neoquip
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Registered: 12th Aug 02
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Christmas is here and I've a dead line to get the bathroom tiles in the house by the time the new years here when the plumber will then put a toilet in.
So this weekend underfloor heating has to go down.
Being on a the 25mm floor boards I've been told I have to put a 'Ditra' mat down to create a floating floor, just in case the floor boards move it won't allow the tile sto move with the floor boards. The adhesive to stick the Ditra mat down isn't very sticky, hence I laid some tiles on it to hold it down.
Once its down you skim over all the square pockets on it with the flexi tiles adhesive (its rapid set adhesive that has a working time of only 10mins) to level it.
Then the next day (Saturday) i primed it with Therma Coat to help stop the U/F heat going down instead of into the tiles.
http://www.handyheat.co.uk/floor-insulation/therma-coat.htm
I used this stuff.
When it had dried I started to stick the Underfloor cable heating kit down.
Not as easy as it looks as the sticky tapes doesn't hold down all that well, but I did it... only took 4hrs to get it to hold.
Sunday and toady been getting the tiles down. Once again the rapid set adhesive is so hard to workw ith as its gone off after 30mins and you only have really 10mins to work with it to get it down, bare in mind you have to be extra careful not to damage the cable kit.
Another thing, the porcelain tiles are a buggar to cut. TILE RANT OVER 
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BlueCorsa
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Registered: 14th Jan 04
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That does look like a cunt of a job, will look good when it's finished though.
Is the heating electric then?
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neoquip
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Registered: 12th Aug 02
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yep, electric.
using their stuff http://www.handyheat.co.uk/
good price if bought on line, also only 15mins from where we live, so if any problems I can go back and speak to someone 
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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You can get some dead cheap kits form screwfix direct that are meant to be much easier to work woth than what youve gone with
Woudl lovve UFH though 
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neoquip
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it's all about the same stuff though, we wanted to know if there is a problem we can go back to a proper company that deals with it, handyHeat also had a better price than every one else for what you get.
ScrewFix didn't have the customer service when we looked at buying it that handy heat gave us.
the bathroom came in at only £171 for the 3.5mSq kit, with digital thermostat and a litre bottle of wooden floor insulation solution (valued at £29 a bottle)
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BlueCorsa
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Registered: 14th Jan 04
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Didn't realise that you could get electric ones, had only seen the water hose ones that you bury in the floor before. Thinking of an extension which would involve removing one of the radiators in the lounge, wonder if you could plumb a water underfloor heating in place of a radiator like a straight swap?
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neoquip
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I think theres more to it than that.
why not get the electric kit?
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flame1987
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Registered: 20th Nov 06
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looks really good that m8, will be good to see it finished.
Is it expensive to heat the floor when its all up and running?
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neoquip
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Registered: 12th Aug 02
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not sure, but you put it on the thermostat to come on and go off when you want it to, at the temp you want it too, that way you're not running it all day when you're not in.
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
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how well does it actually heat through the tiles
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neoquip
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Registered: 12th Aug 02
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not sure yet, but in the show room you could feel it fine.
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