Radiant floor / Discussions

...floors? Or, do you want a heat pump for the lowest bills? (Heat pumps are 3 times more efficient). And to help you pick the best heating system for Passive House, here are a few pages to check out : Radiant floors heated with air tubes       Choosing the Best Wood-Burning Stove or Fireplace Heat pumps - what they are ...

...radiant floor I would personally want to see the utility bills to know what a winters worth of heat would cost.  And a last piece of advice - don't be instantly leery of it simply because it is a slab. As long as it is in good shape, I would consider that an asset compared to a basement.    

...radiant floor heated with air tubes rather than hydronic, and those tubes will be fed with air warmed by a solar air-heating panel, so we are using the floor as a thermal battery to store solar heat. Here is an air heated slab on grade radiant floor DIY install video. 

...radiant floor and an air source heat pump". Can you post more details on which systems were used? For example, is the ASHP being used to heat the fluid in the radiant flooring? If not, what system was used for that? Also, what system was used for domestic hot water? Thanks The radiant floor is heated with an electric b...

...radiant floor heat in upper floors, as are other products, but to answer your slab question, I wouldn’t be using it in basements. You simply need to embed tubing directly in the concrete, no need for additional products.  We have lots of pages on Radiant Floor Heating, have a look here and you will probably find all yo...

...floor, I don’t believe there are any other manufacturers, and that is a great start to an efficient and durable home, we just built our recent Demo House on a Legalett slab air heated floor last year. I would first point you to this page about insulation – What is the best insulation for a home? In there you will learn...

...floor for our recent demo house and did a time-lapse install video here - Solar Radiant Heated Floor Kit - Slab on Grade for LEED, Passive, ZNE Legalett monitors the process of installion for their raft slab kits, which includes a pre-pour inspection for warranty, they also send a construction heater to cure and dry th...

...radiant floor is a great idea. Have a look here at our air heated radiant floor page, this design has a lot of thermal mass which would be great for balancing heat. we also have a guide on installing a hydronic radiant heating system in your home. The wood stove would be a nice addition, but you wouldn’t really need bo...

...radiant floor heating systems – A comeback for radiant floors heated with air tubes Installing an electric wire radiant floor is something we have not yet done in any of our homes, the cost and complication has never really been appealing. But we have done many hydronic radiant floors, and most recently an air heated f...

...radiant floor heating in a renovation project here. If you are looking to install a hydronic radiant floor on top of a subfloor that sounds like you have a foundation, is that correct? Radiant floor heat (as you will learn from the article above) only heats single floors at a time, so if you have a basement you’ll need...

...radiant heat system, would be about 1000 square feet. There is only one manufacturer of slab on grade form kits with air heated floors that we know of, the company is Legalett, they distribute in Canada and the US. If you provide them with final building plans and structural details they will in turn provide you with s...

...radiant floor would probably choose hydronic with a gas boiler. We cover hydronic radiant floor heating systems on this page. As for install cost, you may find electric wire systems to be a bit cheaper, but get a quote for each to be sure. If you are planning on doing it yourself, watch some DIY videos and see which yo...