Cable Kit FAQ’s

Cable Kit is one of our most popular products. We specify it as Tiled Floor Heating; Bathroom Floor Heating & Conservatory Floor Heating.

It is usually fitted under ceramic floor tiles but can also be used under slate, stone, marble & travertine amoungst others.

Q: What is Cable Kit?

A: Cable Kit is our most popular system as its versatile nature means that floor heating can be quickly and easily be laid in any room within your home. Cable Kit is a ready to install electric underfloor heating system. The small diameter heating cable (3.2mm) makes it simple to install under all types of solid flooring such as:

• tiles
• marble
• slate & natural stone

The small diameter of the cable also means that the floor build up is kept to a minimum.

Q: Where can I fit Cable Kit?

A: Kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms, bedrooms, in fact anywhere there is a solid floor (timber, concrete or Marmox). Cable Kit is perfect for awkward shaped areas, particularly bathrooms, where the loose lay cable can easily be fitted around fixed obstacles such as the bath, shower trays, basin pedestals and WC’s. Note: timber floors that are to be tiled must be made solid and bounce-free. This applies even without floor heating.

Q: Where can I find Cable Kit on your Website?

A: Cable Kit is sold as: Tiled Floor Heating Cable Kit, Bathroom Heating Cable Kit and Conservatory Floor Heating (all for Timber floors, concrete floors or conservatories). Each is sized to fir an area in square metres depending on your room, floor finish and sub-floor.
If you are unsure how to choose Cable Kit, please use our interactive house product selector.

Q: How do I install it?

A: Cable Kit should be fitted in either a flexible floor levelling screed under tiles (or similar) or it can be fitted in a complete bed of flexible tile adhesive.

Q: Which size Cable Kit do I choose?

A: We sell Cable Kit by the floor area it will cover given a type of room, type of floor covering and the type of surface that the Cable Kit will be laid on – usually timber or concrete screed. As a guide:

• timber floors should have approximately 100 watts per square metre

• internal rooms such as kitchens, dining rooms etc. with a concrete floor should have between 100 and 150 watts per square metre
• high heat-loss areas and conservatories / garden rooms should have 150 to 180 watts per square metre

If you are unsure how to choose Cable Kit, please use our interactive house product selector.

Q: What will I receive when I order Cable Kit?

A: Cable Kit is packaged complete with everything that you need to install a superb underfloor system. It incorporates:

• the heating cable on a drum
• special high bond adhesive tape to fix the cable to the floor
• a fully programmable Aube TH132-F digital thermostat and the underfloor sensor
• protective conduit for the underfloor sensor
• comprehensive installation instructions
• The packaging also doubles as a very neat cable dispenser, again making the installation as fast and simple as possible.

Q: Right. I’m ready to fit my Cable Kit. How do I determine the cable spacing?

A: There is a simple calculation. It takes only a few seconds on a basic calculator: Take the room area in square metres and divide by the cable length in metres. Multiply the answer by 1000 to give the cable spacing in millimetres. As a guide, the minimum recommended spacing of the cables is 60mm with the maximum 120mm. The spacing for a conservatory will typically be 60 to 70mm, a kitchen 70 to 100mm and on a timber floor should be approximately100mm