Installing Heated Flooring Mat under Porcelain Tile is fairly straightforward. However, on a scale of of one to ten, ten being the hardest, I would rate this a solid seven. One of the reasons is because constant vigilance is required to be certain the installer does not damage the flooring Mat that creates the actual heat. For that reason hooking the system up to power and and an alarm system is one of the first things you will do.
Second, you have to exercise care when cutting the Mat and unfolding it into the space such that it will cover the majority of area where homeowners would be walking. Click on photos to enlarge.
Then, you will need to cover the material ever so carefully to keep from again damaging the Mat. We turned the system on to heat it up so it would dry sooner as you can see in this photo.
Here are photos of the electrical hookup. When installing this material an alarm remains on during installation to alert you if a wire is damaged and needs repair before continuing. The installation kits come with a DVD and some pretty good instructions and this manufacturer had an 800# for additional help if needed.
You can see the alarm attached in the photo on the left and the connection to the Grid Mat on the right photo.
The completed project took several days but looked as customer requested.
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