Radiant in floor heating, climate controls





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	Radiant heat, floor warming, comfort control systems and energy saving products

Types of Heat That Can be Installed

When you have an in-floor heating system installed, we recommend a high mass radiant system whenever possible. A high mass system will allow you to have the best low temperature, highly efficient radiant heat. Below are examples and explanations of the different types of systems we have available.

High Mass Systems
Tubes can be embedded in concrete, in wet bed Portland cement, under tiles or lightweight concrete and gypsum (a material similar to light weight concrete but without the water repellent nature). These systems utilize the 1 ½" - 4" hard dense surface to spread the heat evenly and maintain a comfortable even temperature throughout.

Sandwich Systems
These systems come in a variety of configurations from many different manufacturers. The premise of their construction is to turn your sub floor and flooring material into a higher mass of well distributed heat. Most of these make excellent substitutes when a high mass system is not practical or affordable. There are many do's and don'ts associated with the various products. Many of these can lead to noisy floors if not installed properly. The big advantages are versatility for existing and remodeling applications, excellent low temperature heat transfer and energy savings.

EasyFloor System Sandwich Heating Systems

Staple Up Systems
A staple up system is just what it sounds like. The tubing is either stapled to the flooring, the joists or held on hangers. The tubing can be in the floor, ceiling or wall. The staple up method provides one of the quickest installation applications and is quite often the most cost effective method as well. The draw back to the staple up method of installation is the amount of heat transfer. Typically these systems are run at a much higher temperature, usually 20-40 degrees higher than the sandwich systems. This higher temperature equates to a little higher fuel usage and may be slightly harder to satisfy a hard to heat room. The staple up method relies a little more on convection heating than the sandwich or embedded methods but is quite adequate and very satisfactory to most homeowners.

Panel Systems
A variety of systems are available in the panel type distribution system. Most of these are a combination of radiant and convection heat. The idea is to have lower temperatures constantly running through a large surface area that will then provide both radiant heat and convection heat. Panel radiators are great for retrofit jobs if tubing placement is not practical. Many old homes have big cast iron radiators in rooms that make excellent panel type systems with just a change of control strategies and circulation. Homeowners often see a huge decrease in energy and added comfort at the same time.

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