Can you switch from a gas boiler to an electric boiler for radiant floors?

How could I convert my hydronic gas heated floors to electric heated floors?

Betty Potter-Collins Published: June 7, 2020, 8:20 p.m.Last updated: Sept. 15, 2020, 3:42 p.m.

Current slab on grad has hydronic heated floors, using propane gas as fuel. $400/ mth is killing me. Help, i have been told it can't be done .

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Mike Reynolds June 19, 2020, 1:43 p.m. Reply

If you’re looking to convert your radiant floor from a gas-powered boiler to an electrically-powered boiler there should be no problem doing that, so I’m not sure what I’m missing. But if you’ve been told that by an HVAC installer please let us know in greater detail how your current system is configured and what advice you were given in case there is a solid reason for not being able to do that.

But as for having an electric radiant floor, I have one myself, so yes, electric radiant floor boilers exist.

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