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(More customer reviews)I purchased 3 3'x10' thermosoft floor heating mats for a 9'x13' room that is on a cement slab. The room gets very cold due to the cold seeping through the cement floor. The rest of the room was completely gutted, re-insulated, all new Anderson windows, sealed high-hats. So it was the cement floor causing the room to be so cold. Installation was fairly straight forward. The instructions were simple to follow. Roll out the mats, and run all of the wires to wherever you're placing the thermostat. Each mat has 2 wires - a black and a white (about 25 feet long). Run an electric line to the thermostat box as well. Mats get wired in parallel (twist all the black wires together, and twist all of the white wires together) - and connect to the thermostat (also has a black and white wire). Electric line connects to the thermostat. Thermostat comes with a floor sensor to measure temperature of the floor. Purchase an extra one and install it too so you have a backup. Run the lines to the thermostat box. Only connect one of the floor sensors. If it dies/malfunctions you can connect the second instead. Installed a Pergo laminate floor over it.
So I had 90 feet of thermosoft radiant heat for a room area of roughly 120'. The floor struggles to get the room temperature past 65 degrees. I have even raised the temperature of the heating coils to their maximum (99 degrees) via thermostat settings. The default temperature of the coils is 80 degrees. After placing down the mats i realized i probably could have squeezed another 1.5' by 5' mat in the room. You really need the entire floor surface covered. In addition, the floor needs to be running most of the time. This system doesn't heat the room quickly. I have it set to shut down at night and come back on in the morning. Overall my electrical bill hasnt gone up so the floor appears to be fairly energy efficient - but for $950 bucks, i expected a little more heat out of the system. I thought 90 feet of heated flooring was adequate for the space - but as i said previously - the room struggles on cold days. I actually purchased an electric heater for $50 bucks. In the past it would have done nothing, but now with the thermosoft floor keeping the chill out of the room - the electric heater can warm the room up to 68-70 degrees fairly quickly.
So i'm giving the product 3 out of 5 stars. It does keep the chill out of the room - no more walking on a freezing cold floor - but it struggles to get it past 65 degrees. For the price i paid, I shouldn't have to use a space heater in the room.
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ThermoFloor radiant floor heating system requires no cement/mortar when used under floating floors. Its ultra-thin heating elements are mounted on special sound-reducing and temperature-insulating padding. For extra safety, it features patented FiberThermics? overheat protection. QuiteWarmth is ETL Listed and carrying 10 years Warranty (!). It is a solid-state system with no moving parts to break or wear out. There are no ducts to clean, no allergens to worry about, burners to service, or fuel tanks that have to be replaced regularly. Once QuiteWarmth is installed, you can forget about maintenance.
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