Hydronic radiant floor heating questions

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workisfun | 3 years and 10 months ago

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Or run your hydronic supply lines through the hallways and other secondary areas for passive heat as it passes through. Or on the way back.

Master Plvmber | 3 years and 10 months ago

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I’ve installed several radiant floor heating (RFH) systems that have run deep into 6 digits. You get there kinda quickly if you include all the bells and whistles of a modern American installation, and engineers tend to go that way. Many hand the floor plans over to a manufacturer to specify the layout and all the material and so you end up with a truckload of stuff that takes weeks or months to install. You need some VE (value engineering).
RFH came to us from Europe but adapting it to our building methods has made it far more complicated than it was ever intended. We build with wood. Much of Europe builds with stone and masonry materials only. To keep our wood sub/flooring from drying out and shrinking we have to put great care into controlling the low temperatures we use to heat a floor. In Europe, they haphazardly put some tubing on the floor, pour and tile over it, connect the tubes to a low temperature heat source and call it done. We get nuts with tempering valves, temperature sensors, control wiring, way too many pumps, and more.

Guest User | 3 years and 10 months ago

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Great points. MP and thank you for adding your perspective. It’s always helpful. I understand there are different ways to get there. I wasn’t implying any judgement on price but it’s important for people to understand and break down things into parts and then figure out what’s an absolute necessity. That goes for anything.

shahnandersen

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Thanks for the additional feedback. I didn’t include all of the square feet of the house, but I’m wondering if the plumber and GC did include more than needed. They said it would be the kitchen on the 1st floor (less than 100 feet of open space). 2nd & 3rd floor bedrooms and hallways, 500-600 feet per floor. So, really a total of less than 1300 sq/ft. The architect thought this was high and reached out to two more plumbers, who did not get back to him. I’m trying to figure out next steps. Do I just try calling more plumbers and hope someone calls back? Do I call ecowarm and warmboard to get their input?

Guest User | 3 years and 10 months ago

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I struggled just like you. Didn’t get anywhere with plumbers but hvac person was helpful and I did my own research/planning. You can call warm board and eco warm and get a ballpark. If you post your plans am sure some smart people here will weigh in.

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@janedrew May I contact you personally – I have a question about one of your posts?