@@TileCoachI guess that explains why there's so many homeless people in California. My grandpa used to say he could make a living with a spoon. He would need a license now to bend it into a ring. Thanks for your response.

Isaac Ostrom Az too , i think most states require a license after a certain dollar amount

I'm not sure what to say. I was an apprentice in a lot of trades. But the amount of hours required working as a slave to take a test is done on purpose. I'm grateful for the knowledge, but if a person can do things themselves and pass inspection, screw all that BS. This is exactly why things cost so much. Government sucks the wind from everyone's sails.

@@SuperAfranks "Government [is bad]." NO. In this case, the government is there to make the incompetent and unscrupulous think twice before scamming innocent dupes (not you of course), something the "free market" cannot compensate for.

@@SuperAfranks I think any licensing should be based on a knowledge/skill demonstration and that required hours should be eliminated.

Saw that too...lol

Me too. But all good we still love your videos! But I won't be asking you for financial advise! Lol. Have a great holiday everyone

Have to use both your ears, in the beginning he did say that as you purchases larger systems it becomes more cost effective. Therefore 480 is more cost effective than 580 as it should be ;)

Saw that too. I know laticrete sells strata mat in 2 sizes 150sqft and 323 sqft or something like that and the bigger roll is cheaper. I suppose schleuter has something similas

Hey there. Also in Wisconsin, just bought first home. Can you point me in a direction to a distributor?

AARON! please text me! We have the solar panels but we haven't figured out the whole where to store the batteries...we simply have questions... were almost finished painting and we need to get a move on the floors. Ordering and getting what we need, so we can start already!!! Thank you. Om at 720 828 1202

@@Suzyston My SunPower solar PV system is grid connected. So I export electricity seamlessly during sunny days and at night my house imports electricity from the grid. I have a light switch on my thermal mass electric floor heating slab. It is then plugged into the wall socket. When switched off the floor emits even, constant and silent heat for 8 hours before needing more electricity. My 3' x 9' unit cost around $1,000 in materials. On the hardwood floor I laid down an R6 layer of tinfoil foam board, then 2 layers of concrete board, then a 3" perimeter layer. Inside I rolled out the electric heating serpentining $300 mat. With a stapler I made it flat as possible and filled it will grout. I then placed another layer of concrete board and then tiled it completely. I recommend we focus on high insulation in all perimeter walls, floor and attic. New windows are nice but not really necessary. Thin flim plastic works really well. R35 floors are necessary along with R100 attics. You will feel an immediate increase in comfort. I dug out the crawlspace under the whole house over two winters. By allowing 2 feet of wiggle room I installed R29 batts of recycled glass up between the 10 inch floor joists. They fit perfectly. But to hold them up I plated the underside with 1" R6 tinfoil foam insulation using 2" screws and large washers. I then can spray foamed the seams, cut even and sealed everything with the aluminum tape forming an R35 plate of insulation under the whole footprint under the house. For solar PV and batteries, I say start small and add batteries and solar panels as needed in off grid applications. One 100 watt solar PV panel in cloudy northwest winter will give you 3 hours of LED 8 watt light. 600 watts of solar PV will power tools. But anything with heat...no go. Your inverter will beep beep immediately. Perhaps with an electric vehicle and off grid large batteries we can have off grid electric heated floors too. I think for off grid heat one needs high insulation then wood heat, liquid heated floor plus electric heating...with a growing solar PV rack. So after the batteries are full the extra electricity is directly into heat in the floor. Hope this helped.

I'm a newbie attempting to do my bathroom floor. Can you tell me more about the layers please? Thank you!

Hmm.. the insulation alone would definible make a difference good to know my kitchen floor is a mother foker cold stone anytime of the year

can the electric. chilled water in a hydronic system. raz

I wonder if running it on solar is completely out of question, because if it is, that will be the law , in California.. 😂

Gustavo Tirado I’m in the HVAC trade and have much respect for your trade. I don’t think there’s going to be a drop off of need for good tile installers unless there’s another major recession. I wish I had heated the whole floor in my master bathroom and not just where we stand at each sink.

Me too. It is soooo cold!!! Brrrrrr!!!!

