me:
i am converting an attached garage to a master bed/bath. the houses heat system is natural gas that comes thru vents located in the concrete slab floor, so installing the same heating in this room is impossible. i was wondering if in floor radiant heating in this room would be sufficient to heat the space?
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February 19th, 2009 at 11:52 am
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February 20th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Go with the first answer… radiant floor heating is great (no more cold feet) and does the job both efficiently and what I like best - uniformly and consistantly… No more hot/cold hot/cold as the heater/fans come on and off…
it can also be very inexpensive to install if you are doing the construction… might be more difficult to do AFTER construction, but even then it runs easily if you have access to the joists under the floor…. I assume you are looking at pex? but there are other methods as well.
Good luck, you will enjoy it!
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:41 pm
You will need a separate system to supply the hot water for radiant heat. It can be done however and will heat the entire space. You can put forced air vents in the walls from your current system if you can route them back to the furnace. They don’t have to be in the floor.
February 24th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
In floor Radiant heat would do the trick yes!
Make sure to insulate well, whichever type of system you use.
Which type of system are you thinking about installing?
Since you have natural gas you could go with a small boiler and use pex tubing embedded in a newly pored layer of concrete. You could use an electric grid system. You could also run duct work to use with the forced air system you are already using. I really like the in-floor radiant heat though its quiet, dust free, and very comfortable. I live in Minnesota so I imagine it would work where you live as well.
Hope this helps,
February 26th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Anyway you twist it you have concrete to saw. Like sewer lines for the bath.
Radiant heat works fine BUT in your case you will have to buy an additional boiler unit to feed it plus pour concrete to enclose the floor system.
Good Luck with your challenge.
February 28th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Radiant hot water heat will work, and you will likely be raising the garage floor anyway to get rid of the slope in the floor and get the new floor above grade. You will need a hot water source. You can add a boiler, or for a small area a solar/gas or solar/electric water heater would work too.
If you need air conditioning too, consider a split heat pump system. There is a small ‘head’ unit that sits inside on the wall and a small compressor that sits outside. They are quiet and provide both heat and air conditioning. They don’t heat the floor, but are an economical add on system.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:22 am
Yes. I installed a “Warmly Yours” electric pad under tile in a room 5 years ago. I’ve always liked this….wake up on a cold morning and the floor is warm.
If you go this route, tack the coils down with 2x as many fasteners as recommended. Any little 1/4 inch buldge in the coil will protrude from the first layer of mortar and mess up your tile laying.
March 5th, 2009 at 6:44 am
you want to save, go into your furnace room, connect to your duct work, go thru ceiling, take it over your rafters and cut it in to the ceiling, a lot cheaper, just make sure the duct is insulated