How to Install Warm Tiles

Warm tiles are useful in the cold of the winter months. While you can cover some of the living room floors with throw rugs, it is impractical to do so for the floors of your kitchen and bathroom. If you want to keep the warm feeling under your feet while walking around during the winter, install warm tiles. Warm tiles are heated from beneath and can be controlled from a room's thermostat. Installing your own warm tiles is an easy task.

Tape measure
Electric mat
Thermostat
Thinset cement
Trowel
Floor Tiles
Grout

Instructions

- 1
  Measure out the floor of the room where you want the warm tiles with a tape measure. Buy a floor heating system, which should include an electric mat and a thermostat.
- 2
  Lay out the electric mat on the floor of the room. Place the thermostat sensor between the heating cables.
- 3
  Spread a layer of thinset cement over the electric mat. Level the cement gently with a trowel.
- 4
  Install the tiles over this layer of cement. Clean excess cement from the joints of the tiles. Apply grout between the tiles.
- 5
  Connect the electric mat to the thermostat by following included instructions. Connect the thermostat to the circuit panel.
- 6
  Turn on the thermostat and electric mat to see whether they work. Run at less than full power. Allow four weeks for the cement to dry and the grout to harden before fully using the warm tiles.

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