40 Sqft Mat Kit, 120V Electric Radiant Floor Heat Heating System W/Aube Programmable Floor Sensing Thermostat

15 reviews for 40 Sqft Mat Kit, 120V Electric Radiant Floor Heat Heating System W/Aube Programmable Floor Sensing Thermostat

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   John S. – February 15, 2015

   the self stick matt sticks to a CLEAN concrete slab ( vacuumed and met mopped ), use lots of hot melt or tape if you have to run the thicker cable in the flooring area( glue the flat side down for a lower profile) the cable popped through the liquid floor leveler, installing the heat mat in the floor leveler under the thin set made installing the tile so much easier. there is a 3 mm self stick cork available to help insulate the heated floor from a concrete slab that seem’s like a good idea. I like this product, can be used to moderate room temp all the time. on a concrete slab it takes a couple of hours to reach temp

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Jeff Ferry – February 17, 2015

   Product works great, just as advertised and can’t beat the price. Michigan has been really cold this winter and this makes it a little easier to get out of bed. One thing I will say is that it made the tile more difficult to install due to the thinset application over the mat and trying to match areas that the mat wasn’t over. Heattech recommends applying self leveling compound which may have made this easier but I decided to strictly due thinset which they say is the more advanced technique. It also required almost twice as much mortar for the job so be prepared to almost double your supplies.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   neamarie – March 21, 2015

   3 stars is my NEUTRAL rating. I didn’t finish installation, was disappointed in original product. Went through return/exchange process. 5-star customer service in the beginning. Then less-than-5-star customer service. Ended in refund because they made it so complicated that I was afraid of the product and was wasting WEEKS sitting around waiting for a way to fix the problem (ONE BATHROOM HOUSE FOR FAMILY OF 5 FOR WEEKS IN A ROW? NO THANKS!). Which made me really sad, because others had such success and were very happy, and this was a great value, and because I really wanted my bathroom floor heated. But not enough to continue through this nonsense.I measured my room many many times and found that the original sq ft I wanted to heat was 34.5 sq ft. So I bought this as a 30 sq ft mat so that I wouldn’t have extra length (since you can’t cut the wires). It didn’t fit. Their 30-square-foot-mat took up more than 34.5 square feet. It didn’t even come close. I had like 4 FEET left over at the end.So when they contacted me for a review, I told them what happened and they offered 5-star customer service in replacing it with a smaller size, offering help determining what size I needed, and even offering a refund if that’s what I chose (even after my Amazon return window had expired)!!! I was super pleased.Then the agent I was working with stopped replying to my emails, and over a week later, a different person called to confirm that I wanted a 20-sf mat…. She called back more than 4 times in less than an hour, asking questions and confirming things I had emailed them about a week beforehand. Then, she made me go and measure my space for a 200th time so they knew they were sending the right size (because I had no way to send them my floor plan)…. She even made me feel like I didn’t know how to read a tape measure or measure the room. Great self-esteem boost. It’s not that hard — my space is a square that is exactly 6-foot by almost 5-foot…. and that’s after staying away from walls and not being under the toilet or tub or vanity or shower. I’m not a total idiot. Then. She proceeded to try and explain to me why the 20-square-foot mat MIGHT NOT FIT into my 28-square-foot space either (I made my heated space smaller when I knew I had to get a smaller mat) and that she might want to send me the 15-sf mat instead so that I didn’t have the same problem the 2nd time……(15-square-foot mat to heat a space of 34.5 square feet that I originally wanted heated…. or even 15-square-foot mat to heat a 28 square foot space after I made changes….. tell me how that makes any sense! Product description FAIL.)At that point, I asked for a refund. If they advertise it’s a 30-sf mat, it should fit in a 35-sf spot with space left over. If they advertise it’s 20-sf, it should fit in a 28-sf spot with space left over. If it’s really that complicated to determine what size of mat I *actually* need (because you can’t rely on the product title for an accurate idea of coverage!!), I shudder to think of how difficult it would be to actually install the product to fit the way I want and warm the places I wanted warm.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Michael L – May 18, 2015

   Product description was true to form. Easy installation, I had a small area and it fit perfectly and heats the floor within a few minutes. Thermostat was surprisingly technical and allowed for daytime, vacation and other settings which allow you to control the heat. I put it over cement board and I mortared directly over it. It took a little longer to lay the tike as I needed to build up the mortar in the surrounding areas but overall the product works well.I did add an extra sensor just in case the current one goes for some reason. It’s a cost of less than $7.00 so i would recommend buying it along withe the product.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Dusty Dave – August 30, 2015

   If you ever wanted floor heat this is the way to go. It was easy to install. I watched various videos to see the pitfalls and tips. The biggest fear and caution is to not cut the wire. I was appropriately paranoid about this. I ran several continuity checks. Then I had to worry that the tile guys laying thinset and tile over it didn’t cut it. They were very careful. They even devised a plastic trowel to work the thinset. When they were done I ran one more continuity check and it was still OK. With that I hooked up the power and the thermostat and voila it worked. I got exactly what we wanted in our renovated bathroom, heated floors.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Jonathan Levy – August 6, 2016

   Ordered the heat mat and got it installed in a new renovation; however, once power was hooked up to the unit, I discovered that the thermostat itself is defective. Given the seller’s return policy, I can no longer return/exchange the item, so I’m not at all satisfied. I’m now going to have to find a 3rd party to buy a working thermostat from.Update 8/29: I was able to get in touch with Heating Technologies and they promptly sent me a replacement thermostat. I was very impressed with their customer service, and I’m now happy with the product. Thanks again to Heattech for their quick, effective handling of my issue!

