Dear James: I need an extra bedroom for my kids. It will be built on a slab and utilize floor radiant heating. I would like to install hardwood flooring over it. Is this OK over a heated slab? - ...

Dear Pat: I plan to add a bedroom for my children. It will be built on a slab to save money and use floor radiant heat. I would like to install hardwood flooring over it. Can this be done over the ...

Homes built after 1950 or so are typically heated with either hot air blown through ducts or hot water pumped through baseboard heaters. Older homes often have cast-iron radiators, which produce heat ...

Q: How do I install radiant in-floor heating pipes in a concrete floor I’ll be pouring? It’s for a workshop/garage at my cottage. A: Flexible pipes installed within a concrete floor slab can adapt to ...

There’s nothing worse than rolling out of bed on an icy winter morning and feeling the chill of cold tile beneath your feet. Of course, the luxury of warm floorboards underfoot is not the only reason ...

Imagine stepping out of your bed or from the shower onto a warm floor that continuously, invisibly and quietly generates comfortable heat for your home. That’s far from a dream — radiant floor heating ...

Imagine stepping out of your bed or from the shower onto a warm floor that continuously, invisibly and quietly generates comfortable heat for your home. That’s far from a dream — radiant floor heating ...

A new pad is available for use with radiant floor heating systems and snowmelt applications that are set in concrete. The pad coats foil with a white poly surface to offer protection from the lime in ...

Electric Radiant heat and Hydronic (water) radiant heat can both be broken down into two sub categories of systems - wet and dry. Wet systems are those that incorporate a large mass material (usually ...