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• Staple the mat to the plywood subfloor to prevent the mat ends from curling;
• Use spray adhesive to fasten the EFMA to a concrete subfloor.
Staple the mat to plywood
Secure with an aerosol adhesive
on concrete
Fig. 4.4 b
Fig. 4.4 c
IMPORTANT!
Never staple the heating cable directly to the subfloor.
4.4.1 Working Around Walls and Obstacles
90°
180°
Cut the mat
NEVER CUT
OR SHORTEN
THE HEATING CABLE
Change direction 90°
when you meet
an obstacle
Change direction 180°
when you meet
an obstacle
Work around
obstacles
Work around a 45° wall
Obstacle
Fig. 4.4 1
• When the EFMA roll meets a wall or obstacle, simply cut the mat and pivot it in
another direction (Fig. 4.4.1);