With the onset of autumn days, each of us would like to come home, warm up and relax in a warm and cozy home. But, unfortunately, not always central heating batteries fill our homes with sufficient heat. Therefore, at present many people solve this problem by installing warm floors in their houses. In order for this kind of additional heating to function with maximum efficiency, it is necessary to make certain preparatory work, which begins with the selection and laying of a special substrate for the warm floor .
Kinds of a substrate for a warm floor
A quite natural question may arise, but what are the functions of the substrate? First of all, the substrate for the warm floor is a heat-insulating material. Further. With its packing the problem of soundproofing is solved, and for a certain type of floors it is also a steam and waterproofing. In addition, it performs the functions of leveling material.
To get this or that kind of a substrate follows in view of type of the installed warm floor and a kind of a floor covering. Without going into technical details, we note that warm floors can be water and electric. For water-based floors, a substrate with high waterproofing properties should be chosen to ensure reliable floor protection in the event of an accident. The best substrates for warm floors are the foil substrate. In addition to all other performance characteristics, such substrates for the warm floor due to the specific surface of the foil have high heat-reflecting properties.
By the way, the reflecting properties of the foil are also used in the substrates for the warm floor of Valtek. This is a roll material made of expanded polyethylene with a metallized coating (multifolga).
Adherents of natural materials for warm floors can choose a cork substrate - albeit somewhat expensive material, but has excellent performance properties.
In addition, the technical plug can also be used as a substrate for the infra-red warm floor (a kind of electric warm floor). For such floors, foam foils and magnesite slabs can still be used as a substrate.
As already mentioned, the type of substrate should be chosen taking into account the type of flooring. For example, under the laminate flooring, the most popular type of flooring today, for the installation of a warm floor, it is best to choose a perforated substrate - it not only conducts heat well, but also maintains the laminate.