TRT120-1.5x04 reviewed by James C. of Washington, DC
I like it
I like it. Coming in mesh mat form definitely helped this first timer. The MULTIPLE warnings about remembering to install the thermostat also helped. I was a little confused for a while about how to trim the excess 'cold' feeds without damaging the 'hot' feeds, but I figured it out with some study. My floors are quite warm where the leads are placed and there is a definite difference between warm and (purposefully) un-warmed sections of my tile. I probably would have preferred a 120v installation where the cold leads were both routed back to the thermostat within the mesh mat system. It was very troublesome to run the far end 'cold' line back to the thermostat. It requires a lot of hot glue and a lot of holding the wire down (until the glue cools) to keep the wire from springing up through the wet thinset. I was only moderately successful. Also, the routing of the cold return wire kept me from pushing the mat as close as I wanted to the threshold, so I have a tiny section of less than warm tile.
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