2023 Author: Philip Bishop | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-24 22:24
- Combination features
- Benefits
- Rough base alignment
- Hydro and thermal insulation
- Pipe laying
- Laminate flooring
- Recommendations before installation
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It is not always possible to feel coziness and comfort in your home, especially in the winter season. For this reason, people are increasingly trying to create a whole floor. If we talk about suburban construction, then it is the water heating option that is more popular. As for the flooring, you can choose absolutely any option that you like. But special attention should be paid to the laminate due to its large number of positive qualities.
Combination features
During the installation of a water underfloor heating under the laminate, you should pay attention to certain subtleties that will allow you to install efficiently and efficiently. This is especially true for the combination of laminate flooring and a water-based subfloor heating system.
Since the laminate has low thermal conductivity, many experts do not recommend using it as a floor covering on a warm floor system. We'll have to think about whether it is possible to lay laminate flooring on a warm floor. If the technology of installing a water floor under a laminate is fully observed, then the quality and efficiency will be at the highest level. In addition, the above disadvantage will be minimized.
You can't choose a very thick laminate board. But at the same time, it must have the level of strength necessary for the heating system, which starts from 900 kg per square meter of the area of the room where the installation is carried out. In addition, when choosing, you should pay attention to the appropriate markings, which will indicate that the laminate is designed specifically for the underfloor heating system ("Warm wasser"). These additional markings will allow you to choose exactly the option of flooring that will meet all the requirements for efficiency of use over a long time.
When it comes to combining laminate and water floor heating, you should remember that you will have to make a lot of effort to carry out the entire installation process from the beginning to its logical conclusion. But in the process of using these elements in an apartment, you can count on a large number of positive qualities, which are worth talking about in more detail.
Benefits
During the operating period, the supplied temperature through the heating pipes does not exceed 50 degrees. This, in turn, suggests that energy costs are reduced. In addition, the use of a water-heated floor together with a laminate indicates complete environmental safety in the room.
The floor covering itself is more than 90 percent wood-based.
You can forget about the occurrence of an electromagnetic field, as is the case with electric heated floors. Although this does not cause any harm to human health when using the heating system. If we take all the sanitary and hygienic requirements, then a warm floor of a water type will fully meet them.
It is also worth noting that the entire resulting cake is a reliable construction that is ready to serve for a long time. If you follow the technology and do everything efficiently, you can forget about problems and repairs for several decades.
Rough base alignment
Under the warm floor, the base should always be prepared with high quality. It is for this purpose that the rough screed is performed. The entire surface must be free from possible defects and errors. In the presence of peeling old flooring or poor quality old screed, everything should be dismantled up to the floor slab. When this is done, the prepared solution is poured.
The solution can be prepared independently or you can purchase ready-made options in the store. In the first case, the proportions of the preparation of all components and the uniform addition of water should be clearly guided. In the second case, it will only be sufficient to add a certain amount of water. As a result, a solution will be obtained, which is evenly distributed over the floor surface using the rule and other improvised means.
It is worth remembering that before pouring the mortar around the perimeter of the walls in the room, a damper tape of a certain height should be fixed. One should not be afraid to take a larger amount of it here, since in the future all protruding elements can be cut off without problems using a special knife.
Hydro and thermal insulation
After the screed is poured, and it has time to dry within a specified period, additional layers of heat and waterproofing are performed.
As a waterproofing layer, not only a thick polyethylene film can be used, but also special solutions, which are available in the assortment in hardware stores. The main thing is to choose exactly the version of the product that will be needed for the device in the subsequent heating pipes.
Thermal insulation is also important. It is necessary not only to preserve heat inside the room, but also to resist the heating of the lower floors. The most effective are special boards made of foamed polyethylene. Their thickness will depend on certain parameters and the condition of the floor covering. A thicker layer will be necessary if unheated rooms, such as a basement, are located under the room where the water-heated floor is being laid under the laminate. All this is necessary for better warming up of the room, where laminate flooring is organized on a water-heated floor under the screed.
Pipe laying
In order for the heating pipes to lie well under the subsequent laying of the laminate on a warm water floor, a layer of reinforcement should be laid out in the form of a metal mesh. Pipes will be fastened to them using special clamps located at a distance of 100 cm from each other.
Pipe distribution has several different options, each with its own characteristics and efficiency. We are talking about a spiral arrangement and according to the "snail" scheme. So that in the future the laminate warms up better over the entire surface, it is better to take the last scheme. Here the heater is distributed evenly, with alternating rows of cold and hot flow.
The most optimal distribution of the pipeline is a combination of various schemes in one room. In this case, it is worth remembering the need to select different contours for each option within the same room.
The distance from the heating pipes to the walls in the room should be at least 10 cm. It is also worth deciding which pipe-laying step to choose so that the efficiency of heating the subfloor together with the laminate is at the highest level. Everything will depend on the diameter of the pipeline and the thickness of the resulting cake.
All components are connected in a manifold cabinet, which is installed on one of the walls in the room. In some cases, it will be better to place it inside the wall altogether by making an appropriate opening.
At the end of the installation of a water-heated floor under the laminate, it remains only to fill the screed, which should be brought to the maximum horizontal position. This is precisely the main requirement of the floor covering.
Laminate flooring
When the water underfloor heating has been installed, you should wait until it dries completely. Otherwise, there will be too much moisture on the flooring (laminate), which will cause its deformation and destruction.
On top of the finished and hardened screed, a polyethylene film is laid, which acts as an additional waterproofing layer. It will not allow moisture to pass to the laminate during operation, thereby protecting it from negative external manifestations. The film thickness should be selected in the range of 170-220 microns.
When these steps have been completed, you need to think about laying a soundproof "pillow" under the laminate. This material is usually taken in thickness within 3 mm. It will be enough to show all the qualities. In addition, here the transferred heat from the pipes of the water-heated floor will not be lost, but will be directed to the base of the floor. All the subtleties and nuances must be observed when the laminate is laid on a warm floor from water heating.
The further installation process will depend on the chosen method, as well as on the very option of the floor covering.
It is worth recalling that laying the laminate on a water-type warm floor with a parallel or perpendicular distribution of flooring elements (relative to the walls in the room and the entrance door), the start of work should be designed on the left side wall. If diagonal laying is chosen, then from the center of the room, so that all the segments and parts of the covering boards are located against the walls in the room.
Special attention is paid to the two types of tool joints. Here, the attachment can be carried out either separately of each element or by creating a whole row and then attaching it to the previous one located on the base.
There is also the option of laying the laminate not on the screed, but directly on the heating pipes of the water-heated floor. Then you need to additionally purchase special fastening tapes and clips. At first glance, the installation process does not take much time, but the efficiency of such a system is slightly lower than the classic heating option. It is better to spend a little more time on pouring the screed in the room, heating elements under the laminate, than to further infringe on yourself in some way and get less heat from more energy consumption.
Recommendations before installation
It is very important to think about the ventilation of the floor covering (laminate) during operation. To this end, when laying lamellas along the walls in the room, a gap of 10-15 mm should be left. There is no need to be afraid that this will spoil the appearance of the entire room. Subsequently, this space is perfectly closed using various skirting boards.
Before laying the laminate, it is brought into the room for about 2-3 days so that it can get used to the temperature and humidity levels. At the same time, such a microclimate must be created in the room itself, which will also exist during the operation of a water heated floor arranged under a laminate.
When using laminate flooring together with water heated floors, thermostats will be very helpful, which you should definitely buy. They are intended not only to slightly reduce energy costs during heating the room, but also prevent overheating of the floor covering, allow it to perform its functions for a long period. The article was written specifically for
