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Originally Posted by kach22i
I've watched a few videos (one an hour long training course), they might be the only company offering splicing repairs.
We used a different system a few years ago in a house, and one of the in-floor sensors failed, the owner said he was glad he insisted on a backup sensor to be installed at the time.
The problem with lower level on existing concrete slab installation is that the slab soaks up much of the heat and negates the quick heat up and charge down cycle by heating up so much mass and wasting energy.
This is why they developed the thicker self-insulated 3/4" deep version.
The big advantage of electric in-floor heat is it does not have to be turned up when you are not in the room, and can be warmed up quickly, perfect for occasional use rooms/levels.
I have been impressed with Schluter electric heat videos and reading materials, but the most informative video (an hour long) was by Wamup out of Canada. My personal experience says redundancies and repairability are important considerations.
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I did a fair amount of research on electric radiant heat floors. I am getting ready to install two systems in a bathroom. Most offer some sort of warranty. Schluters warranty differs in it covers everything, tear out of old floor and replacement of new material including labor if their system fails, the rest only cover their product no material or labor for the floor.
In my application I chose Luxheat, the difference in cost between the two systems was significant. In this application the additional cost did not justify the warranty. It's a small bathroom and I am using two separate systems one to heat the shower and one to heat the rest of the bathroom. The bathroom also has forced hot air as the primary heat source. The heated floors are simply a luxury. I could be wrong, but my thought was what is the likely hood both systems fail, and if they did no big deal the bath still has heat. Maybe I would replace them maybe I wouldn't.