How To Install Hot Water Radiant Floor Heating

Installing radiant tubing on top of a subfloor.

How to install hot water radiant floor heating.

Radiant floor heat stratifies the heat from the feet to the head. In this video i ll show you how i installed radiant floor heat in my home. The feet are always warmer than the head. Many people ask the question how can i install radiant heat if i don t have access to the floor from below one way is to go with a manufactured grooved board system that you can put down and simply lay the pex in it.

Instead of blowing hot air through a vent or pumping hot water to a baseboard radiator along the wall radiant heat warms up the entire floor. This is what feels naturally comfortable to our bodies. How to install radiant floor heat in an existing home. A pex radiant floor heating system can be the most comfortable efficient and often may be installed for less than other heat delivery hydronic systems.

Radiant heat is a method of heating the floor by using electrical wiring or heated water with the heat then transferred upward thorough the. It s simple to do and requires only a f. The heat is made possible in two ways. Either through pipes carrying hot water embedded in or directly below the floor or via electric mats in or below the floor.