DITRA-HEAT Heated Flooring Systems Installation (Step-by-Step) -- by Home Repair Tutor
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 24. 03. 2017
- How do you install DITRA-HEAT heated flooring systems? We explain in today's step-by-step tutorial.
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Here is the break down of the steps for the DITRA-HEAT installation:
Step 1 = Planning DITRA-HEAT heated flooring systems
Step 2 = Gathering materials
Step 3 = Setting DITRA-HEAT membrane
Step 4 = Heating cable tips before installation
Step 5 = Conductor resistance test
Step 6 = Conductor and ground braid continuity test
Step 7 = Insulation resistance test
Step 8 = Floor temperature sensor test
Step 9 = Heating cable cold splice installation
Step 10 - Heating cable installation in membrane
Step 11 - Thermostat sensor installation
Step 12 - DITRA-HEAT thermostat installation
Step 13 - Fill studs with unmodified thin-set
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108 sqft ditra heat mat -- amzn.to/2P2De8f
43 sqft of wire -- amzn.to/2r6hBdv
83 sqft of wire -- amzn.to/2SaRTQA
21 sqft kit (34 sqft of ditra heat mat) -- amzn.to/2TK6mVf
Schluter All-set -- amzn.to/2r70ngg
Schluter set (unmodified) -- amzn.to/2P3DZOi
Kerdi Trowel -- amzn.to/2DXZr6s
Watch our video for the full DITRA-HEAT installation
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Yâall rock! This video and the Kerdi shower kit installation videos have been a huge help!!!
Love the tutorial! It was very detailed with nothing extra that wasn't needed. This gives me the confidence to install the Ditra-heat system in my master bathroom when I remodel.
Always a pleasure to watch a professional do what he knows ! Thank you.
Thank you, appreciate the kind words
Great explanation and installation, answered a lot of questions.
So great, thank you. Especially al the electrical walk thru. I am about to go install mine now!
let us know if you have any questions, always happy to help
Thanks for the detail! That is pretty slick how the heating wire snaps in...
Great tutorial on installation-I'm going to be putting this down for my basement bathroom floor. A couple things on the electrical make-up at the box: Since this is 240V, the white wire from the Romex cable should be re-identified as hot using black electrical tape. Also, the ground wires should be spliced with the equipment ground back to the panel, and bonded to the box. You can use a pigtail wire to the ground terminal in the box, or leave the ground wire from the Romex long enough to wrap the ground screw, and then pigtail with the rest. This bonds everything to the metal box and piping.
Thanks Jeff! Doing 10 of these in one house next month đłđłđł gonna be exciting, first time doing it. Customer wants only schluter products, glad I found your video. Hope all is well
Excellent video guys! Thanks for putting this detailed tutorial together.
This is a great tutorial, thanks for producing it. I'm currently in the process of installing Ditra Heat in a hallway and bathroom and this has been very useful in helping me avoid the obvious pitfalls.
Ok pol
Iâm curious, were you hable to do the installation by yourself? The electrical part looks very complicated.
always know who's a pro by how they trowel that thinset on lol! Thanks for the great video.
Excellent video. Between the installation manual and this video, installation is completely explained.
Thanks Rc
Excellent video, thanks so much for making it, and really enjoying the detail of instructions provided, and you answered my query of what to do round the edges where I'm not putting heating, and how to level up the floor between merely tile area and underfloor heating areas, so now have to buy some more matting to go all round the edges...Baffled though about why I need to do a mini dogleg in the wires if over 10 feet? (my new kitchen extension is 12 x 14 ft) I'm not going all the way to the sides, but had planned to do the whole length, so please explain why the little dogleg?
Dude. This is such a gift. Thanks for making this video
Thanks for posting this, I found it very helpful đ
Excellent explanation and walk through.
Great tutorial, thanks so much for sharing!
Very good tutorials. Here I came again just to let you know that I called Schluter , as you told me so, and yes, just like you said, they were very kind and answered all my questions.
Awesome, do you feel reassured that your electrical setup is good to go?
Home Repair Tutor .... Definitely yes. Even though,they told me their system supports both 120-240
Your floor will be toasty, just be sure to test everything before, during, and after the installation đđ»
Love your video. I have a question concerning the splice going to the thermostat. You chiseled out a space so that the splice would be below or at level. I have a concrete floor and am using ditraheat-tb . Will there be enough room for the splice to sit without having to chisel out the concrete? I am laying tile on top of the ditraheat-tb. Should I be concerned ? Thanks
Clearly explained. Thanks!
