As mentioned here before, the key issues are temperature swings and moisture content. We have many clients who have installed an electric radiant system (called Zmesh) under oak...
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Good point! You are right. The system is always on and maintains 80 degrees. It takes almost 4 hrs to heat up from cold. The italian stone cutter (yup, shipped in from italy) ...
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"Works in practice"?? Do you mean, does it actrually heat the tub? Silly wabbit! I should add that the element was then mortared over to act as a heat sink and something to keep...
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I love the interesting projects! This is a high pressure water cut single piece of marble cut into a bathrub. At it's thinnest point it's 2"+ thick and the homeowner, along with...
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When installing a 240v / 30a powered system that only requires a 2 wire (2 leads plus ground) and the electrcian ran a 3 wire and connected the neutral to the neutral bar in the...
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We've installed Zmesh directly on top of a plywood sub then put a cheap luon over the Zmesh then a yoga pad floor directly over that. It creates a nice warm floor in about a 1/2...
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Post a full view picture(s) of what the joist system looks like under the room. There is a low voltage system you can install if there aren't too many pipes, air ducts, etc in t...
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First, let me say that we install both systems. So I'm not selling my product. The only reason i am particular to the low voltage is that it's easier to fix when someone else da...
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There re basically two types; line voltage cables and mats or low voltage cable. They both work effectively. The more popular known line voltage mats seem to last longer than t...
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Here's another way using low voltage: Scroll to the pix at the bottom of the page.
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Lmfao !!
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Have you turned the floor system on yet? Sounds like you may end up with some cold striping if you separated the wires too much. Did you take pictures?
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Gettingby is saying that all electric systems are 100% efficient in that all of the electricity used becomes heat, none is wasted. However, if you install it on a concrete slab ...
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We install it all the time. It can be installed directly on the concrete or, for a more efficient system, install a barrier type insulator than a plywood substrate, then the zme...
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Depending on the open square footage and the heat load, you might be able to use low voltage as primary. Do the heat loss calc first and then come back.
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It's low voltage electric.
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It was difficlut to capture the 16 degree grade on this asphhalt driveway. We retro-fit a low voltage snow melting system in the summer of 2010. The 'after' picture is the morni...
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True Story: Thomas Edison was called in to troubleshoot an problem at a local power generating plant to come in and find the problem they were having with one of their generator...
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Electric baseboard's heat (convection) has always been known to be the worst for efficiency. If you use electric radiant in-floor (low voltage or line voltage), it can be even w...
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You can do it with a Low Voltage Tuff Cable system. You will need a low voltage controller with an appropriately sized transformer to run it. You can install it with a temp sens...
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