Warm tiled floors up to 70 percent faster

Schluter-DITRA-HEAT-TB from Schluter-Systems is said to be the first electric floor warming system with an integrated thermal break to overcome the challenge of the mass of typically cool concrete immediately below the heating cables.

The 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 company says.

The all-in-one system is also said to mean faster and simpler installation as the membrane, heating cables and thermal break are all combined in a single layer.