For many of us, one arrangement of their own homes is one of the most important tasks. We always try to achieve the highest possible comfort, to create in his house atmosphere of warmth and coziness. To achieve this, we use new technologies, acquire new equipment, focus on new materials. Warm floor, for example, allows for efficient heating of premises and flooring complements the already entourage.
Matter what heating equipment we use, focus on what materials depends not only interior of our homes, but also the technological parameters of the habitability of housing and the corresponding level comfort. However, we often focus not on common sense and technical calculations and follow to please their whims and desires.
In some cases, we have to combine the absolutely opposite to its parameters and characteristics of things. For example, if compatible radiant floor heating in the house and carpet. We will try to find answers to this and many other questions.
Heated floor and carpet, fundamental differences
Our natural desire to create in an apartment or in a house with comfortable surroundings, sometimes runs into contradictions. Technical capabilities of modern equipment, new technologies allow us to do in the house of a qualitatively new efficient heating. Opting for warm floors, we rely on the fact that such heating is the best and the most convenient and most effective. However, in some cases, our subsequent actions negate all the benefits of even the most sophisticated equipment. We are talking about the wrong selected floor covering to the floor of warm water.
Why is this possible? The reasons are fundamentally different from each other technological parameters of the heating system and the material used for the flooring.
Warm water floor is a low temperature system. The heat medium circulating in the heating circuit loops can be at a temperature not more than 500FROM. Adding to this substrate, the concrete floor and the floor covering, at the output, on the floor surface we get the optimum temperature 270FROM. Thus, the floor heating due to its operation provides a comfortable indoor temperature.
The operating principle of underfloor - transfer thermal energy from the water circuit of the floor surface. The better the thermal conductivity of all materials included in the "layer cake", the better the heat dissipation of heat, the more efficient working heating system.
Important! During installation of warm water for finishing floors should choose outdoor decoration material having high thermal conductivity. The higher the thermal conductivity, the better heat transfer from the floor surface.
In order to have an idea about what kind of thermal conductivity have floor coverings, just look at the table.
As seen from the table, carpeting have one of the lowest thermal conductivity. Hence the conclusion. Heated floor, in which the main objective is to heat the floor surface for subsequent heating of the internal space, with such floor covering will run to waste.
Carpets, natural or synthetic, despite the fact that they possess excellent aesthetic properties play a role of insulation. Normal floor carpet increases comfort improves physiological perception and prevents excessive cooling of the floor surface. However, in the case of under-floor heating, all these qualities play in the opposite direction. Thick synthetic base material and the structure are excellent insulators, impeding the spread of heat from the heated floor inside the heated space.
Therefore, before you make a warm floor, decide for yourself where in the house must be floor heating, a finishing material should be used for finishing the floor.
Warm water floor and carpet. We are looking for a way out
To finish the floor today is available to customers a large selection of materials. MDF, parquet considered rarities today. Linoleum continues to be in demand as a technical floor. However, in our time, we no longer give preference to ceramic tile, laminate and carpet. These materials are very convenient, practical and technical. For the heating system "warm water floor" tiles, linoleum and laminate well suited, differing process parameters acceptable and good thermal conductivity.
On a note: for underfloor heating using linoleum without synthetic substrate, without insulation. Otherwise, your floor will be bad to give warmth, and the material over time will begin to deform, losing their physical and aesthetic qualities.
Compatibility between the heating and carpet flooring is in question, despite the fact that this coating has attractive performance characteristics. A warm floor under the carpet has a right to life, if you do everything correctly, taking into account the characteristics of the heating system and technological parameters of the finish coat.
Underfloor heating can be a complete heating system for the whole house or is an auxiliary heating equipment. For example, often heated floors installed in children's rooms or in the living room, in the rooms where the most comfortable temperature in pripolnoy area. When the surface of the floor is warm and beautiful - this one, but when it was still and soft, pleasant to the touch, is another matter.
What carpet will fit you in this case? How to choose the appropriate coating brand for underfloor heating?
Currently on the market there is a huge range of products, each of which has specific qualities and characteristics. Carpets different density and pile height, have different colors. It is not necessary to chase the thick carpet. We note immediately one thing. The thinner the base of carpet, the better the material will interact with your system of underfloor heating. Good stuff - tufted carpet, similar in its properties to the laminate.
If we talk specifically about what should be carpeted for underfloor heating, you should consider the following factors:
- what the basis material (foamed rubber, natural or synthetic);
- What is the pile length (there is a short-nap, srednevorsovye and include the long products);
- what material is used for manufacturing (nylon, polyester, polypropylene, wool);
- what method the material handling ( "texture", "Saxony" or plush).
Each of these factors has an effect on the thermal conductivity of carpet, its behavior during use together with underfloor heating.
pile length may be the key aspect affecting the thermal conductivity of the carpeting. It is best to use a short-nap products. Airbag in such coatings less respectively heat better distributed in the environment.
On a note: here should pay attention to the fact that the synthetic coating, in spite of its visual appeal and durability are not environmentally friendly. Natural materials, wool and felt on the procedure safer. In addition, these carpets are not conducive to the development of the inhabitants of an allergic reaction at home.
With regard to the processing of the pile, it is preferable for a child's room to use the carpet texture. This carpet clean is convenient, it is less susceptible to abrasion and durable. It is usually placed in the children's room, in the living room or in the hallway.
Typically, manufacturers specify the information on their products about whether the carpet is suitable for combination with underfloor heating.
Method for laying a carpet on the water floor. Technical details during operation
If you were able to buy material that meets all the parameters and characteristics of interaction with the underfloor heating, you can solve half the battle. Now the main thing correctly to lay carpet, adjust the heating system to work in the right mode.
To lay the carpet using various methods and options at home. In rooms up to 25 m2 used free rasstilku coating. Fastening carpet performed on joints of double-sided adhesive tape, and the perimeter coating is fixed skirting. Do in the children's room a soft floor heating will not be for you too much difficulty. In situations where the carpet is required to spread over a large area, was used to direct or dual sizing.
Laying carpet occupation is not complicated. The only condition is that you need to accomplish that would be drunk optimum operation of the heating system, to correctly set heating the coolant temperature.
For reference: Consider the following fact! Heat before entering the room must overcome the resistance of other materials: a substrate, and concrete screed flooring. Hence, the calories will be spent on overcoming the thermal insulation barrier.
To achieve uniform heating of the entire surface of the floor and make sure that at least 50% of the heat into the interior of the heated space, increase by 3-50On heating the coolant temperature. In other words, the coolant should be warmed stronger boiler capacity will need to increase.
It will naturally increase energy consumption.
Important! When using hot water in urban apartment floor connected to the CH system, such manipulation with increasing water heating temperature is not possible.
findings
In a private house, where there is sufficient space and technical capacity to the heating system equipment "Warm water floor" can be used for finishing carpets. Carpet is not recommended to pave all the floors in the house. This will cause your heating boiler will operate continuously in emergency mode. Make nursery carpeted living room carpet vystelit using an aqueous floor, the real task and feasible.
