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Posted by Kris Krieger on November 29, 2007, 12:28 pm
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>>> news:f3ad7077-8a87-411a-8b10-
>>> 465592fb4eab@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
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>>> > I'm at my mother's house and she is thinking of moving her washer/
>>> > dryer to a semi-heated porch off of her kitchen. Great idea with
>>> > only a few problems. The biggest one is that is sometimes get
>>> > below freezing in there and she doesn't want to heat it all
>>> > winter.
>>> >
>>> > I was thinking I could lift up the rug and put down some tile with
>>> > embedded, electric, radiant heat just under the washer to keep it
>>> > from freezing. But I was wondering if anyone has ever seen any
>>> > pre-fab anything that I could put down there and accomplish the
>>> > same thing -- you know, sort of a heating pad.
>>> >
>>> > Pat.
>>>
>>> Yes, but it was some months ago, so I can't remember what exactly
>>> the product was, or really anything else about it, other than that I
>>> saw it. It's stuff you can put tile on top of, as a DIY thing. nIt
>>> *was* made for bathrooms, tho'. The weight of a washer and dryer
>>> might be a problem, but
>>> you could always put the stuff down only under the surrounding
>>> areas,
>> maybe
>>> build a low "platform" for the waser and dryer to help delineate the
>> space.
>>>
>>> I have no idea how expensive it might be. Have you also considered
>>> a protable heater? Tile the floor (non-flammable) with some
>>> insulationg stuff under it (to conserve the heat) and set up a
>>> portable so it points towards the floor.
>>>
>>> Sorry but that's all Ican recall about the under-tile heating coil
>>> unit, you'll have to search...
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>>
>> This stuff?
>> http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productList&N=0&Ntk=i_products&N
>> tt=floor%20heat
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> I like that stuff.
> I'm pricing out the materials for the gutting of our master bath,
> which will start any day now, and I think I'll put that mat down,
> maybe the 6' long version.
> I think that same company makes a radiant panel that is flush mounted
> on the wall and makes for a nifty towel warmer.
>
I'm wondering (have to look) whetehr there is something like a heated
carpet, similar to a heated matrass pad - there was no under-floor
heating option when thise place was built, not going to rip up a tile
floor that's only 18 months old, but a heated carpet could be nice in the
bathroom on a chilly day.
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