Is it worth getting heated floors?
Are Heated Bathroom Floors Worth It? If you’re remodeling your bathroom, or even just replacing your floors, radiant heating is definitely worth considering. Yes, you’ll end up paying more for your floors, but the energy savings, comfort level, and resale value will be worth it in the end.
How thick is hydronic floor heating?
Re: Slab thickness for radiant-hydronic floor heating Radiant heat can be used in slabs as thin as 1.5″ (such as in cases where it’s placed over existing floors). However, for new construction, the slab should be typically at least 4″ thick and is dependent upon the soils conditions in your area.
Can a warmboard be used in a radiant system?
In a well-designed radiant system, this is not true. Warmboard uses high temperature (120° F) in their testing to demonstrate responsiveness and to create stripping conditions as well – again, a rapid temperature differential not seen in well-designed systems.
What should the temperature be on a warmboard?
Warmboard uses high temperature (120° F) in their testing to demonstrate responsiveness and to create stripping conditions as well – again, a rapid temperature differential not seen in well-designed systems. Again, Warmboard regularly conflates the speed of system acceleration with system efficiency and system performance.
Is the warmboard product a low quality product?
Warmboard includes photos purporting to demonstrate a low-quality Ecowarm RadiantBoard product. Any product can be manipulated to give an inaccurate impression: Warmboard presents images of Ecowarm RadiantBoard samples that appear been intentionally damaged.
What’s the analogy between a heat pump and a warmboard?
Modern heating systems, whether furnaces or heat pumps, use variable speed, variable load logic, and so should modern radiant heating systems. Good response time is helpful, hyperresponsiveness is excessive. A more fitting analogy is that Warmboard represents an expensive 200 mph sports car that is operated in a 40 mph speed zone.