In-floor heat / Discussions

...heat in it, so when the thermostat hits the desired temperature and shuts off the heat, it will stop heating. A hydronic floor has so much heat in the water tha...

...heating cable laid under 4inches of concrete and I will be on time of day rates so the concrete heats up at night. I have R35 in walls and R60 in ceiling I am...

...heating system). My main concerns and fire and offgassing. (ie; which insulation will not give off toxic gasses especially as it is heated by the underfloor hea...

...heated the space with a mini split heat pump and insulated beneath the slab would the floor be warm? Installing radiant heat in a concrete slab on grade floor w...

...heat rises’, which is, in a word, wrong. ‘Warm air’ rises, but heat goes in any and all directions. With a forced-air heating system, some heat will find its wa...

...heated slab on grade and ditch the existing floor. That may be the most sensible option if you really want radiant infloor heating, though there are others we c...

...heating the part of the plumbing area cause any mold or other problems in the winter? No, its quite the contrary. Heating a crawlspace will prevent mold . But h...

...heater and water or gel radiant floor heating, or the air system that Legalett uses. I am also wondering how much rebar should be in a slab on grade floor and i...

...Heater Solar Thermal Water Heaters Solar Radiant Heated Floor Kit - Slab on Grade for LEED, Passive, ZNE Heating a Swimming Pool: Top 10 cost ...

...heating. Many Passive House home builds that use a Legalett insulated slab base don’t install heating systems, and detached garage slabs aren’t usually heated a...

...heat from south facing windows is a great way to save money and energy on heating, and a concrete floor is one of the best surfaces to collect and store heat. B...

...heat transfer is not as noticeable. For your above grade floors, some heat will be lost downwards, but this is not a problem as it will simply be adding heat ...

...heated water in the radiant tubing to help balance the excess heating. My understanding was that the unheated water in the tubing would absorb excess heat from ...

...heat generation (heated floors, furnaces, hair dryers, kettles, baseboard heaters etc.) would cost the same on a ‘BTU per watt’ scale. Keep in mind that a boi...

...heat. With the most updated energy codes. We are just looking for the best air exchange system. Thanks, John How to choose between an HRV and ERV (Heat Recovery...

...heated collector to provide supplemental heat for the in floor heating system Legalett is known for. My question is does the extra cost of adding the solar air ...

...heat that crawl and put an fan it exhaust the air to outside. what should I do? and can the closed cell option work with just the poly or is it not worth it. Th...

...heating system. In net zero designs, if an air source heat pump is used for space heating and an indoor air to water heat pump is used for DHW heating, the net ...