It's good when the air temperature in the apartment and at work, in the store and in the garage is at a comfortable level. How to keep your home warm?
The floor that moved
Of all the traditional and new options, today let's take a look at electric floor heating. Under a carpet, under a tile or other flooring, a stable system is most often laid, which heats a certain area locally. Everything is good in this method, except for one thing: you cannot move or change the area of \u200b\u200bthis heating after the completion of the installation work. Yes, and to troubleshoot, you will have to open the main floor, lift the laminate or remove the tiles.
Modern developments of manufacturers provide consumers with the opportunity to avoid such situations. By purchasing a portable heated floor under the carpet, citizens receive one of the options for additional heating of any place in their home or office. It can be placed in the living room area or children's room, in the bedroom near the bed or on the floor at the desktop. The rug can be small or the whole room - it depends only on personal preferences.
How is the comfortable novelty used?
Rug-film can be used not only in the off-season or in winter as a local heater. It perfectly dries shoes or children's things. Putting it under your feet in the workplace, you can significantly increase productivity, and save your he alth.
Do vegetables on the balcony freeze in winter? It is easy to avoid such trouble by insulating the potato storage box with infrared film. It is very convenient to place such a warm layer in the play area of a children's room or make a chair for a pensioner more comfortable.
For those who have not yet purchased their own housing and live in a rented apartment, underfloor heating under the carpet (reviews confirm) can be an excellent mobile option for their own comfort.
The principle of the nanomat
Electric portable infrared warm floors are made on the basis of a special polyester film. Carbon strips and silver-copper conductors, firmly laminated into the base, are used as heating elements. After connecting to the power supply, carbon atoms are excited in the "stuffing". This causes infrared waves of 5 to 20 µm to be uniformly emitted over the entire surface of the film module.
Underfloor heating consumes a very small amount of electricity from a standard network during operation. As an example, the following numbers can be given: for a module with a size50 by 35 cm requires only 30 watts. Since the surface heats up to 50 degrees, the use of small modules is possible without additional thermostats. To use a surface with an area larger than a square meter, a device is required to automatically turn off and turn on the device depending on the temperature.
Complete set for self-installation of IR film
It's enough just to make a warm floor under the carpet with your own hands. You must first stock up on the following materials and fixtures:
- 500 to 800 mm wide infrared film;
- connection clamp kit;
- mastic insulator;
- regular heat-insulating non-foil film;
- two sets of vapor barrier (for bottom and top layers);
- thermostat;
- electric connecting wire with plug.
How to assemble the IR mat
The warm floor under the carpet with their own hands is collected on the free surface of the room. First lay out steam and heat-insulating materials. Using ordinary scissors, the infrared film is cut in accordance with the selected dimensions and laid out over the insulation. The conductive tapes of the film are connected in parallel, fastened together with clips-clamps. All contacts for rigidity must be carefully insulated with mastic glue. The film, thermostats and electrical wire are connected into one system and connected to a power outlet to check the performance. finala vapor barrier is laid again from above, then the finishing layer of carpet or just an ordinary carpet. The heated floor under the carpet is ready to use! The top coat over the film material should not be too thick, otherwise all the heat will remain under the carpet.
Does this portable carpet warm well
Since the film itself is not a ready-made heating device, but only one of the types of material, the power of this heat source depends on the correct assembly of the “layer cake”, which is a warm floor under the carpet. The reviews in this case are unambiguous: there is no proper assembly, which means that you should not expect good heating either. In order to obtain comfortable heat in the room using only an infrared film device, it is necessary to cover about 70% of the floor area in this way. But with properly and efficiently arranged thermal insulation, the efficiency of such a coating will be almost 95% with minimal energy consumption. Where it is impossible or undesirable to lay a complex, stationary hot floor from water heaters, a mobile system based on IR film will become a universal solution. In addition, this system, if necessary, can be moved to another room, another apartment or taken to the country.
Mobile mat - palace
The warm floor under the "Teplolux" carpet is a construction somewhat different from the film structure. Its surface is artificial felt, which is durable and easy to care for. The canvas has a certain size andis available in two versions: 2 by 1.5 m and 2.8 by 1.8 m. The basis of its heating filling is a thin cable in a protective hermetic sheath. The mat is connected to the power supply via a 2.5 meter installation wire. Such a mobile heating mat can be placed under wicker, lint-free or medium-thick pile rugs, the surface of which will evenly warm up to 35 degrees.
Infrared heated floor under the carpet is connected to the mains with a universal plug, suitable for any type of socket. The wire is fixed through the power box. The optimal temperature regime is maintained by a functional and convenient power regulator.
There are still some cons
As they say, without the bad it would be difficult to understand the good, or "everything is known in comparison".
Starting to enumerate the negative qualities of the infrared "underground" coverage, it is important to consider the size, and the place of use, and the presence of the main heating. So cons:
- film is not as durable as consumers would like;
- heavy pieces of furniture should not be placed on a portable warm floor, as this can crush and damage the radiating conductors;
- material is very demanding on the cleanliness of the surface on which it is laid;
- if you put a thick carpet on top of it, the heat dissipation will be close to the lowest mark;
- if the heat-carrying infrared system is not assembled correctly, you should not expect heat in the apartment.
Importantalways take into account that the warm floor under the carpet is not a separate heater, but a small set of measures taken for your comfort. If the above conditions are not met, the infrared heating elements will lose their functionality.
He alth is a myth?
Longwave radiation is not only safe, but also beneficial for both humans and plants. Constant feeding of organisms with infrared rays helps to strengthen the immune system and invigorate. The effect of such heat waves on a person is similar to the heat of the sun or a hot stove. Modern medical research officially recommends the use of infrared radiation in dentistry, surgery and other fields.
The use of such a coating as a film underfloor heating under a carpet has a beneficial effect on the he alth and well-being of both the elderly and children. Under the action of infrared radiation, the development of pathogenic bacteria stops even in the surrounding air space. By inhaling ionized air, people get rid of allergies and neurodermatitis, psoriasis and pressure problems.
IR rays neutralize the harmful effects of television and computer electromagnetic fields. Effects have been found that even inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Radiation has a mild beneficial effect on he althy organisms. Underfloor heating (electric) under the carpet will bring exceptional benefits and comfort to the house.
