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hanna7636
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Radiant Heat Floor
Our kitchen/entry way has a cement subfloor so my question is can you have radiant heat?
I have not asked my contractor due to my husband just mentioned it.
TIA
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Posted 3/6/11 5:53 AM  |
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WNA01
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Re: Radiant Heat Floor
not sure if this answers ur question but we have tile in every room & we have radiant heating thoughout the house -..
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| Posted 3/6/11 7:47 AM |
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Elbee
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Re: Radiant Heat Floor
We have a cement slab and installed radiant heat. DH, his friend and I did all the installation and we hired a contractor to do the cement work.
For the kitchen, we laid reflective foil down, then nailed chicken wire into the cement, then snaked the radiant in an L shaped pattern (2 double loops) through out the kitchen. We floated cement over it then tiled over that.
For the dining room/entry hall, we installed sleepers into the cement slab --- 4x4 wood beams in rows. With then installed reflective foil in between and snaked the radiant through the rows. then cement on top f the radiant (but not the wood sleepers) and installed the hardwood over it (nailing the HW into the wood sleepers).
Overall I lost approximately 3" of height on my first floor.
Hope that helps ...
I cannot find any pics of the Kitchen installation (chicken wire) but here are the wood sleepers I was talking about
Wood Sleepers (Entry Hall)
Wood Sleepers (Dining Room)
Finished Floor (notice the Hardwood is installed in the opposite direction of the wood sleepers)
Kitchen Tile being installed over cement floor (radiant is underneath the cement)
Message edited 3/6/2011 10:54:33 AM.
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| Posted 3/6/11 8:03 AM |
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luvmyReese
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Re: Radiant Heat Floor
my bedroom (recent extention) is on a concrete floor and we had radiant heat
installed before we put our wood floor down. The floor will have to be raised to the tubing can be ran (prob 2-3").
Could be a lot of work but not having baseboards is great!.
good luck
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| Posted 3/6/11 9:08 AM |
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alli3131
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Re: Radiant Heat Floor
There is also radiant system that comes with the tubes and plywood with channels cut out in the plywood so you can run the tubes. I looked at it when we thought we had to redo our radiant heat.
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| Posted 3/6/11 9:47 AM |
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mcd01
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Re: Radiant Heat Floor
we have radiant heat in our downstairs i believe i may have pics in my album of them laying it, then the rest of the house we have geo thermal heat
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| Posted 3/6/11 10:35 AM |
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hanna7636
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Re: Radiant Heat Floor
Think it will be out of my price range since it requires a lot of work. I thought a mat was layed down and that was it.
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| Posted 3/6/11 2:14 PM |
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Kmarie36
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Re: Radiant Heat Floor
we have it in our front foyer which has cement slab then tile.
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| Posted 3/6/11 2:26 PM |
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Elbee
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Re: Radiant Heat Floor
Posted by hanna7636
Think it will be out of my price range since it requires a lot of work. I thought a mat was layed down and that was it.
If you are going to do a floating floor -- i.e laminate or engineered wood, then you can lay a mat and install over that ...
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| Posted 3/6/11 7:34 PM |
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