The heating of the loggia or balcony with the help of an electric warm floor attracts that it will not take away the scarce area, such as the installation of electric radiators. In addition, if the loggia, in addition to this, is glazed and comfortably equipped, it is always nice to go out on it without dressing shoes. Heat in this case is distributed evenly from the bottom up along the entire area, and not concentrated in the radiator area. The inconvenience can only be considered that in this case it is not recommended to store something voluminous on the balcony that will lie on the floor and force the cable to overheat in this place. But not for that you make repairs and insulate to store winter tires on loggias? You probably expect to put a simulator there and play sports, watch your favorite TV shows or just admire the view. If so, then let’s find out if it is possible to equip a comfortable loggia with a warm floor and how much it can cost.
According to the search statistics on the Internet, a request of a warm floor price is one of the most popular cable heating systems. Therefore, in this note, we will try to dwell not only on how to equip the warm floor on the loggia, but also how much it will cost, and also how much and what can or be saved or cannot be saved.
For additional saving funds, you can not extradite the sockets on the balcony and by the external installation – see. photo.
In order to choose the optimal heating cable, you can contact specialists or make a warm flooring calculation online by setting the required area and focusing on a fairly high power of about 200 watts per square meter (depending on the quality of the balcony insulation, but the general rule is better than more than than less). The cable in the screed will be cheaper and warm better than the mat, even with increased power, but designed for installation in tile glue. The latter option can only be recommended if the loggia is well insulated, and the option with the screed for some reason is unrealistic, for example, there is no way to raise the height of the floor.
The heating cable can be laid on a thick metal mesh, under which in turn there will be a dense insulation of the foamyplex type (polystyrene foam). The use of such a reinforcing mesh will make the entire structure more reliable and reduce or completely eliminate the likelihood of cracking the screed.
