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CONCRETE FLOOR HEATING



Using concrete floor heating in the home as the heating system has become very popular. I pour new floors every week with in floor heating installed in them.

concrete floor heating

Radiant floor heating in a basement floor



Having the floor distribute the heat from the ground up using radiant floor heating is healthier, more comfortable, and even saves energy.

Traditional heating systems like forced hot air, hot water baseboard, and wood stoves are noisy, create drafts, and even blow dust & allergens into the air through air vents.

concrete floor heating

Radiant floor heating in a concrete slab



With in floor heating your feet are always warm, the temperature is consistent, easy to control, and considered a green way of heating your home.

Concrete, because of its inherent thermal mass, is an ideal carrier of radiant heat. Heating tubes are installed in the floor where the new concrete is to be poured.

As warm water circulates through the tubing the concrete flooring turns into an efficient radiator that has your friends wondering where the heat is coming from.

concrete floor heating

This concrete radiator feels like warm sand under your feet like when you go to the beach in the summertime. The heat from the floor radiates upward heating the cooler air as well as anything sitting on top of it and around it.

You've heard the term "hot air rises" well "radiant heat" travels in many directions providing a very comfortable, warm, healthy heat.

Where can radiant floor heating be used?

1. A CONCRETE SLAB

2. A BASEMENT FLOOR

3. A GARAGE FLOOR

4. FASTENED TO EXISTING CONCRETE AND COVERED WITH A CONCRETE FLOOR COATING

5. INTERIOR CONCRETE FLOORS WHEN STAPLED TO THE PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR

Click on RADIANT FLOOR HEATING for more information on this great heating system.

For more information on concrete floor related topics click on the links below.

What is a CONCRETE FLOOR COVERING?

What is the best CONCRETE FLOOR SEALER?

What is CONCRETE FLOOR STAIN?

A how to guide for PAINTING A CONCRETE FLOOR.

What do I need to know about PAINTING CONCRETE FLOORS?




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