What are peoples views on running cables under floors which will have underfloor heating installed? eg. swa from switched fuse at meter to cu approx 15meters away. Would it be best to go a different route, install it in a 50mm copex or fine to be clipped under the polystyrene?
Been asked to look at an underfloor heating system which isn't working the best. It's only installed on the ground floor of the property, and has four zones. Is there any rule of thumb with regards the location of the stats - location and heights?
Parts of the zones are open plan as well...
Hi i have done many underfloor heating systems on ply lined floors but never on a concrete levelled base. The question i am asking is it ok to use polystyrene thermal boards with a mesh type mat i know they are ok with the foil mats but i am unsure with the mesh type. I dont want it to be a...
I have been asked to install a power supply for approx 2m² of electric underfloor heating. I'm not installing the stuff itself but I am awaiting the delivery of it to find out the rating of it and where I need to be running cable.
I wanted to know if it needs some form of thermostat, or does it...
Hi Guys, could you please advise me as I have been getting differing answers whilst looking on the web. I am in the process of installing a new underfloor heating system. This will have 5 zones which will be isolated using 3 240V touchscreen programmable thermostats running into a Heatmiser UH3...
Evening my chaps...
Well my favourite subject has sprung up once again - central heating :rolleyes2:
On a job where the plumber has piped up 2 underfloor heating zones, never wired up one of these before... but feeling quite confident.
It isn't my usual plumber I work with this chap seems...
Hi just want to check I'm connecting the live input to the correct terminal on the thermostat, as its the only one not clearly marked, can you clarify it's terminal 3?
there's a picture of the wiring diagram below
The heating wire is 3 core, 2 are individually sleeved to be connected to the 2...
evening gents,
bit of a sticky one that i would like some help on tonight,
called in by tiler fitting underfloor electric heating and asked to quote to provide power supply as far as the thermostat units.
The spec is as follows, two areas to be covered with seperate thermostat/control unit...
Hi guys, first time poster, so please be kind!
Can anyone advise me whether underfloor heating should be on its own circuit or whether a fcu off the ring final would be acceptable? This is for a kitchen at my mum and dads. I've first fixed the cables. A couple of 6mm for the two ovens they are...
Hi Guys im quoting for a job which has three different areas of underfloor heating all being the Warm up manufacturer , to be honest I have never fitted the stuff , from what I can gather the draw isn't huge and looks fine to run from the existing ring main , however one of the areas is...
hi all. im to be doing a job starting next week, its installing underfloor heating supplies.
the system is rated at 200watts per metre. Its to be laid in 3 rooms, totalling 75m squared. theyre split into 33m, 19m and 24m. The guy was saying the floor installer reckons he will want about a 70a...
Hi there,
i had a job today where the customers underfloor heating stopped working.
i tested the mats and both were reading 32 ohms.
he had a spare controller stat so I changed it.
The stat sends 240v to the mats. But as it takes a while (he says it can take a good hour in his house) and with...
Am looking for a reputable underfloor heating company/supplier.
Client wants to use heat mats and wants a decent system. It's a small ish kitchen, say 7msq. Going to be tiled.
Loads over the Internet, but not much can be done when it's tiled!
Thanks in advance.
Evening guys
Got a job tomorrow to sort an electric underfloor heating apparently the under floor heating starts to get warm then trips the rcd
The builder disconnected the thermostat an tried again the floor got warm then tripped the rcd again
Any pointers would be apreciated
Thanks
Just in the process of first fixing a new house.
The under floor heating is:-
It will be an S plan plus with oil boiler. Have been told it's got its own pump and only needs a 3 core flex to it.
The way it displays the wiring to the boiler is a bit obscure and i don't have any info on the...
Hi
just want to ask
i been instaling heating mats before, but now I need to install 3 mats for large kitchen/ dining,
total 36 square meters of mats, each mat have 1680 Watts, and this need to be 1 zone - on one thermostat, maximum I can connect to thermostat is 3600Watts, We run separate cable...
Hello and thanks
Have a customer who will be having underfloor heating installed run from combined boiler and different zones can anyone give me some idea as to what's required to wire for such a system not done one of these before so advice much appreciated.
looking for some thermostats that can be fixed to a standard single metal mounting boxes in the wall, on a first fix left fused spurs in every room for it, joined from one side with 20mm conduit to a box, with another conduit running down the wall for sensor and power cable.
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