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Jeremy Zaucha – December 16, 2017

   I got two of the 20 sq ft kits for my basement bathroom and office. The instructions are clear and the kits complete. Easy thermostat setup. The only issue I’ve had so far is that you need to be very careful that the netting is tightly stuck down before you pour the concrete. I thought it was but ended up with some exposed wire that I covered with aluminum tape before installing my laminate. Suggest duct taping the net down very well in advance.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   KURUPDID – February 25, 2018

   super easy to install, wires are much more durable then the direction and Youtube says. the entire mat is sticky so it just sticks rights on the floor and doesn’t move. Other brands are not sticky. must plan the thermostat location to be relative to the starting location of the mat. other then that its fool proof and a no-brainer. expect 2-3 times the length of time expectted to do project with no mat, this is to do planning the mat and being gentile with trowel and thinset.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   K. C. Wood – February 8, 2020

   This went into a new bathroom addition on my house, with a dedicated 120v circuit. I installed this myself using a screamer tool, plus checks with the ohm meter. My tile guy installed the floor over the mat, and said he was extra careful.Everything worked great for two years. I loved having warm toes in the morning. After being off at the breaker box all summer, i flipped back on this winter and the floor would never get warm, no matter how I set the thermostat. I finally got around to pulling out an testing the theromstat, and it seems to be working fine.I busted out the ohm meter on the heating wire and it shows no resistance. I could figure out how the wire would have gotten severed after two years of being between hardie board and ceramic tile. If i had never installed this I wouldn’t know what i am missing, but I am so disappointed!

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    Rated 4 out of 5

    Bo – December 9, 2020

    Amazing! I installed it in my master bath and it is awesome! Programmable controller warms the floor to 82 degrees pretty fast and feels so nice in the morning and evening after a shower especially in winter!! I wish I had it throughout my entire house!

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    Rated 4 out of 5

    Bernie – November 1, 2021

    We had a contractor install this and he did so with little difficulty. The only caveat is the difficulty of switching the thermostat from Celsius to Fahrenheit. We left it on Celsius as we were worried we would break something trying to switch it. It should be easier to do. Other than that you have the flexibility to adjust settings by day. Some may find that inconvenient than just the push of a button for all days. It’s pretty straight forward to program. Overall we are pleased with the product and hope that we can post a follow up review in 5 years to say that it continues to operate effectively. It’s only been in operation for 2 months now. But we LOVE the heated floor!

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    Rated 4 out of 5

    Dr Funk – December 1, 2022

    These are pretty easy to install if you are putting in new floors. The problem is they are not powerful enough. They take a long time to warm up and they really only heat the floor. The whole room does not really heat up. I have them in 2 bathrooms and the kitchen and wish we had gone with a 220v or a water pipe solution.

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    Rated 5 out of 5

    Jason72 – April 7, 2023

    I added the 7sqft version. Under the tile of my bathroom while renovating. I’m glad we decided to go this route. Warm feet on the tile floor when entering and exiting the shower

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    Rated 4 out of 5

    J. I. B. Dugaw – May 12, 2023

    tl;dr – mat cable labeled to be used with GCFI thermostat, the supplied thermostat is not GCFI compatible; will not pass most local inspectionsTL;DR kind of says it all. Instructions are great, the thermostat (no repurposed) is easy to program and super convenient. The thermal sensor to embed in the floor worked right out of the box which is not always the case. The *ONLY* problem is the thermostat provided is non-GCFI which has two issues for me:1 – the mat labels and documentation clearly state to be used only with a GCFI thermostat2 – to get a super priced item the seller is putting a incompatible thermostat with the mat and heating coilPositives:* the matt was 18″ wide which kind of surprised me* narrower mat meant it was easilyl to cove my 15 square feet* the mat has a sticky (ish) backing that mostly works* sensor was plenty long (came with the thermostat)* plenty of cable to run to thermostatNegatives:* the thermostat is the wrong kind for the mat and cabling* the thermostat is not GCFI* the thermostat afaik will not pass most local building codeConclusion:Just don’t purchase it. Unless you can piggy back the thermostat on a circuit that already has a GCFI breaker on it, then cool! Otherwise don’t.NOTE: in my location the radiant floor heat needs to be on its own circuit and each thermostat needs on that circuit must have its own GCFI compliant thermostat. This is increasingly standard.So read the fine print, know our local codes. Me, I just can’t recommend this product at all. Which sucks, as the matting was great, the heat coil rock solid, sensor worked out of the box, and the thermostat has been repurposed and it super easy and convenient to use. The parts just don’t work (or should be boxed) together.

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    Rated 5 out of 5

    Haseeb Chapman – June 14, 2023

    The connection wires to the thermostat were faulty and did not pass an electrical test. We were not able to use it.