- Calculate the cable spacing based on the floor area to be heated and the length of the heater (formula on each heater box and inside the installation manual.
- Plan heater layout before securing the heating to the subfloor in order to ensure it will fit properly into the floor space available
- Ways to fix the heating cable to the subfloor:
- Non-Wet Areas 🡪 Fixing rails nailed into subfloor, secured to mesh with cable ties, glued or taped down
- Wet Areas (where heating will be laid onto waterproofing) 🡪 Glued or taped down, glued down fixing rails or secured to mesh with cable ties
- For more in-depth instructions, consult your instruction manual contained in every heater kit. Or you can always contact the friendly people at Coldbuster for further assistance!
The Coldbuster In-Screed heating cable is a bi-directional, single-ended 6mm heating cable, rated at 18W/m and supplied as a cable on a roll. To achieve the required wattage per square meter, secure the cable at the spacing centres according to the simple formula provided. The In Screed Heating Cable has a single 3m long cold tail lead that can be connected to a programmable or manual thermostat control. A range of 14 standard lengths or a combination of these lengths caters for all area sizes and shapes.