Thanks for upload, this is something I've been interested and asked to do
+bniel798 awesome, hopefully this video helped. It's long but has a lot of details. Plus we worked with Schluter to make sure all the tips were in line with their handbook
Thanks for the tips, great show đ
Beautiful demonstration
Looks right. Good job for accurate info.
Ditra heat is a great product, makes installing a heated floor so much easier, good job on the video.
+Sal DiBlasi thanks buddy, it's a great system.
it is .! bt plywood need to be level . in the bay area houses are so old that we have no choose bt to float then i use this ditra over the float & come out great . if the customers wanna pay , cause it gets pricy haha
Sal DiBlasi
he should've clean all of the remaining thin set off the ditra-heat mat like you do it Sal, otherwise he did a good job.
Why must it be test?? I mean...isn't it tested at the factory? seems redundant.
I'm not sure who does nicer work, Sal or you guys!
nice to see how this works. builders are installing this week. đ„ł
Great job, great explanation, thx a lot !
Wow New channel bro, great job â€
Superb video. Thank you so much for all of your expertise.
Hey Jeff,
Love your videos for the simplicity and wisdom. You simplify even the difficult. That said, I'll have to try and give a little constructive criticism of your partner. He tends to get off topic, or over explain some things. I believe it takes away from the simplicity you have become known for. It also makes the videos much longer than needed. Again, taking away a hallmark of yours, short and to the point. I hope this helps as intended, to make your channel even better! Appreciate all your hard work, and advice! Mark
Thank you Mark, I always appreciate constructive criticism because it makes the videos better - I really appreciate your kindness and feedback đđŒđ„
A great video gents, thanks for posting!
thank you
Great job. Is it possible to waterproof the seams using Kerdi tape on Ditra-heat like you guys did with regular Ditra in another video?
Great job guys!
Amazing video guys very detailed
Thank you
Great!!! Job with Ditra Heat, Schluter System
This was a great tutorial.
In the end there was a comment about using an unmodified mortar to fill the cups. I have already purchased a highly modified mortar that I intended to use for setting the mat and the tile. Can you tell me more about the results of immediately tiling after laying the mat with a modified mortar?
Very helpful vid. Thanks.
great work guys. Thanks.
Just put some of this in today well put it in yesterday and put the heating element on today 1st time using it it's really easy compared to the other ways oh putting a heated floor down
Thanks for sharing this awesome video.
I'm just wondering the wire that you'r laying on that membrane, is it coated or not?
Great job guys.
Thanks for the tutorial
What about the wet areas? What happens if the floors keep holding water?
Excellent video, very well done
+Dennis Heflin thanks man đ
Great video đđ» only thing I would modify
Thermostat should have been positioned higher so you donât have to bend down to make adjustments
A question please.
I have a kitchen with a quarry tiled floor on dirt (good condition, no rising damp, do not want to dig up), want to use Ditra with under floor heating and with the eventual vinyl or click vinyl on top (can withstand underfloor heating).
What do you recommend please?
Thank you.
great job guys, thank you,
Thank you, awesome video! Unimportant for how to install this, but just want to inform that there is definitely a difference between hot and neutral. Your neutral wires are grounded inside the main electrical panel; meaning that there is no potential difference between neutral and ground (basically zero volts on neutral). If you were to switch a neutral wire on a light switch instead of the hot, or hook up something backwards, the device could appear to be off because there is not a complete electrical path but would still have 120V at the device. This could prove very dangerous!
Great video!
Thank you, hopefully it helped
Hi, I didnt understand what wire gauge have you used to power up the thermostad 12/2 or 10/2? thanks a lot
Great video. Then you simply tile right on top, correct?
Edit....disregard found part 2, lol and watching now!! You rock!
Thanks for the great video! Any reason not to use schluter allset? I really like it and would love to hear why you like Mapai better. Thanks!
Thanks for your video. I want to make a back porch into a bathroom with heated flooring.Will the heated flooring help keep the water hoses underneath that is unheated from freezing ?
Great Install tutorial! Will be laying mine tomorrow.
