Diana, Heat mats The companies that make these mats "say" they are safe with all flooring types Hardwood floors solid wood is not allowed over radiant hydronic or other wise because of shrinkage Engineered hardwood is allowed but rarely over heating pads electric is fire hazard. I know that my floors are not warrantied for these mats. Just to let you know, if you lay a high quality cork underlayment on top of a cork floating floor you can "skip" the radiant heat pads.
The cork will do what you are looking for You are probably down to "laminate" read: plastic or you need to sink the pads in cement and put down ceramic tiles. I've heard over and over again that the pads have issues with shorts in the circuitry.
When choosing in-floor radiant heat IFRH , you are choosing to limit your flooring options. Cork is one of them. Cork blocks so much heat it negates all the warmth being produced by the system. Solid hardwood has issues over IFRH.
Vinyl doesn't like sitting over IFRH. Engineered hardwood can work. Carpet works. So long as you have a regular source of heat, the cork will keep the heat IN the room. Good luck. Radiant heat Q. Flooring for radiant heat Q. There is no way around that. This is reverse thinking for hardwood. Of course when it is that thin, it is hard to find a floor that can be refinished Even the tough finishes like Aluminum Oxide will eventually scratch. Once they do, the scratches are brilliant white.
The choice is yours. You need to be OK with that. Keep studying. GreenDesigns 10 years ago. I know this subject old, but hopefully someone is still "listening. My questions: 1 should we install some sort of insulation over the concrete slab but underneath the radiant heating system in order to minimize heat loss? I 2 if "yes," to 1, then what type of insulation? Many thanks!
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Another option for radiant floor heating that is energy efficient are systems that circulate hot water through small tubes under the floor.
These radiant floor heating systems can also be installed on top of a slab before the flooring goes down. There are several manufacturers of this type of radiant floor heating. Dan: I live in five miles from the Canadian border in Minn. I would like to build a new woodshop on the back of my lot and install radiant floor heating. Can you foresee any problem with the tubing and pump freezing during our very cold winters.
Since I fish all summer I would be using the shop a lot in cold weather. I am not sure the electric mats would be warm enough for my needs. I am thinking about a 30 x 20 size shop. What is your valued opinion. My husband has a 30 x 40 wood working shop. I would like to surprise him by putting radiant heat in it. It is on a concrete slab. Will installing a radiant heat floor on a concrete slab foundation cause condensation in between the surfaces?
How do you prevent condensation when installing a radiant heat floor over a concrete slab foundation? As stated above, regarding condensation over a concrete slab, is condensation an issue? Second, what types of flooring can be applied over the radiant floor heating system. We are considering a seamless epoxy floor surface to cover the floor heating system. Would condensation or any other potential issues prohibit this type of floor covering to be applied.
If so what is the recommended floor covering that would be similar to epoxy. Thank you for your time. We are putting Pergo floating floors on top of it. Or am I totally missing something really obvious here? I don't want to lay the PEX down and pour concrete over it because that goes into a whole other topic about thermal mass and heat loss. The preferred method is to install the plates with the fins down. The energy without the layer of insulation will be drawn into the concrete, and the response time would be longer in heating the floor.
Heating up the mass of concrete is not necessarily a good thing when you want the entire surface floor to be warmed. The ThermoFin U heat transfer plates are easier to install if the fins are down against the subfloor and plywood sleepers on the fins.
See the PDF multipage spec sheet that is linked on the U-fin page of our site. You are making a sandwich of aluminum and plywood to evenly heat the structure and provide a friendly surface for the flooring installation.
You can call or email us for more help. I am in a similar situation and was thinking along the same idea of using OSB. Depending on the part of the country you live, the basement floor slab will usually be a fairly constant 50 to 56 degrees.
Factors which could alter this would be half basements or high enough altitudes that you are sitting on permafrost. Another factor is walk out basements. This results in a greater reduction of square foot value of that space for resale purposes - another important consideration.
The expert recommended possibly looking at using a portable heater in your space, due to the cost vs in-floor heat. This might be a good solution. Made me recall a house we had with a partial garden basement. The house was in Colorado at 5, ft altitude. I would occasionally use a space heater, but it was generally very comfortable. I had a contractor put pecks down set the different heat areas with nessaty manifolds and a Propane boiler set the temp in the fall warm up the floor great heat and very cost efficient.
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