Infloor heat / Discussions

...heated slab. The videos on those pages will give you a good idea of the difference in the systems. The major advantage we found with having a slab provided by a specialized design firm is the attention to detail, the tech support, and the innovative solutions to common problems such as the insulated door sills for slab...

...heated radiant floors with electric or water coils. The air flow would be between 450-650CFM for each heater (750-1100m3/hr), the large heater is 8 loops by standard, so divide the CFM by 8 to get the per loop CFM And the temperature would be between 45C and 65C out of the coil for both electric and water. There are no...

...heated. If it isn't then I personally wouldn’t even consider it because it will be very uncomfortable, and if it is heated but the bills are sky high then  I wouldn’t either because that means it has very little or maybe even none.  On structural integrity - a house that old would probably have heaved and cracked if it...

I watched your videos with much interest but wasn't sure about the "trench" type perimeter "grade beam" in terms of supporting the house structure, and the fact that I have bedrock (Lake Huron / limestone) 18" below the surface. Wouldn't a poured perimeter wall down to bedrock be a better approach - before pouring the ...

...heating bills. Here is a page that details it even more- How much insulation a basement needs Being below the frost line doesn’t make much of a difference, the ground temperature would be at best 5 or 6 Celsius ( 41-42F) since Winnipeg isn’t known for having ‘balmy’ winters.  Heat always moves from warm to cold, so as...

...heat pump be put under a slab on grade prefab form foundation kit to extract winter heat? We generally recommend people check with an engineer for any such matters, but that shouldn't be a problem at all. Installing tubing for a ground source heat pump (GSHP) under slab on grade foundations as well as ground loops for ...

...heat - Air heated, electric of hydronic, which is best?  Even in the appropriate climate it is a fairly complicated system and needs to be carefully designed, and it would need to be coupled with a very good ERV to keep the Relative Humidity low. Alternatively, we would propose you simply use the floor for radiant heat...

...heat pump for domestic hot water and hydronic heat. I'm inclined to have the hydronic heat installed in the floor but I've heard that it's not necessary and will "overheat the house". One local supplier recommends the Minotair HRV with integrated hydronic heat loop, essentially an improved forced air heating system. My...

...heat isn’t as big a factor in determining efficiency. This page discusses the differences and pros and cons of each system –  Under floor heating systems - which is best, hydronic, electric wire or air heating tubes? Moving into a solar solution though and choosing between a solar water heater and a solar air heater, t...

...heating?  We will just be putting a Woodstove in and don't want in floor heating but I'm concerned with moisture from the slab and having flooring over the concrete causing mould issues.    A polished concrete slab on grade, or any basement concrete floor, will feel cooler to the touch than wood or other flooring mater...

...heat, and the cooling is all provided by a combination of air source heat pump and a heat pump water heater working in tandem.  Our latest demo house we used a solar air heated floor from Legalett, they provide engineered slab on grade prefab kits with air heated radiant floors. We were really happy with it, and they a...

...heater core that absorbs and releases heat. You can see more here- Lunos Ductless ERV heat recovery ventilation systems