Heated slab floor / Discussions

...slab on grade floor, would be a heated floor. here is out page all about different under floor radiant heating systems. Cooling is a different matter, some people put in air-to-air heat pumps cooling, and radiant cooling is something of a contentious topic but can work, as long as you don't 'over' cool the floor to the...

...slab on grade foundation starts with building it on a suitable base that won't heave and that has sufficient drainage. First I would read this page - How to build a slab on grade foundation: the Ecohome step by step guide We can advise you on the best practices for building a slab on grade, but you would still need a d...

...floor, and means loss of interior space as well as the cost of building stairs. Basically its like this – complexity costs money. The more simple you design it the cheaper it will be, and slabs are  more simple than basements.  Personally you couldn’t really talk me into building a basement unless there was really no o...