The heated bathroom floor

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One of my favorite luxuries in Norway are the heated bathroom floors. I call this a luxury because it's something I never grew up with, I don't know of anyone in Kentucky at least who has a heated floor in their bathroom and I think it really is a luxury to have one. To Norwegians, this is just a standard part of their housing.

Without the heated flooring, the bathrooms are pretty cold, so it's actually a handy thing to have in the flooring and it's also comforting to start your day getting your toes toasty from a warm floor.

Under the bathroom tiling lies a mat with coils, these coils are what heats the floor. It's a good investment as it doesn't take up any space unlike a heater in the bathroom as it's concealed under the flooring, it can be used to heat the entire bathroom and it doesn't use much power.

Not that bathroom floors are particularly nice to look at or anything, but here's ours.
Warm and toasty. 



Comments

Anonymous said…
I used to rent a small apartment that had heated floors throughtout, not just the bathroom. Very nice in the wintertime, no need for other heating source. But expensive if you'd have alot of floor space though. Usually turn it off in the summer :-)
March 12, 2015 at 11:09 PM
546875687sdf said…

I noticed exactly the same thing coming from England! Even in older apartments it seems to be the norm here!
July 6, 2015 at 6:50 PM
Unknown said…
Here in Canada we also love our underfloor heating, especially in the bathroom. We can have harsh winters here, so underfloor heating is very much a necessity. It is true what you say, in that it doesn't cost much to heat the room, as well as the fact that no space is lost. Much better than radiators.

Levi Eslinger @ Capital Plumbing
November 19, 2015 at 7:52 AM
Wilfred Andrews said…
Heated bathroom floors are a luxury to many, but in Norway, it is just a standard housing design. Under the tiles lies a mat with coils that heats the floor. It does not interfere with the bathroom layout as a heater does because it is hidden under the tiles making it extremely superb in space utilization. It is consumer friendly as it does not use much power.

Wilfred Andrews @ LB Plumbing and Heating
January 18, 2016 at 11:40 AM
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