45° plank tile with underfloor heating

[Dumbo]

These sorts of mats are the easiest and best by far to use .

 

[Boggs]

Same here 45m2 of it, I also used a Karl dahm underlayment roller on recommendation from @Localtiler and it made life a lot easier

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Loving this, satisfies my ocd!
Are these layouts pre designed like wet systems?
What was the wattage per sqm?

 

[Blunt Tool]

Nice job Andy, not easy to do planks on the 45 and keep your sanity.

 

[Concrete guy]

I'm liking the underfloor heating systems on this thread. Are they decoupling membranes and heating all rolled into one system?

It certainly beats the days of wrestling with the curly warmup mats.

 

[Flintstone]

They have been around some time Alan but more and more manufacturers are putting together a system, often sharing mats. Yes it's uncoupling which takes the wire basicsally. A lot of people say it's easier but I'm not so sure, you have to stick the mat down and pay for the mat also so it's never going to replace the market for the tangly mesh sort.

 

[Flintstone]

Loving this, satisfies my ocd!
Are these layouts pre designed like wet systems?
What was the wattage per sqm?

You buy the cable after some calculations to cover the M2 you need. You alter the spacing to increase or decrease the wattage per m. This one was 185, I think the most powerful one is warm up which can go to 230w per m

 

[Albert]

They have been around some time Alan but more and more manufacturers are putting together a system, often sharing mats. Yes it's uncoupling which takes the wire basicsally. A lot of people say it's easier but I'm not so sure, you have to stick the mat down and pay for the mat also so it's never going to replace the market for the tangly mesh sort.

Saves on levelling compound though

 

[Flintstone]

Not when you Level over it like I did! I have one similar coming up which I'm not going to level over. It's a small difference tho as what you save in leveller you will use nearly as much in extra adhesive.

 

[Albert]

Not when you Level over it like I did! I have one similar coming up which I'm not going to level over. It's a small difference tho as what you save in leveller you will use nearly as much in extra adhesive.

It's not just the cost of the leveller it eliminates the process, saving
time

 

[Concrete guy]

I guess it could be a nuisance if you're having to fit insulation board, then membrane with wire, then screed. It could give you some height issues.

Other than that I see very little downside.

I have two bathrooms to do this year and I'm always looking through the job threads on here for ideas. Things have moved on a lot since I was tiling.