It will make an incredible mess to cut grooves 
and it will become static and so tiresome to clean up... Why not just lay the heating on top? There are plastic clips with barbs designed to attach hose/cable to regular EPS (styrofoam) which work excellently in EPS cement.
and it will become static and so tiresome to clean up... Why not just lay the heating on top? There are plastic clips with barbs designed to attach hose/cable to regular EPS (styrofoam) which work excellently in EPS cement.
And you also get a more quickly regulated heating system, which in my opinion is better.nino said:
I'm doubtful that it will work well to lay down the pipe in the EPS-concrete. If I recall correctly, EPS-concrete has about half the thermal insulation capability as styrofoam. This means that EPS-concrete is a rather poor heat distributor.nino said:
I found the following on Uponor's website:
Installation of embedded floor heating
When choosing to embed the pipes, it is most common to embed the Uponor Floor Heating System 20 because it is usually cheaper. If you are limited by the installation height, you can choose Uponor Floor Heating System 12, which only needs to be covered with 15 mm including any tiles.
When choosing to embed the pipes, it is most common to embed the Uponor Floor Heating System 20 because it is usually cheaper. If you are limited by the installation height, you can choose Uponor Floor Heating System 12, which only needs to be covered with 15 mm including any tiles.
If you choose a 12mm pipe, you need to cover it with 5mm of self-leveling compound if you're going to lay tiles.
Mm, that's true, it just seems so tedious and "messy" for younino said:
Can't one figure out a way to create the grooves directly during the eps casting..? Like not casting everything at once so that you can move with a "grid" of battens or something with the right dimensions :S?
RC: I've thought about it but haven't come up with a good way...
The question is, does it dust that much? It's not much cement... the beads probably don't dust that much
magnu: seeing as it's quite a large area, I think 12mm pipes are too narrow,
Yes according to Uponor, yes... 5mm is enough but I don't think any filler manufacturer would agree because the hose moves quite a bit.
I'm not going to cast the hose into EPS, instead, it will essentially lie in self-leveling compound, since the groove will be 5-10mm larger than the hose and will be kept in place with the ROT mesh.
I'll call EPScement and see if they have come up with any constructions
The question is, does it dust that much? It's not much cement... the beads probably don't dust that much
magnu: seeing as it's quite a large area, I think 12mm pipes are too narrow,
Yes according to Uponor, yes... 5mm is enough but I don't think any filler manufacturer would agree because the hose moves quite a bit.
I'm not going to cast the hose into EPS, instead, it will essentially lie in self-leveling compound, since the groove will be 5-10mm larger than the hose and will be kept in place with the ROT mesh.
I'll call EPScement and see if they have come up with any constructions
No, it might be difficult to prepare the tracks... but it's not the cement's contribution to dust/debris that I'm worried about, it's the eps... it becomes static and sticks and flies everywhere, it's like sawing in Styrofoam.
But go ahead and good luck, it will be great when it's done and then you'll have forgotten the hassle
But go ahead and good luck, it will be great when it's done and then you'll have forgotten the hassle