My only issue I have with this is the suggestion of wiring 2 heater cables in parallel to a single thermostat! Stop and think this through for 30 seconds. You have a 300 and a 100 ohm cables... current flow will split at the junction into 25/75%.... the shorter cable will heat up much faster than the longer cable. Next where do you put the single sensor? If its in the smaller area with the shorter cable, the larger area will never get up to the set temperature... if the sensor is placed in the larger area.. you run the risk of burning out the shorter cable. I guess Schluter forgot to mention on their FAQ that you can only connect 2 hating cables in parallel IF they are of similar resistance.
Iâm going try to do heating floor ,this video itâs very helpful thanks
Thank you!
Hi there! Great video! Very helpful - I realize this video is a bit older but I'm wondering if you know if the amazon links you provided here are considered "authorized dealers" so that the Schluter Warranty is valid? Looks like most of the wire/heat mat is sold through Marketplace Pros and I'm having a hell of a time trying to get an answer on that.
Great video - what do you do with all the extra cold lead wire?
Thanks for the vid!
Looking at doing this to our bathroom next year, so if your a diyâer, are you able to attain a full warranty if you test and record the electric values at the time of installation?
Also the vids Iâve seen on your products so far are on total construction, Iâm looking at doing it on an existing bathroom with cabinets, tube and shower currently installed, only looking to do the walkways in the room, Iâm assuming itâs just as doable as new construction?
Thanks.
I suspect it is an expansion joint for the resistive cable, as it expands (lengthens) when it is running.
Really appreciate đbest video ever â€
Can you install a good quality vinyl plank floor on this or does it have to be something solid like a ceramic tile?
most vinyl has a warning on it IF it can NOT be used over in floor heating, check your product
great job guys
Thank you!!!
At around 23:00 your electrical guy calls the ohm reading on the meter "zero". When I look at the image, I'm not seeing a zero there but "OL", for "overload". That's what the meter shows if it cannot give a meaningful number. If the number of ohms was zero that'd be a short, and that would be a failed test. You want to see "OL" for that test, which means the resistance is so great that the meter cannot give a number for it.
Thanks for asking, the main point is the wires passed the test before, during, and after installation
OL stands for Open Loop, meaning there is no circuit completion of electricity, which is ideal to see. It is like holding the probes in free air. If measuring voltage and you possibly go over a selected range or meters maximum you could get an OL for overload because what you are measuring exceeds the limits. My meter will show O.L versus OL in resistance
In general, OL on a measuring device stands for "overload" which means you are beyond the range of what the device can measure. It may happen to correlate to an open loop, but not necessarily. I have multiple digital meters here (ranging from Flukes to super-cheap devices). Their literature all explain OL as "overload", not "open loop".
It means open line - not overload on multimeters
Can you install vinyl floor planking over the heat wire instead of thin set and tile?
Thanks
Weâre installing on a concrete slab and intend to use large format tiles. Or slab is very close to level, but has some slight gradation changes. At what point should you put a layer of self leveling concrete over the slab?
Really good information đđđ
Great video! Question - after your thermostat is all wired up, wouldn't you want to actually power it up and see if the heat wires start to get warm? Obviously you wouldn't let them get very hot, but I plan to do that when I install my system.
you want to test wires three times. Once before installation, once after installation, and finally once after setting tile
What if the wire were run in a groove in cut into plyboard? Would there be an issue with thermal conductivity?
Amazingly good đ
Try using Calorique heating matts eliminates so much extra work from using wire solution. Calorique has a tile heat solution that uses a self stick matt that you lay down first then put thin set and tile without doing twice the work for radiant heating. Save on labor and save time with Calorique. Also the matt is 0.0016" thick so its like putting paper down and doesn't raise the floor height which is very important and additional labor savings.
Can you install the sheets over concrete that has been stained with a solid color stain but not sealed. I read that thinset will not stick to the concrete when putting tiles directly on it. But is that a problem with the sheets?
instead of adding concrete for the next step, is there a lighter substitute you can lay down before you put you wood tiles down?
Thank you for the informative video. I am about to install Ditra heated flooring in my bathroom. However, I have 12â wide wood planks for my subfloor. The builder of my home also drilled 2â holes in the subfloor to blow cellulose between the second and first floor. How important that 100% adhesion occur between the mat and the subfloor? Do you recommend laying concrete board down or re-sub-flooring my bathroom? Thank you again!
I have a slat floor and came to the comments section to ask basically the same thing.
