Radiant Floor Heat
Comfort and Efficiency
Radiant floor heating is an ideal way to warm your home or business.
Conventional heating systems heat just the air, so most of the heat rises to the ceiling. Radiant floor heat systems circulate warm water beneath your floor (or even through your ceilings or walls) through flexible pipes, radiating heat from the entire radiant heating panel to warm you and every object in the room.
Energy-conscious homeowners can enjoy the elegance of vaulted ceilings and large expanses of glass with the high performance of radiant floor heating.
- It's economical, reducing operating costs by up to 30% or more!
- It's quiet, clean and healthy, requiring no blown air that can distribute dust and pollen to trigger allergies.
- It's free of hot surfaces that can burn skin or burn and discolor fabrics.
- It's aesthetically pleasing—there are no bulky appliances, registers or ventilation ducts to interfere with furniture or traffic flow.
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It's COMFORTABLE—imparting steady, gentle heat to you and your surroundings: the air, walls, furniture and floors—warming you from the bottom up and ending cold feet forever!
Radiant floor heating is more comfortable than forced air because it concentrates the heat in the lower part of the room where occupants are.
Radiant Floor Heat Installation Options
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For concrete floors, the pipe is attached to a reinforcing mesh before the slab is poured. |
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Generally, in new construction, pipe is installed over suspended floors and covered with lightweight concrete.
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In a typical remodeling project, the pipe is snapped into heat transfer plates which radiate heat to the floor above. |
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This illustration depicts an installation under brick pavers using screw clips to secure the pipe. |
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Here, wire mesh and ties are used to anchor the flexible pipe in a typical concrete over pour installation. |
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Design Air is committed to using the best possible quality materials for our projects, including Rehau products. |
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With the unpredictable cost, supply and environmental impacts of fossil fuel energy supplies, geothermal energy is the logical solution for heating, cooling and hot water requirements. |
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