the hot-water heating pipe can be positioned in the interior of the modular wooden floor or between joists.

Radiant floor on the balcony with a reinforced concrete base

At the preparatory stage it is necessary to prepare the base - remove debris from it and fill large potholes solution.

Laying damper tape around the perimeter of the room

in places adjoining to the walls of a future tie place damping tape.It will prevent the screed from being damaged by thermal expansion.

entire surface is necessary to lay the balcony or pour waterproofing.

balcony Waterproofing - photo

Thermal insulation

The next step on the surface of the balcony should be placed heat-insulating slabs of expanded polymer, such as foam.

insulation balcony

surface reinforcement on the balcony

layer of insulation on the balcony should be placed reinforcing mesh.It will prevent displacement of the coolant pipe during filling of the alignment layer.

Reinforcing mesh for floor screed on the balcony -photo

Paving the pipeline system water floor heating on the balcony

warm water on the floor

balcony In this figure, the pipeline system is placed on a "double snail".

instructions to create a warm water floor on the balcony

1. Placing the coolant hoses to the reinforcing grid, fix their collars without tightening them tightly.
2. Spacing collars should be about metra.Obratite note that in this picture heating pipes lie close to each other and to the wall.This should not be allowed between them must remain a minimum distance of 10 centimeters.
   

   laying pipe on the balcony

3. On weekends pipeline segments that are suitable to the collector must be put on the protection of the corrugated hose.
4. Connect piping system to water collector.
5. Start coolant by installing the pressure is 1.5 times superior to the normal operating.
6. reserve system in operation at least for a day.
7. the test is complete fill the system under normal operating pressure of a special solution for the water heated floor, then form the floor finish.
   

   screed water sex on the balcony - Photo

scheme stacking layers for water floor heating

Radiant floor on the balcony through the foam slabs

If your balcony can not stand the weight of the screed -mounted warm water floor can be directly in a special insulating foam panels with grooves prepared under the pipe.On these plates are also areas that compensate for thermal expansion.

Special foam boards for underfloor heating pipe laying

1. This rather cool room, a balcony is better to provide additional thermal insulation layer is laid directly on the surface of the balcony.On
2. layer of insulation foam boards are placed, laid them on the balcony of angle.
3. Paving the heating system pipes in foam
4. Connecting mounted system to the network and leave it under the increased load on the day.
5. When satisfactory test results assemble the rough and then finish the floor.

Radiant floor with wooden balcony

on the balcony with wooden ceiling and can be mounted radiant floor heating.There are three main modifications of water underfloor heating for wooden bases: classic on joists, rack and modular.

easiest to assemble a modular floor, which is a ready-made elements of the sheets of chipboard, inside which there are channels for the water heating piping.

little more complicated to install rack floor:

1. on pre-leveled wooden base are arranged with a gap of 5 centimeters chipboard, they are fixed to the base with screws.
2. laid in the grooves of aluminum profiles.
3. system pipes warm water shelf fit into the grooves of the profile of aluminum.

After connecting and testing the system on top of the structure is laid another layer of particle board, which will serve as a sub-floor.

Mounting water underfloor heating in a classic floor on joists

Mounting water underfloor heating in a classic floor on joists.

1. After warming the floor joists, place foam plates, which

necessary to align on the construction level horizontally.

1. According to the chosen allocation scheme pipes between logs stacked aluminum profiles, which can be further provided with a heat-reflecting plates.
2. pipe heating system is located in the profile.
3. space between the joists and the profile is filled with insulating material.
4. After connecting and testing the system design of the sub-floor is closed, but that fits floor finish.

refresh the memory of the correct action when installing the water warm sex on the balcony you can view the video file with instructions.

Video - a warm floor for balconies / terraces with their own hands