Floor warming system provides sound control and thermal break
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Ditra-Heat-Duo from Schluter Systems is an electric floor warming system with an integrated thermal break and sound control.
The relatively thin thermal break on the underside of the membrane allows the system to warm tiled floors up to 70 percent faster over concrete substrates by directing heat to the tile, not to the subfloor.
The all-in-one system means faster and simpler installation as the membrane, heating cables, thermal break and sound control material are all combined in a single layer. To achieve this assembly would normally require the installation of multiple layers.
This is the only system that provides all of these benefits in a single layer, the company says. The new system has all of the same attributes as Ditra-Heat, and the total assembly is 5/16 in. thick to minimize construction height.
ASTM E2179 testing shows the new system produces an increase in impact insulation class (ΔIIC) of 20 to a concrete slab floor.