Having in his house warm floors, you can already appreciate the benefits of such a space heating system. For those who have tried all the benefits of this method of heating, it is quite natural to want to achieve the same effect in other objects related to our way of life. Here you can talk about heating a country house or be seen as an object of heating bath.
Bath for us is considered the standard of comfort, in which the main factor is the warmth and comfort. Create the necessary atmosphere in the bath room is perhaps the major challenge to be faced during the construction of baths. Warm water floor, equipped with a bath capable of fundamentally solve the problem of heating. Moreover, such heating variant differs not only high performance and efficiency, but also improves the comfort of the bath room.
Heated floors in the bath. The motives of this engineering solutions
Not every one of us has an idea that plays a certain role in virtually every element of the bath design and equipment. The presence of the oven, through which runs a steam room - it's not the main heater in the room. The main problem relating to heating in these areas is usually performed electric heaters. The efficiency of such heat in the interior of the bath is very small. Warm enough large interior spaces due to electricity, rather expensive. Much more efficient and more practical is an option when the heating bath installed radiators or underfloor heating installed.
Both options permit to successfully connect to the main heating source. This may be a gas or a solid fuel boiler, equipped with a special manner. The main thing in this case, correctly select the source of hot water that can circulate through the pipeline.
Typically, auxiliary heating equipment is used in the bath external tank fed from the main furnace. It can be equipped with water-jacketed furnace. Some try to install the boiler coil, which will be water heating.
On a note: Any water preheated before water will flow in the circuit will have to pass through the collector. Without this device the device of warm floors will not be complete.
Using various sources of heat, you're bound to encounter the following problems:
- work your warm floor will be only when burning solid fuel boiler or furnace that provides steam to work;
- in the winter the water in a water loop will freeze.
With the first problem can do nothing. If the room is constantly used for commercial purposes, a warm floor will work normally and continuously. For those who use the bath periodically to avoid freezing system will use pipeline or corrugated stainless steel pipe polypropylene tubes.
If heating with radiators questions arise, floor heating for the bath plays a more important role. In areas where the interior spaces are heated mainly at the top by the hot air from the steam and high humidity, the floor is often neglected. However, each of us are familiar are not very pleasant, which cause cold tile or always wet and slippery linoleum.
On a note: Heated tiled floor coating dries within 10-15 minutes. The surface of the tile or linoleum used as floor covering, are breeding grounds for bacteria and fungus. Dry floor heating prevents the spread of disease entities.
After a visit to the sauna our body is in a relaxed and comfortable state. Cold floors are clearly not contribute to the duration of such pleasure. It will be much more pleasant feeling when it is half the heat source in the room. The warm air in this case will uniformly fill the inner space, creating a comfortable temperature in the changing room. In addition, the heated floors prevent the accumulation of residual water on the floor. In humid warm floors act as a compensator, drying airspace.
Equipping the bath warm floors, you can completely abandon the radiators. This will free up more space and improve the internal design of the accomodations.
Installation of the water in the bath floor. design Features
Firmed in their desire to make a bath more comfortable and cozy, ready to go. Installation of floor heating in the bath is not much different from the traditional technology laying of the water circuit in a residential area. The only condition, increased requirements for hydro and thermal insulation of the floor substrate. What should be the floor for warm water floor in the bath, you choose yourself. It plays an important role not so much efficiency as a practical side of the issue.
The main question that you have to decide is this. Where necessary to lay floor heating, in which the department baths? For the sauna there is no need. But for the washing compartment, changing room and locker room, heated floors, just in time. The only difference is in the type of floor covering. For washing room using tile or granite. For the changing room and locker rooms the best solution would be to laminate flooring or linoleum.
In practice, using a variety of equipment options of warm water floor in the sauna room. The most common arrangement of the following options:
- warm water floors, stacked on wooden base;
- stacking water circuit under the concrete floor;
- use of polystyrene plates.
In each case, the choice depends largely on the design features of the building. Large facilities usually have a concrete base. The baths smaller, especially this option, the floors are of wooden construction.
The main condition for successful operation of warm water floors, acceptable flow temperature. The water flowing into the water circuit must be at a temperature not higher than 550FROM. What happens when the water in the coil, in the water jacket or in the tank is substantially higher. The collector is able to solve this problem, so without it you can not do. By mixing the hot water with the spent coolant achieved acceptable water temperature in the water circuit. Only with the mix with water heated floor will meet these challenges.
We offer you the concept of heating water for the bath floor connected to the heating device. The difference in this case is in water heating source. Everything else will be about the same.
