Hi Guys , haven’t posted on here in years but thought I’d add some photos of how I made a heat tile.
I used to always use heat lights, but after reading Bluetongue1 (a memeber on this site) idea on how to make a heat tile, i took some of his ideas and made a few of them.
Smaller tile :
-300 x 300 melamine
-300 x 300 ceramic tile
-15w reptileone 2m heat cord
Large tile:
-400 x 400 melamine
-400 x 400 ceramic tile
-25w 4.5m heat cord
I noticed Reptileone heat cords are definitely quite a bit thicker then the grey URS style ones , and it states on their instructions to have 50mm spacing , I went with 40mm and it heats up to around 40deg unregulated. Obviously I recommend using a thermostat set at your desired temperature.
After routing the melamine (using 8mm straight router bit) , I then ironed on melamine edging to seal the sides.
So tile can be removable it is held down with small dabs of blu tac in each corner.
See attached photos
I used to always use heat lights, but after reading Bluetongue1 (a memeber on this site) idea on how to make a heat tile, i took some of his ideas and made a few of them.
Smaller tile :
-300 x 300 melamine
-300 x 300 ceramic tile
-15w reptileone 2m heat cord
Large tile:
-400 x 400 melamine
-400 x 400 ceramic tile
-25w 4.5m heat cord
I noticed Reptileone heat cords are definitely quite a bit thicker then the grey URS style ones , and it states on their instructions to have 50mm spacing , I went with 40mm and it heats up to around 40deg unregulated. Obviously I recommend using a thermostat set at your desired temperature.
After routing the melamine (using 8mm straight router bit) , I then ironed on melamine edging to seal the sides.
So tile can be removable it is held down with small dabs of blu tac in each corner.
See attached photos
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