Electric UFH mat under tiles

[mjc55]

Had a tiler come and look at a job today.  We have a 22 sq.m. pod that we are building to live in whilst we build the house.

 

The Pod is a test bed for the house build and so the tiles we are using are 1200 x 1200 x 20 limestone as planned for the house.

 

We had planned to tile the Pod ourselves but when the tiles arrived the other day this option rapidly disappeared when we realised how heavy they are.

 

We are planning to use an electrical UFH mat and the tiler seemed to think that this should have a screed over before tiling!  I have installed an electric UFH mat in our previous house (under slate tiles) and didn't take this approach then simply sticking the mat down and tiling over.

 

Any views on whether this screeding idea makes sense, is the normal way to do it or are they simply making more work than is necessary?

 

Thanks

[JohnMo]

10 minutes ago, mjc55 said:

Pod is a test bed for the house build

So are you planning electric UFH in the house? Sounds expensive to run.

[mjc55]

No, house will be wet underfloor.

 

It won't be cheap but as we are currently in rental we will be saving enough not to worry about that.

 

Also, given that we have a lot of insulation in the Pod I'm hoping that it will not require too much heating!