With a choice of pipes for the water side, we have already spoken. When used continuously the bath ideal for you would use reinforced plastic, plastic or steel pipes. In that case, if you have room, a rare phenomenon, better to do stainless corrugated pipe or polypropylene pipes. Scheme laying pipe the water circuit is selected depending on the configuration of the interior and of their area.
Typically, for a given heating circuit selected two pipe-laying "snail" or "snake". Improvement for a small area where one water circuit is used, preferred embodiment looks stacking "snail". This installation of the pipeline scheme will ensure even heat distribution throughout the floor. "Snake" scheme is used for areas where you plan to install several water circuits.
Water pipe should begin to lay on the exterior walls, gradually moving toward the center of the room. In this case, it is necessary to observe the optimum stacking step. It would be better if you stop at the step of 30 cm. Too small step will cause a large amount of material, and that's too big a step would create a strong sense temperature differences of the floor surface.
As the coolant can be used not only water but antifreeze and other chemical solutions.
Important! Uses for the heating system of ethylene glycol dangerous to life and health due to the high toxicity of the substance. Ethylene glycol is a strong poison!
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For baths characteristic point is humidity. Floor Heating in this regard unpretentious system. Properly equipped with heating floors can work effectively on the premises with any humidity figures. In order that the whole system would work longer, as a rule, when installing pay more attention to waterproofing. An additional waterproofing layer of thick polyethylene film laid over the pipes of the water circuit will be a reasonable solution.
Conceiving the installation of underfloor heating, above all, care should be taken to increase the thermal insulation characteristics of the room itself. Do not neglect and underfloor installation technology. It is important to observe a clear sequence of stacking of each element. Your warm floor should look like a layer cake, with each layer plays a determined, technological role.
Usually layer cake consists of the following elements:
- waterproofing layer (gidrobarer);
- layer of insulation;
- thermally reflective element (foil);
- pipe the water circuit;
- Metal reinforcing mesh as the basis for concrete screed;
- concrete mix (water tubes for the desired thickness of the screed 50 mm.
For concrete screed assembly baths will be the best one. In addition, if the building capital, and you are confident in the strength of the structure, perform installation of the screed does not take much.
Important! When installing the tie in the bath should be taken into account some of the nuances. For washing or shower screed should be done with a small bias, planning to install drainage pipe. The slope shall not exceed 3-50. Otherwise, the coolant circulation of the heating tube to be broken.
After laying pipes and reinforced mesh made beacons disposed so that at least pouring concrete. Observe proper slope.
The minimum allowable thickness of the screed at the thinnest point is 50 mm. For those premises where the rough surface is made without deviation, the thickness of tie respectively at different locations will be different. Without taking into account this factor can be obtained as a result of non-uniform heating of the floor in different places. Where the concrete layer will be thicker, the floor will be less warm. In contrast, in thin places screed floor surface will be hot.
Better just during the preparatory work to do the dirty surface with a slope. On top of the layer of waterproofing and thermal insulation becomes rough screed with slope. which is already mounted on top of a water circuit. Further, all it has done in the same order. Another option out of this situation is as follows. When laying pipes, in those places where the screed planned thicker conduit mounted in smaller increments. Those. in those places where the screed will be thicker, the number of turns of tubes increases. This increases the heat transfer in this area.
Conclusion. Some information about the types of coverage warm floors in the bath
After graduating with a tie, you get almost finished working surface of the floor heating. The remaining work will be mainly associated with giving the room luxury and perfection. Exterior largely determine the aesthetic characteristics of the room, however, should not forget the coating workability.
Usually used for bath or stoneware ceramic tile. Such a surface is very practical in terms of cleaning, both are excellent waterproofing layer. The advantages of such a coating - is durability, practicality and good thermal conductivity. Ceramic coatings are mainly used for washing, and rooms with a swimming pool.
For the changing room and locker rooms fit laminate flooring or linoleum.
In each case, you choose the type of coverage themselves, given the intensity of visiting bath and its spaciousness. For a country house, in the country the perfect solution would be laying on the floor linoleum. Use flooring or laminate flooring in the baths, where visits are periodic, it is not recommended. Wood surfaces are cold, unheated room begin to deteriorate. Loses appeal premises and there is a high chance of spreading of mold.
For the normal functioning of a warm floor in your bath for the operation must be clearly watch collector. It is from his performance depends your comfort and convenience. In between visits to the baths, water floor, running from the stove and solid fuel boilers should be drained.