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[DTB]

No.....just a deep soaking tub.

This will be my first acrylic tub. I've always had cast iron. But I wasn't going to haul a new one up to the Second Story. Hopefully the acrylic one will stand the test of time.

Did you set the tub in a bed of mortar? Makes it more solid and quieter. Nice job on the remodel

 

[The Bob]

What you have sounds like what I'm putting in. It's made by Schluter and the cable runs through its proprietary mat and powered by a thermostat. It has two temperature sensors at two different spots of the floor.

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We had heated floors using that system in our old house, up and down masters'. Wish we had put in our new house.

 

[Surf Cat]

Did you set the tub in a bed of mortar? Makes it more solid and quieter. Nice job on the remodel

Yes I did! A dry pack mortar.

Thank goodness for YouTube. It really helped me out with my first vinyl tub install as well as the new materials I used for the backerboard. Squished that tub down on a big blob of that mortar and it's solid.

The backerboard, is that newfangled foam board where it's super light yet, waterproof. You put it in with its proprietary sealant in between the seams and corners. Soooo much easier than the old-school cement board.

Thanks for the kudos.... I'm not done yet, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! It's been a long haul.

 

[Surf Cat]

We had heated floors using that system in our old house, up and down masters'. Wish we had put in our new house.

You know..... I tried to find some "bad reviews" to show the wife that it wouldn't be worth the trouble to do it. All I found was rave reviews....so it's going in.

 

[Fernando]

We had heated floors using that system in our old house, up and down masters'. Wish we had put in our new house.

I don't see many homes with heated floors except in rich areas. You must be rich.

 

[Dublin ohio]

You know..... I tried to find some "bad reviews" to show the wife that it wouldn't be worth the trouble to do it. All I found was rave reviews....so it's going in.

Heated floor was the first thing the wife mentioned when we decided to remodel our bath. Couldn't feign ignorance since she knew I was an electrician at one time. Also didn't help that I had rewired the majority of the house a year after we bought it

 

[Fernando]

The problem with heated floors usually radiant heat for best efficiency is that when it fails, it's costly to repair. Not for me.

 

[Dublin ohio]

The problem with heated floors usually radiant heat for best efficiency is that when it fails, it's costly to repair. Not for me.

Radiant heating cable rarely fails. Most of it is used for specific areas like bath floors. So yes if it fails you lose the heated floor but not your primary source of heat. I have seen a very few homes that rely on radiant heating cable for primary heat source. It could differ in other areas

 

[Fernando]

Around here, Eichlers use radiant heat throughout the house. Very efficient but I dread when these system fail.
That's why is subject is an Eichler, I use Eichler comps.

 

[Dublin ohio]

Around here, Eichlers use radiant heat throughout the house. Very efficient but I dread when these system fail.
That's why is subject is an Eichler, I use Eichler comps.

Have you ever seen a system fail and I don't mean the thermostat or temperature sensor. I mean the actual heating cable