U/F Heating. Cable Exit?

[Colin33]

Has anyone any ideas regarding the neatest way to bring the u/f cable & thermostat cable out from a tiled floor finish? :cool3:

 

[alanl]

Hack into the floor and the wall, plaster over when you are done.
Surely the UFH would be installed as the tiles are going down, so should take 10 minutes to make a channel for it, hence it is a pretty easy job to do.

 

[Colin33]

Hack into the floor and the wall, plaster over when you are done.
Surely the UFH would be installed as the tiles are going down, so should take 10 minutes to make a channel for it, hence it is a pretty easy job to do.

The themostatic probe in the floor needs to be accessable, in case it needs replacing in the future. I don't think it's good practice to plaster it in and tile over it! That's why I'm after new ideas on how people do this...surely not everyone just plasters over the wires?? :confused5:

 

[Dunc]

The new Warmup thermostats come with a length of 10mm ish kopex and a brass bit on the end. You cut a small channel in the floor and install the kopex in the chase and up to the back box for the stat. The probe can then be installed or replaced with ease.

 

[telectrix]

you could use 10mm plastic plumbing pipe to do the same job. bury it in the wall from the stat.

 

[cbw]

I fit 2, coil the spare at the back of the box.

 

[telectrix]

hate the idea of U/F heating. who in their right mind would bury heating elements under tiled floors that cost the earth to replace if you have to replace an element.

 

[Colin33]

hate the idea of U/F heating. who in their right mind would bury heating elements under tiled floors that cost the earth to replace if you have to replace an element.

Most u/f elements have a 'lifetime guarantee' now so the manufacturers must be pretty confident of their longevity. I haven't done many but the ones i did almost 10 years ago are still going strong

Still after ideas regarding the access for thermostat cable. I was considering sinking a metal backbox into the floor and connecting the wires in and out of it. Then tiling around it and fitting some sort of blank plate on. Can only find white plastic blank though, and something like a s/steel metal would look better i feel...