ᐅ Is underfloor heating necessary in the shower? What are your thoughts?

Created on: 22 Mar 2018 23:20
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Eldea
There’s some real progress here. Underfloor heating and radiators have now been installed in the basement.

Now we just have to wait for the screed [emoji6]. Let’s see if it will happen next week [emoji848].

However, I don’t understand why the shower area in the guest bathroom has insulation installed slightly deeper and there is no underfloor heating. That area will be tiled. I can understand it for the upper floor with the shower tray. I’ll have to talk to our site manager about this tomorrow.
Underfloor heating system: Heating pipes laid in loops on insulation layer, wall valve visible.

Underfloor heating: Installed heating pipes in construction room, open window.

Room with underfloor heating pipes laid in loops on the floor during construction work.

Construction site room in basement with heating pipe installation and unfinished walls.

Basement room with blue piping, red adhesive tape, and wall-mounted heating device.
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readytorumble
23 Mar 2018 20:37
I find underfloor heating in the shower completely unnecessary.
We didn’t have it in our previous rented apartment, so we didn’t install it in our own house either (the underfloor heating was installed as a DIY project).
As someone mentioned here, the tiles are warm by the time you step under the water. That takes a maximum of 3 seconds. And no one can convince me that they stand in the shower that early before the tiles get warm from the water.

The only reason I understand for installing it is if underfloor heating coverage is needed because the rest of the space is so small. But in a bathroom like that, I’d have much bigger issues than cold feet for 1–2 seconds.
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matte
23 Mar 2018 21:18
So, with my shower, I first have to step INTO the shower to even be able to turn on the water...
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DNL
23 Mar 2018 21:40
We do not have underfloor heating in the shower area. We could have had it at no extra cost. Both the tiler and the heating engineer advised against it because they said that faster drying water would lead to more limescale and water stains.

In the end, you don’t really notice that there is no heating there. The room is warm, and so are the tiles. In fact, water stains appear more quickly in the rest of the bathroom. However, those tiles are anthracite-colored.
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Müllerin
23 Mar 2018 21:50
Well, we are getting a water softener anyway; otherwise, it wouldn’t be possible here... especially just for washing hair.
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ypg
23 Mar 2018 21:55
Ok, warm water contains more limescale than cold water... Nonsense... Water in a warmer environment has higher limescale content than water in a colder environment [emoji848] How about some photos as proof????
Arifas23 Mar 2018 23:32
Maybe because more water evaporates on the warm tile compared to the cold tile, where it runs into the drain before drying[emoji848]?