Heated shower floor

[Stevenfyeager]

Customer wants a heated shower floor. Have you installed these ? I don’t remember if I have……………..

 

[infinity]

What kind of heat electric mats?

 

[Dennis Alwon]

I have but they were rated for the shower and they were low voltage mats

 

[hbiss]

What, he doesn't have hot water?

-Hal

 

[Barbqranch]

Mine is electric mats under the tile floor. I love it. You walk in barefoot in the morning from the cold floor, and step on the warm tile.

 

[GoldDigger]

What, he doesn't have hot water?

-Hal

You need to keep the shower floor warm when you turn off the water to save water while you are scrubbing?

 

[infinity]

You need to keep the shower floor warm when you turn off the water to save water while you are scrubbing?

Who turns the water off? I only know of one person who actually does that (not me).

 

[GoldDigger]

Who turns the water off? I only know of one person who actually does that (not me).

I don;t either. My on demand water heater does not like me when I do that or worse use the almost zero flow shutdown some shower heads have.

 

[Mystic Pools]

I installed Thermosoft electric heat under a bamboo floor at my house 4 years ago. 8'x20' room 120V.
They also have 240V. Works nice with a programmable thermostat.

They have mats for showers and bathrooms.

 

[gadfly56]

Customer wants a heated shower floor. Have you installed these ? I don’t remember if I have……………..

Just to be clear, you mean the actual shower stall floor, not the adjacent bathroom floor, correct?

 

[electrofelon]

Customer wants a heated shower floor. Have you installed these ? I don’t remember if I have……………..

Just to be clear, you mean the actual shower stall floor, not the adjacent bathroom floor, correct?

Would this be any different than the typical under tile heating system? Do any manufacturers prohibit this?

 

[Mystic Pools]

Here's link to Thermosoft for shower floors

https://us.thermosoft.com/floor-heating/rooms/shower

 

[James L]

Would this be any different than the typical under tile heating system? Do any manufacturers prohibit this?

That's my question also.
Tile is tile, methinks
Mortar and grout are waterproof.
Heated floor is gfci protected.

Maybe use driveway heat?

 

[hillbilly1]

Would this be any different than the typical under tile heating system? Do any manufacturers prohibit this?

That's my question also.
Tile is tile, methinks
Mortar and grout are waterproof.
Heated floor is gfci protected.

Maybe use driveway heat?

Actually it is a little different, the tile and grout is not 100% waterproof. A rubber membrane is installed underneath to channel any water that gets by into the drain. So unlike a normal tile floor, it gets saturated quite often.

 

[curt swartz]

Tile/grout floors are definitely not water proof.
Showers require a sloped waterproof hot mop, copper pan or membrane pan under the tile. The waterproofing is drained into weep holes in the drain assembly.

 

[electrofelon]

Actually it is a little different, the tile and grout is not 100% waterproof. A rubber membrane is installed underneath to channel any water that gets by into the drain. So unlike a normal tile floor, it gets saturated quite often.

Tile/grout floors are definitely not water proof.
Showers require a sloped waterproof hot mop, copper pan or membrane pan under the tile. The waterproofing is drained into weep holes in the drain assembly.

YES YES the tile detail is a little different I am aware. This is the electrical forum not the tile forum. Is anything different for the cable or mat?

 

[Mystic Pools]

I can only think of a regular/traditional glycol radiant floor heating system. You'd need a boiler to operate it.

 

[James L]

Tile/grout floors are definitely not water proof.
Showers require a sloped waterproof hot mop, copper pan or membrane pan under the tile. The waterproofing is drained into weep holes in the drain assembly.

Epoxy grout is absolutely waterproof.

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[wwhitney]

Epoxy grout is absolutely waterproof.

Epoxy grout may itself be waterproof, but the tile/grout floor will still allow water to reach its substrate.

Cheers, Wayne

 

[Knuckle Dragger]

Customer wants a heated shower floor. Have you installed these ? I don’t remember if I have……………..

Electric heat mat and cable heated shower floors are very common.
FWIW, After five seconds of hot water on the tile the floor is plenty warm.
If installing the heat yourself you may want to separate the bath floor from the shower (they can still be on the same T-stat) just in case one fails you don't loose the whole system.