How long does it take to warm my SunTouch floor from a cold start?
In a new installation, the mat is working to warm the entire cold mass of the floor. Framed floors (raised) heat up quickly- usually it takes about 30-60 minutes. A slab can take a day or longer to come up to temperature, depending on the conductivity and moisture content of the slab and the material below the slab. If your radiant floor is over a heated space and there is not much heat loss from the room, these times are reduced significantly. Once you program your Programmable SunStat PRO control however, you will not worry about timing issues. The SunStat has the ability to learn how long the floor takes to reach the comfort temperature, and will automatically start the control early to reach this temperature at the programmed time using state-of-the-art “Fuzzy Logic”.
