Electric Underfloor Heating – Carbon Film Heating Elements
There are two main ways to install an electric underfloor heating system and one of these is using carbon film heating elements. This is an underfloor heating system, which has been specifically designed for use with laminate flooring, so if you are looking to have this type of material installed then this could be the ideal system for you.
The way a carbon film heating element system works is, as it sounds, by using a layer of film, which is made of a semi-conductive material that is wafer thin. It is unrolled, like a sheet, across the floor that you want to heat and is an ideal way to install an underfloor heating system in an existing building, as it is so thin it will not, to any great degree, impact on the floor level in any way.
The edges of the carbon film have copper electrodes built in and these are connected to the electricity supply, which is what provides the heat. Once the floor has the carbon film heating element laid on it, a layer of insulation is needed to help conduct and spread the heat evenly over the top of the laminate floor. Ideally, this should be no more than 18mm thick or the heating is not going to be as effective as it should. The level of heating is controlled by a simple digital thermostat, which makes your life easy as you can simply adjust the temperature of the floor at will.
