Hammerthumb: I am installing an engineered hardwood floor over a subfloor with radiant heat tubes installed already. The radiant heat tubes have been covered with 1 1/2″ of gypcrete. I will be installing this in a floating floor application and would like to find an underlayment which has a low R-value so as [...]
auggie: I am interested in buying a home that has radiant heat, but know nothing about it.Comment please!
john t: I have a radiant oil heating system that I beleive has air pockets. Some of the rooms are cold. I have been trying to bleed using past experience but this has always been a hit or miss. I am trying not have to call an expensive oil person.Comment please!
nhman4life: I wanted to convert my heat system to radiant flooring, I have forced hot water and i wanted to install radiant heating. Can i use the same boiler in both systems? thanksPlease comment!
in christ alone: I am doing a paper on the three systems of radiant floor heating and I cannot find anything about how to install this system and no one even wants to address the possiblility because it is such a poor systemDo you have any words to share!
VenusdeMilo: I live in Moncton, New brunswcik (Canada) and am looking for distributors of electric in floor heating (radiant heat) mats for my home. It seems like an efficient way of heating, though I can’t seem to find distributors near me. I know of NuHeat, that I’ve read is available in Nova Scotia and I’ve [...]
Ryan A: I am looking into other heating options for my house and ran across some stuff called Zmesh. I was wondering if anybody knew how much it cost per sq. ft.Comment please!
secondfloorloft: I just received my radiant flooring and it just came with a standard thermostat. I would like to have the option of having a timer on it, so I can program it to turn on and off when needed. Can I go out and buy any thermostat/timer for the flooring?Comment please!
RJKephart: My hot water tank seems to be getting cold fast and I have radiant heat at the house. The tank is about 10 years old.Give us your opinion
designguru: I want to remodel a house with radiant ceiling heat. If I disturb any of the ceiling panels it may blow the whole heating system for the entire house. How can this be prevented?Tell us what you think!
SeekingAnswers: My condo uses radiant heat, where the heat rises from sub-flooring coils, attached to a boiler in a large apartment building. Is there a specific way the carpet should be cleaned to avoid damaging the coils? Or can I use any type of carpet cleaning service? There were problems in the past when carpet [...]
diane w: We are thinking of getting radiant heat in our bathroom. I wanted to hear the pro’s and con’s of this type of heating.Give us your opinion
Bill F: I am replacing a twenty year old steam boiler and steam radiators to a radiant floor system. I am so confused by the number of choices to heat the water for this system. I could use a traditional boiler, a tankless hot water heater, or even a wall hung combination boiler and tankless [...]
clintanjunior: I am looking for information on installing pipe in a concrete floor for radiant heat. I am planning on using plastic coil pipe connected to a gas water heater with a circulator pump. Has anyone done this? What should I do or what shouldn’t I do?
Any tips? [...]
Mr. Spin: Here’s a diagram…
http://home.comcast.net/~kierchar/radflr.jpg
I get 160 degree water in the injection loop (1/2″ cooper tubing loop on diagram). Maybe the 1/2″ pipe is too small. Would 3/4″ work, or defeat the purpose?
I can’t seem to get no more than 80-85 degree water, supplying the zones. Any suggestions?
It has been 4 days and still, no [...]
netboy12121: also what steps must be taken to install radiant floor heating?Tell us what you think!
Tikhon C: I’m redoing my kitchen from the floor up. I will have a 3/4″ sub floor, then hot water tubes running through aluminum channels. This leaves a surface that is very flat, with just small unevenness at each tube. Is it enough to lay 1/4″ plywood over that, then the vinyl flooring? Or does [...]
sunny: It gets real cold where I live in the winter. The only heat I have are “space heaters” which only heat what is directly in front of them. I also have a wood pellet burning stove, that seems to be o.k., but only in the room where it is, the heat doesn’t [...]
Jane M: We bought a house recently, it’s about 30 years old. We never asked the previous owners how to use the heat, stupid yes I know! It has central air that was installed about 15 years ago, the vents are in the ceiling, duct work in the attic/crawlspace.
Now, the heat. There [...]
Jon: I bought a weekend house last fall with radiant heat and mostly wide-plank pine wood floors. To save energy in the winter I turn the heat down to 45-50 degrees when I leave on Sunday night. I turn the heat back up on Friday evenings but it can take over 24 [...]