Hydronic Radiant Floor Heating Insulation

The choice of quality hydronic heating supplies we offer have been hand selected by individuals in the radiant heating industry to help simplify the system components needed for your hydronic heating system.

Hydronic radiant floor heating insulation.

The advantages that radiant in floor heating systems offer include improved indoor comfort and reduced energy costs. Hydrofoam maximizes radiant heat insulation for residential projects by ensuring the heat is dispersed evenly throughout the entire floor area providing homeowners with a more comfortable living and working environment. This is about installing hydronic radiant floor heating in a slab floor system. It can be installed in both concrete and suspended wood floors.

Large volume orders shipping and contractor pricing email quantities to. A john siegenthaler a consulting engineer who specializes in hydronic heating system design responds. 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. From a radiant heating perspective it doesn t matter if the slab is actually at grade or is poured several feet below grade as part of a full foundation.

Metal plates are then installed as the tubing goes in. Downward heat loss from a radiant slab should not exceed 10 percent of upward heat output a ratio derived from european installation standards for floor heating systems it s possible to calculate the r value needed to meet. Hydronic heating supplies all products needed to install a complete hydronic radiant floor heating system all the way to the mechanical room. With this type of insulation your entire floor will radiate heat.

Q how much insulation is necessary under a typical radiant slab. The system works via pex pipe a small pump a water heater and a thermostat. The panel combines rigid insulation a vapor barrier accommodates pex tubing into a single solution. Check out our video how to install radiant floor heat tubing in a slab on grade and read this page for a full description.

Ampex insulated pex panels are a cost effective superior performing option for hydronic radiant floor heating systems. The best way to control heat loss from radiant floor heating systems is to install thermal insulation below the electric heating cables or the hydronic heating pipes. Before finishing the drywall from the lower room enough insulation must be placed below the tubing to prevent heat from escaping. Radiant heat insulation is installed to prevent heat loss from a pex radiant floor heating system most commonly pex embedded in concrete slab or stapled underneath the plywood subfloor.

This way most of the heat is then directed towards the room greatly increasing energy efficiency.