Electric Radiant Floor Heating Installation – Warmly Yours

Posted June 24, 2009 00:41 by Robert

Tags: radiant, warmly yours, mudroom, bathtoom

Radiant heat was not in the budget for the whole house, but we did include it in the master bathroom and mudroom, using an electric radiant heat product from Warmly Yours (www.warmlyyours.com). We used the Warmly Yours product in our last house and loved it and it was also something potential buyers definitely noticed. The addition of the radiant heat in the master bath is really for comfort because with forced air heating, the floor tile in the bathroom will still be cold in a New England winter. It feels much more pleasant to step out of the shower onto a warm floor and we also noticed that it helped to dry the floor faster, which is why we also are adding electric radiant to the mudroom this time around.

The folks from Warmly Yours have a great product and customer experience and the product is very reasonably priced. We submitted our measurements online and then their engineering team created a custom quote and diagram for each room.  Warmly Yours shipped the whole package in a few days, complete with the electric mat, thermostat, detailed custom installation instructions and a special sensor to use during installation to make sure the wires aren’t nicked. Installing the product is pretty straight forward; either your tile guy or electrician is probably the best choice. Basically, they follow the template and cut the mesh mat (not the wire) at the appropriate measurements, following the custom layout plan. The green heating mat is nailed or stapled to the subfloor before the tile goes down and is buried in a layer of thinset under the tile. If you are handy, you could probably handle it yourself, but if it’s your first time I would leave it to the professionals.

Even though it is electric, the Warmly Yours product uses surprisingly little electricity (a few cents a day) and draws from a standard circuit. When you chose the Energy-Star rated programmable thermostat, it comes with a sensor which lets your set and maintain the actual floor temperature and choose settings for based on time of day (i.e. morning wake up and bed). I can definitely recommend the Warmly Yours product based on my own experiences with both the product and their customer service team and it’s a really smart thing to add to a new or master bath renovation. They also have an excellent “No Nonsense” warranty which states that if there is a failure, they will cover both the product and labor costs to fix it which goes beyond any other product out there. I am never a fan of companies who promise to fix their product only, when the labor required to do so could be 10x the product cost; it’s sort of disingenuous.

Note: I would strongly recommended getting the product onsite before your electrician is done with the rough electrical as the location of the thermostat is important and depending on the size of the mat, it may require a dedicated circuit. Also, make sure to give your tile guy a heads up as well so he can plan for the install.

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