A good compromise is to install underfloor heating on the ground.
How to lay underfloor heating on a concrete floor.
Thicker floors require more energy to heat them so larger cables up to 7mm are used.
Prior to laying the anything on the solid floor you first need to insulate the envelope of the house loft walls and floors.
Either through pipes carrying hot water embedded in or directly below the floor or via electric mats in or below the floor.
The heat is made possible in two ways.
In the following guide we look at installing a wet underfloor heating system although you can install electric dry systems.
Fill any cracks in the concrete and use self leveling compounds if necessary.
Here screed is being laid over warm water underfloor heating pipes to the correct depth in this install using products by the wunda group image credit.
Prepare the floor and mat.
I plan to lay ceramic floor ontop of the heating.
To lay them directly on top of the electric wires of an underfloor heating system therefore is a little unwise.
I am planning to install electric mat wire underfloor heating in my kitchen with a thermostat.
In this situation.
Make sure your concrete has completely cured before you lay down your in floor heating mat.
Wunda group if the pipes are housed in the concrete floor slab sometimes the case for new homes this is could be 150mm thick and give a reaction time of over four hours.
The underfloor heating mats on mesh are very easy to use but limited in their ability to heat floors when the covering such as concrete or deep slabs is thick.
An alternative breathable option is limecrete.
Can i place underfloor heating directly onto concrete or do i have to put plyboard down first and then lay the under floor wire heating and then the ceramic tile.
Remember also that concrete floors and damp proof membranes may upset the equilibrium of the structure causing damp problems.
Process of installing underfloor heating on a solid floor.
However my kitchen floor is concrete.