How To Warm up A Space With Marble Tile Floors

How To Heat Marble Tile Floors

When it comes to flooring options, marble is the most luxurious choice you can make. There’s a reason marble floors are associated with luxury hotel lobbies, palaces and the world’s most famous concert halls. The stone is naturally elegant, sleek and ultra-chic.

Like all natural stone, though, marble tile can feel cold to the touch in winter. And marble can look cold and sterile if it’s not properly styled.

Fortunately, this is an easily reversible problem. A few interior accents can help you naturally warm up the look of an interior space. Plus, heating options are available to literally bring warmth to your floors.Options For Marble Floors

Since marble tends to retain heat, it can serve as a natural heat sink in the home. In other words, the marble will absorb radiant heat from the home, helping the home retain heat for longer. A few heating options can help you to maximise marble’s heat-retaining properties:

Toe Kick Heaters

The best thing about toe kick heaters is that they require less work because they are not installed underneath the marble tiles. If you have a small bathroom that has a vanity, toe kick heaters are a good choice since you simply have to install the unit at the base of the vanity sink cabinet. The downside of toe kick heaters is that there is usually a lot of electrical work required to get them installed. Usually the heaters are 120-volt, so tapping into an existing circuit might be sufficient. However, it is best to involve a licensed electrician to do the electrical work.

In-the-Floor Systems

This type of heating is best done before you install your marble tile floor. As such, it is a good option for a homeowner who is looking to remodel their bathroom or who is building a new bathroom. For existing bathrooms, installing this heating might be a lot of work and expensive as well. For the installation, you simply have to gently secure the heating mats in place underneath the tiles. You can use glue, staples or double-sided tape for this. The heating mats are interconnected to form a complete circuit in order to ensure that the heat is evenly distributed to the floor.

These step-by-step instructions show how to install system and tile floor.

A.   Cut and place desired number of mats on your floor. The mats should cover about 90% of your floor space.

B.   Connect the mat ends together with the included wire connectors or wire nuts, after placing them on the floor.

C.   Use glue, staples, or double-sided tape to secure each mat to the floor.

D.   Next you will use the jigsaw and cutout a small hole near the floor and base of the wall. It will be used to house the thermostat.

E.   Tap into a GFCI source and run power to the hole you just cut out.

F.    Install the outlet box and connect the wires.

G.   Install the thermostat using the proper screwdriver.

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