Messed up my electric underfloor heating...any advice?

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Evening all,

I'm in the doghouse from the dear wife. New kitchen being installed, and bought warmup underfloor as secondary heat source. Got a radiator in there too.

So bought it. Tested it and laid it ready for tilers. Told them to be careful, and also had plumber in the same day to do radiator. For good measure builders were there too as kitchen fitter needed an adjustment made to window so plenty if foot traffic but I did ask everyone to be careful.

Fast forward to today and getting nothing from the mat, tested on multimeter and nothing...sensor works, no heat from floor my fault as I wasn't able to check during, but grouting is done and floor units are down.

Major cockup on my part, any options to rip out tiles in just the section we installed the mat and save it? Could I be missing something before I consider that route?

I'm tempted to just buy the family slippers for the kitchen but my wife isn't in the mood for jokes yet!

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Thanks for response all,

Yes was measuring ohms, reading was something like 60 which was correct for my matting size. Now I'm getting nothing

Didn't know warmup could do that. I'll give them a try and hope for the best!!

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Morning all.

Just called Warmup and yes they were really helpful. Explained the situation and yes £250 charge, and if its manufacturer issues they won't charge. Either way, thats a small price to pay if its fixed! fingers crossed.

They did say its currently a 4 week wait time to get an engineer out but thats fine for me, its only a secondary heat source so no biggie as long as my wife knows its getting looked at.

Thanks for the suggestions!

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johnoz said:

Couple of questions,

What flooring did you lay it on?
How did you fix the mat down?
I take it you tested it for the correct ohms before installation ?
Did you cover the mat with latex compound after laying? or
Did you tile directly onto mat?
So are you now not getting any ohms reading as you did before?

As others have said it is possible to locate the damaged area and mend it.
I have installed many mats, and i have also drilled through one , its all fixable.

Hi Johnoz,

What flooring did you lay it on? - Part Concrete, part timber
How did you fix the mat down? - Laid the Warumup insulation boards down (10mm ones)
I take it you tested it for the correct ohms before installation ? Yep tested with Multimeter
Did you cover the mat with latex compound after laying? or
Did you tile directly onto mat? Tiled directly onto warmup stickymat
So are you now not getting any ohms reading as you did before? Getting nothing now

Warmup suspect theres a break in the circuit, and hopefully the engineer can come and check where the issue is!

Might be a few weeks, but ill report back when its been diagnosed.