Hydronic heat / Discussions

How do you run ducts for heating and cooling with slab on grade construction?

...heating and cooling. But specifically about your question of how to heat and cool a 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...

Posted by Kurt Piemonte April 24, 2025 Slab on Grade 1 response

Would you recommend Legalett over water radiant floor heat for a backyard studio in Toronto?

...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 if it's okay to have the perimeter touching the ground without any insulation beneath it?  The most cost-effective system to deliver in-floor radiant heat would ...

Posted by Christine Pountney May 2, 2019 Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized 1 response

We are looking to build a slab on grade, do we need radiant heat?

...heat. We received a quote from Legalett for their geo slab it seemed more than we were hoping, is hydronic in floor more cost effective? Also, if we 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 will for s...

Posted by Scott Self Sept. 21, 2020 Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized 2 responses