North Leeds Plumbing & Heating – Home Improvement and DIY Advice

There are two main choices when it comes to electric underfloor heating and heating cables and mats is one of them. Heating cables are an older style technology and can be quite difficult, especially if you are looking for a DIY underfloor heating system. You have to be accurate with the spacing of the heating cables and they have to be secured to the floor. You need a degree of experience to ensure that you get the cables spaced properly or you will create problems for the future.

Heating cables are excellent in small rooms, such as bathrooms, but not so clever when working with large areas. However, heating mats have been introduced and these have taken away some of the issues and made electric underfloor heating systems somewhat easier to install. Small heating mats have been used to keep pet reptiles warm for a long time and now the technology has been scaled up to be used in the home. As simple as it sounds, the heating mat is simply unrolled and laid across the floor. This is much easier for you to deal with if you are looking at a DIY underfloor heating system. In effect, the old style heating cables have been pre-laid into a mat and now you just have to lay the mat, which can be cut to work around obstacles like kitchen islands and doorframes. The speed and simplicity of laying this system is a definite selling point.