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Does anyone know how or even if you can put radiant floor heating on an existing floor and then build onto that??? We are trying to find an alternative to heating our home. We have electric baseboard heat right now. It stinks as far as the expense. We have a pellet stove, but that doesn't reach the bedrooms. Thanks so much.
Yes, it can be done. The added depth of the flooring may mean you have to cut down the doors. There are numerous articles on the web for how to do this. It can be involved and has to be planned out. There are also ways to put it in under the floor if you have access.
^^^Yep, I have it under my floor. Mine is held up by aluminum plates that radiate the heat to a broader area. It's stapled up with these plates to hold up the radiant tubes under the plywood. You do need to note proper installing procedures though, because you need enough insulation underneat the tubes so the heat can radiate up and not down to the floor below.
You can put radiant floor heating under the existing floor in most houses. It will nto save you money. Radient floor heating is so expensive that the little biut you will save on heating bills will never eat up the cost of installation.
You can put radiant floor heating under the existing floor in most houses. It will nto save you money. Radient floor heating is so expensive that the little biut you will save on heating bills will never eat up the cost of installation.
It is that expensive to install?? I really thought it would be more effective in heating our home then our baseboard. We have an adobe "style," slab foundation with passive solar enhancements. We may go more solar or even wind power because we live in New Mexico and due to the weather conditions I would think that would be cost effective, but we are interested in warm floors. Our floors are brick, saltillo tiles, and laminate flooring - all on a slab foundation. We don't have basements in New Mexico and therefore, no way to install the radiant floors without either tearing up the existing flooring or maybe over the existing flooring. I am so grateful for ALL the responses and its good to hear that we can do it over the existing flooring. Thanks again.
Sounds like an installation over the existing floor is your only option since it wasn't done as part of the 'crete pour. I don't think think these things come cheap.
Radiant floor heating is very popular so they have jacked up the price for the materials. We got a quote for our house of $50,000. Radiated heat (using antique radiators) was $14,000 forced air would have been $8000 - $12,000
1. Radiant floor heating are not that expensive, it is all depend where you buy it from.
2. The radiant floor heating not meant to heat your room, in some cases it will warm the room, but mostly it meant to warm the flooring.
3. Installation should not be much more then your tile installation especially if you using the mat, the only charge I could think of will be connecting the thermostat and run it to a dedicated circuit
1. Radiant floor heating are not that expensive, it is all depend where you buy it from.
2. The radiant floor heating not meant to heat your room, in some cases it will warm the room, but mostly it meant to warm the flooring.
3. Installation should not be much more then your tile installation especially if you using the mat, the only charge I could think of will be connecting the thermostat and run it to a dedicated circuit
Good luck
tiledepot
I tihnk that they are referring to a hydronic system that you use to heat your home, not the little electric mat that is often used to warm tile floors in bathrooms.
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