I’m planning to do some remodeling of my walk-in shower. One of my gripes is how cold the slate floor tiles are, especially in the colder weather when the house hasn’t warmed up in the morning. They look nice, but my feet freeze. Is there a radiant floor heating that can be used safety under shower floor tiles. I’d prefer not to deal with hot water tubing types, but electrical mats in a water environment don’t seem like such a good idea either. Any thoughts?
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How Mcgiverish do you want to be.
Turn on shower before you get in
Run hw pipe in base before it gets to shower
Use infared lamp in ceiling.
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You're reminding me of an engineer/home inspector friend at my house once. Up on the top floor (attic type ceiling) I started talking about cutting a hole in the roof and installing one of those roof fans for ventilation in the summer. He looks over at the dormered window then back at me. DOH!
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I usually run the wire type systems (not mats), each one is made up for the area and heat reqd. They say that after being made up they are tested at 5000 volts in a hot salt water bath to check the insulation. Next line says never to use in a shower. First question I gotta ask is how many lawyers did it take to figure that out? Second question would be: How many of the guys that make these thing up have them in their showers? I know I put one under a cast iron jacuzzi 16 years ago, ( also forbidden by the rules ) Keeps the tub hot and hasn't killed her yet. Jim Devier
I believe Warmly Yours electric radiant heat mats can be installed under a shower.
If it were me doing it for myself, I'd probably try it. put a radiant mat down in the mud bed, then mortar over it to smooth it, let it dry, then mortar again and kerdi over it, and tile over that. I would also test the gfci in the thermostat pretty regularly.
zak