Radiant Floor Heating Systems Over Concrete

How to add floor heating over existing concrete.

Radiant floor heating systems over concrete. While it was done as a new house was being built in my last house i poured a concrete floor on top of a wood framed floor system and could have put radiant heat in that as well. You can step onto a warm and inviting floor even one built on a concrete slab by adding in floor heating. This is about installing hydronic radiant floor heating in a slab floor system. You can save energy and create a healthier more comfortable living environment by having the floor itself distribute the heat from the ground up via a radiant in floor heating system.

As stated above regarding condensation over a concrete slab is condensation an issue. The tile manufacturer says this product is compatible with radiant floor heating. While hot water and air based radiant. Most underfloor heating systems can keep the floor as warm as 85 degrees.

But the heating system we bought idealheat s 3 ft. The system works via pex pipe a small pump a water heater and a thermostat. For concrete floor radiant heating systems the warm water tubing or electric heating elements can either be embedded within the slab on grade anywhere from the bottom of the slab to within 2 inches of the surface depending on the design and installation technique or fastened to the top of a concrete subfloor and then covered with an overlay. Second what types of flooring can be applied over the radiant floor heating system.

Radiant systems require layered flooring so that the tubing can be hidden under the top layer. Radiant floor systems have a limited heat output. Radiant heat can be an electrical heating element embedded into a very thin concrete overlay then tiled carpeted or have wood flooring installed over it. Since concrete flooring is homogeneous concrete alone is a poor choice for radiant heating.

You can set the temperature to whatever feels most comfortable to you. Heating your home with a forced air furnace isn t your only option when you have concrete floors. The heat from the radiant heated floor rises to heat all surfaces in a room or home. We are considering a seamless epoxy floor surface to cover the floor heating system.

However radiant heat systems can be embedded in concrete floor slabs as long as a subsequent top floor covering such as tile is added. What is radiant floor heating. 110 volt radiant floor heat film with anti fracture membrane from home depot seems to assume it will be used with a tile floor above it. We have purchased coretec enhanced composite floor tiles.