Abstract: An element, such as a floor element, for floor heating systems and the like, and a method of manufacturing such element. The element includes a sheet having at least one channel and a heat transfer layer which extends over one main surface of the sheet and on each side of respective channels, and forms an upwardly open recess that receives a heat transfer conductor and tightly embraces the conductor around half its circumference in the channel, with the upper side of the conductor being flush with or lower than the upper side of the sheet. The heat transfer layer is preferably made of thin, readily flexed foil that has a thickness of less than 200 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A heated floor construction includes a supporting structure or an existing floor construction (1), a number of components (4) of sheet material (2), at least one electric heating cable (5) and a device (REG) for regulation of the heat dissipation of the heating cable. The heating cable is disposed in at least one channel (7) between the different sheet components. The channel has a width adapted to the largest diameter of the electric heating cable (5). The width of the sheet components (4) approximately corresponds to the predetermined cable spacing (cc-distance) minus the largest diameter of the heating cable, and the corners (11) of the sheet components (4) at the ends where the heating cable (5) changes direction are bevelled or cut-off. The channel is limited below by the floor construction (1). The sheet components are laid out on and fixed to the supporting or existing floor construction in such a way that the heating cable can be laid directly in the channel.