I’m laughing right now those aren’t even cold temps

Eduardo Bermudez I don’t know if you’re being rude or not lol. But I’m from California so 30 degrees is cold for me.

Till you get a leak . Like vampire taps on a ice maker

What is “double glazing”?

@@monicaduby1362 common windows with insulated glass.

One other (unrelated) thought on heated floors, I have often had clients want me to install an "off the shelf" heat mat from Home Depot in the center of the room, as the often assume that it will be adequate to heat the entire floor. I always talk them in to custom or not at all, as I have heard too many complaints from clients having "cold spots" in floors that were installed with out full coverage..

@@TileCoach Thanks for the reply!

@@TileCoach Hi Isaac. About 10-12 years ago I had Clients who wanted heated floors in their master bathroom. It was before Ditra Heat or at least before I had heard about it. I talked to the local Rep for the system I was looking at. I don't remember the name of the product. The Rep said that going over an uninsulated slab was so inefficient that he recommended a particular insulated panel with a built-in radiant barrier. It was 7/8" thick before the thinset to adhere it and before the thinset to float over the wires. The added height was around 1 1/4" before tile. The Clients didn't want to have that much of a step into their bathroom so they decided against doing any heated floors at all. At least the Rep was honest enough to let me know instead of just trying to sell his product.

I wonder about the 8 hours a day of run time. I find I can turn on my floor heat and get from 63 to 73 in 15 minutes. I really dont think they run 8 hours a day.

Its been a year since this post. How about an update? Regrets? Wish you knew before things? Glorious?

but the cost of our hydro is more expensive...so he's probably right. as of 2020: Off-peak10.1 ¢/kWh. Mid-peak14.4 ¢/kWh. On-peak20.8 ¢/kWh.

I think the presenter did very well. Pricing a job size is more easier to understand vs. by sq. ft. Also keep in mind that there aren't a lot of options for cable size-so by room size is the best approach

In what state? That's far too cheap for a heated floor buddy

madcow usa Bingo!

why would he use exactly double for more than 3 times the area? bulk pricing

So I can custom size the wiring for a room that way? Do I need an extra thermostat if I want 250sq feet, or 280 sq feet of heated flooring? Can I heat walls instead of floors this way? Any idea of how long this system should/can be operational before it needs to be replaced? Does it make sense to heat room perimeters ( perhaps from the walls out to 5 or 6 feet, as opposed to heating the entire floor, or a large centered section of the floor? ( living alone I have some trouble with the idea of heating my entire residence. If there was a family living here then heating the house would make more sense to me. If heating a bedroom can you give a rough idea of how long it would/might take to heat a bedroom from 50 degrees to 75 degrees, with 225 sq feet? Would I turn the heat off all day and only turn it on for a few hours before retiring and/or rising in the morning? Or leave it on all day due to the length of time to get the room to tempeture? Thanks in advance for any additional info you can provide!

@@paulortiz8063 - yes from A supplier like mine they would custom make the wire to the size of the room. You only need one thermostat per room that would be installed with heated floor. A master bedroom would have its own thermostat and the ensuite bathroom would have to have its own thermostat . Both rooms would have to be wired separately for the floors. It would not make sense to only heat the perimeter of a room or the centre. Do the whole room or don't do it at all. You can program the thermostat to keep a consistent heat all or to only heat at certain times a day. Can be set to just warm the floor so it feels good on your feet or warm enough to heat the room and be completely comfortable. You can enter informations like the cost of per kilowatt-hour and the thermostat will tell you the cost per day to run. Very efficient The system would last forever, only thing that would burn out is the thermostat sensor. Two should be installed when installing heating cable. Schluter only provides one in there kits my supplier provides to. I yet to hear of a sensor failing.

yeah your comment is correct , but this is a great video for already done floors

google owns you yeah in mytown it gets real chile 50 deg so a ductless 9000 btu will keep us at a normal 90 degwinter night for 2 bucks

google owns you Right on ! cold hearted dispatch and check book keeper

Trey Hart ay chihuahua ! thats cold

Edward Lahr Use a DC Element attached to PV to preheat your water prior to the boiler.