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Originally Posted by surferguy
I am just about to embark on my main bathroom and was hoping somebody here can help regarding in floor heating mats for under tiles. I just picked one up off kijiji but it didnt come with the thermostat. Can I use any thermostat to hook this thing up? Was thinking a $40 programmable Honeywell from Rona if that would work? Any thoughts?
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I think a very basic t-stat just gives the mat juice or no juice to heat up according to the preset temp.
I have a couple of Flextherms in my washrooms which allows me to set schedules 4 times a day 7 days a week. It has an option where I can set it to be 25 at 6 am it will be 25 at 6 am not start heating up at 6am...fancy but is it really needed? I don't think so. These things don't draw all that much electricity any ways so set and forget.
The one thing that you should look for is something that has 2 temperature sensors. The Flextherms come with a probe under the tile and one the measures ambient temperature. If you only have an ambient sensor your tiles might never heat up unless you crank it way up.