Warm floor on the balcony with your own hands - instruction + Video

Balconies in modern apartments are often a direct continuation of a dwelling. In order to ensure a comfortable microclimate on the balcony - it is advisable to create a water-heated floor on it. It differs favorably from the conventional heating system and creates heating in the predominantly lower part of the room, thus providing ideal comfort.

Water heated floor on the balcony with your own hands

Assembly of the drawer

Assembly of pipes to the collector box

Before installing the floor heating system for the balcony, it is necessary to calculate it. Laying of pipes in such a system can be carried out by two basic pictures "snake" and "snail".For the balcony, the "snail" scheme is more suitable because it provides more uniform heating.

The distance between pipes in such a system is usually not more than 10 centimeters. When calculating the required number of pipes for the warm water on your balcony floor, you must take into account that the length of one heating circuit should not exceed 60 meters.

Thus, the water heating system on the balcony, especially with its large dimensions, can consist of several circuits. In order to ensure the distribution of the coolant from the heating main along the contours, it is necessary to purchase and install a water collector.

The water collector is usually mounted in a special cabinet or in a hollowed hole near the floor.

To ensure trouble-free operation, install shut-off valves on each circuit of the water heating system.

Video - connection of pipes to the collector

Mounting options for the warm water floor on the balcony

The installation features of the warm water floor on the balconies differ depending on the material of the balcony bottom. At the same time, on top of any type of heated water floor, any variant of the finish coat can be placed.

If the balcony is a light structure, for example from a metal profile, then the water heating pipes on it can be placed in the thickness of plastic heat-insulating slabs.

If your balcony has a wooden base, then the water heating pipe can be placed in the thickness of the modular wooden floor or between the lags.

Water-heated floor on the balcony with reinforced concrete base

At the preparatory stage, it is necessary to prepare the base - remove the garbage and fill it with large potholes.

Placement of damper tape around the perimeter of the room

Place the damping tape in the places where the future screed is adjacent to the walls. It will protect the screed from damage during thermal expansion.

The whole surface of the balcony needs to be covered or flooded with waterproofing.

Waterproofing of the balcony - photo

Thermal insulation

In the next step, it is necessary to place heat-insulating slabs of foamed polymer, for example from foam plastic, on the balcony surface.

Thermal insulation of the balcony

Reinforcement of the balcony surface

On the layer of thermal insulation on the balcony it is necessary to place reinforcing mesh. It will prevent the displacement of the coolant pipes during the filling of the leveling layer.

Reinforcing mesh for floor screeding on the balcony-photo

Laying the piping system of the water-heated floor on the balcony

Warm water floor on the balcony

In the figure below, the piping system is arranged according to the "double snail" scheme.

Instructions for creating a warm water floor on the balcony

1. We place the flexible coolant pipes on the reinforcing mesh, fix them with clamps, without tightening them tightly.
2. The step between the clamps should be about a meter. Please note that in this figure the heating pipes lie close to each other and against the wall. This can not be allowed, there should be at least 10 centimeters between them.
   

   We lay pipes on the balcony

3. On the output pipe segments, suitable for the collector, it is necessary to put on protection from a corrugated hose.
4. Connect the piping system to the water manifold.
5. Start the coolant by setting its pressure 1.5 times the normal operating speed.
6. We leave the system in working condition for at least 24 hours.
7. After the test, fill the system, which is under normal working pressure with a special solution for the water heated floor, then we form the final floor covering.
   

   Screed for the water floor on the balcony - photo

Scheme for laying the layers for the water-heated floor

Warm floor on the balcony based on the foam plates

If your balcony can not withstand the weight of the cement screed - the warm water floor can be mounted directly in special heat-insulated foam plates with readygrooves under the pipes. On such plates there are also areas that compensate for thermal expansion.

Special Foam Plates for Underfloor Heating

1. In a room as cool as a balcony, it is better to provide an additional thermal insulation layer that is laid directly on the surface of the balcony.
2. On the layer of thermal insulation foam plates are placed, we lay them from the angle of the balcony.
3. We lay the pipes of the heating system in the foam
4. We connect the assembled system to the network and leave it under increased load for a day.
5. With satisfactory test results, we mount the rough, and then the finish floor.

Water heated floor with wooden balcony

On balconies with wooden floors, it is also possible to mount a water-heated floor. There are three main modifications of water-heated floors for wooden bases: classical on logs, rack and module.

The easiest to install is a modular floor, which is a ready-made element of sheets of chipboard, inside which there are channels for laying pipes of water heating.

Slightly more difficult to install floorboards:

1. On a pre-leveled wooden base laid out with a gap of 5 centimeters of chipboard, they are fixed to the base of the screws.
2. Aluminum profile is laid in grooves.
3. The pipes of the water warm shelf system fit into the grooves of the profile made of aluminum.

After connecting and testing the system, another layer of chipboard is laid on top of the structure, which will serve as a rough floor.

Installation of a water-heated floor in a classical floor on the logs

The installation of a water-heated floor in the classical floor on the logs.

1. After the insulation of the floor with foam plates, place the lags that the

needs to align horizontally along the building level.

1. According to the chosen layout of the pipes between the logs, an aluminum profile is laid, which can be additionally equipped with heat reflecting plates.
2. The profile of the pipeline heating system.
3. The space between the lags and the profile is filled with heat insulation material.
4. After connecting and testing the system, the construction is closed with a rough floor, but the final floor covering is laid.

Freshen up the correct actions in the installation of the water-heated floor on the balcony, you can watch the video file with the instruction.

Video - heated floor for the balcony / balcony with their own hands