Hi, quick question, is the insulation board no needed with the Ditra-Heat? I'm about to install underfloor heating in the living room and hallway and just wondering if I need to install first the insulation backer board and then, the Ditra-Heat? Many thanks.
I was looking for a video I saw a while ago that mention what thickness Kerdi to use if the bathroom is transitioning to a wood floor. If this was that video, I missed the info. Whatâs the answer please?
Tanks for the info
Curious as I am installing this today.
Looks like you install the cold splice and in your case, splices closer than 8" to the heat register. This is acceptable? Thanks and great video...by far the best I have seen.
Thank you. Always follow the guidance in Schluterâs most current instructional booklet. That way your warranty will be upheld. Sometimes weâre constrained by real world problems, hence the placement of the splices. What kind of project are you working on?
If your just going to install LVP over the top do you really need to bond it to the wood floor? Also I canât find Kersbond locally, what else can be used?
So was that floor waterproof? What about around the perimeter and where two pieces of kerdi meet
I have to install Ditra Heat in a room but there is 1" mud floor heat floor system (mesh) exist can I Install Ditra on the old system ?? thank-you
Dry fit the ditra before u put it down. makes a much cleaner and quicker install.
Doesnât look like a do it yourself project, but enlist now I know what it takes to installed heated floors.
You mentioned thin set, we just layed our detra wire, and are doing hex mosaics, we are planning on doing thin set on top of the wire and then the mosaic, is that what you do?
Is it possible to extend a continuous run of this to another room and tie it all into a single circuit and thermostat? I'm renovating my home room by room and would love to have radiant heat throughout the house.
Hi guys great video, I was hoping to see what you did where two mats join. Do you seal the joints with a kerdi band strip before tiling like with the usual ditra mat? And is the ditra heat mat on a par with the usual mat for waterproofing?
It's just for holding the wire and uncoupling the floor. You have to water proof it with kerdi like it was a bare floor.
Using the system that has capability for vinyl fooor covering, is thinset or leveler required over the mat? Thank you
What kind of box are you using the mount the thermostat?
Love the tutorial. Very clear. But what if the heating cable got accidentally cut, How do you mend it?
The heating cable is designed to never be cut and cannot be safely repaired. If cut, the entire cable needs to be replaced.
Schluter now offers a repair kit
Sorry to update you on the style floor your doing. It's OSB not plywood. Overall very good video on install.
That was awesome! I'll be doing my basement soon but I'll be installing vinyl plank flooring. Is that compatible? Thx.
Schluter does allow other materials over their heated floors
I see that you are using 2 different rolls, would you not have to install a power module to allow both wires to work off of the one thermostat? Great video, Thank you for sharing.
that's exactly what I was puzzled with. With this parallel connection, the shorter roll (less ohms) will suck more electric current than the longer roll (higher ohms). This will result in unbalanced floor heating throughout the rooms where the area above the shorter roll feels a lot warmer.
are your sensor and heating cable in different conduits? the web says there are not supposed to touch.
This is a great product thank you for your explanations question can i use ditra heat straight on concrete then tile this is for an old home and also for a new construction this will be placed on top of the concrete then tile same thing> or below concrete on a new construction when we do sewer and concrete I would love to hire your company where are you located thanks
You should use Ditra Heat Duo over concrete. Ditra Heat Duo creates a thermo break between the concrete and the bottom of the mat allowing the element to be able to heat the flooring more efficiently.
can this be installed in the walls of a bathroom under tile?
How much the system cost ?? Great video
I have two questions when it comes to the Ditra system. One, how much will it increase your electric bill because it's a 240 volt system, and two does it give off any radiant heat to heat the room??
Can Ditra be installed over vinyl floor if the vinyl floor is down good and tight.
good,informative video.I can tell you tho that nobody is gonna test that tstat monthly :)
This is a very good video how ever 120 volt is blk / wht , 240 volt is blk / red I say this because a future tech could see this as possible 120 volt thus creating possible danger , so RED taping your neutral white is a good standard practice in the case of 230 - 240 volts
There is one case in which a white may be used to carry ungrounded potential that is still in conformity with the most recent cycle of the NEC. That is when a cable is used to feed a straight 240V load. Besides that if someone is even a tad bit unsure of what they are doing around electric they should stay away from it and call someone who is. The color of the wire isn't going to save your life.
It works on concrete too...?