Drywall Construction Systems for Wet Rooms

The building materials used, especially the paneling materials and surface materials, can significantly influence the living climate. It is important that this building material can absorb moisture from the room air – especially in damp rooms.

Drywall Construction System for Surface Heating in the Bathroom

The Variotherm Drywall Construction systems for walls and ceilings are particularly suitable for the subsequent installation of surface heating in the bathroom (W1 to W3).

Gypsum fiber boards are used as carrier boards for the surface heating. This means that the ModularPanels absorb the excess water vapor in the room and act like a "parking lot for moisture." When the humidity decreases, the panels release the water vapor again.

Additionally, mold formation, for example on window reveals, is prevented: The moisture in the room is bound in the near-surface areas and no longer settles on the colder thermal bridges.

The gypsum fiber boards can be compared to a clay plaster, which is characterized by an excellent moisture-balancing surface. 

And so a wall heating is retrofitted

The 18-millimeter thin gypsum fiber boards are mounted on the substructure made of metal or wood. Align the boards in position and screw them in at the marked points. Then apply the joint adhesive along the edge.

The pipes already integrated into the ModularPanels are calibrated and connected using press-fit couplings: This lasts a lifetime. Now the wall is finished and ready for a colorful coat of paint or the application of tiles.

The bathroom can be used again in a short time.

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Use the connections of the existing Heating

A wall or ceiling heating system operates with lower flow temperatures than a radiator system. Therefore, anyone who wants to install a surface heating system later usually has to combine the new low temperature system with an existing high temperature system. The Pumped VarioManifold from Variotherm can do this: The higher design temperature of the radiators (approx. 50-70 °C) is mixed to a lower temperature. Depending on the heat demand, a wall or ceiling heating system operates with an average heating water temperature of approx. 30 °C.

The Pumped VarioManifold can usually be connected to existing radiator pipes. Due to the shallow depth of the manifold station, it can even be installed in the wall. Up to 15 heating circuits are possible per pump manifold station.