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Lee (NJ)
Just wanted to ask everyone's opinion. I removed basement floor. I have licensed plumber about to begin work for bathroom in basement.
Should I install radiant heating in cement floor in basement?
Is radiant heating worth the investment?
How is it installed?
Is pex used in slab or copper tube?
I have an oil burner and cast iron radiators in house. I heat hot potable water via a coil.
Is radiant heating electric or does hot water from oil burner go through the pipes in cement?
How thick does the slab have to be poured; if I decide to have Plumber install Radiant Heating in Basement Floor?
Does the radiant heating go through the entire floor. I was thinking of having the radiant heating in non bathroom areas also.
Thank you
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KCRoto (MO)
"Plbg.com is also not a place to ask radiant heating (try Heatinghelp.com), electrical or even general construction type questions. We are exclusively for plumbing questions."
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North Carolina Plumber (NC)
You can use either water thru pex pipes, or electric.
The water from the boiler will not go thru the pipes, you'll want either a plate to plate heat exchanger or separate coil for the radiant water to be in, the temperature needs to be much lower for radiant than the baseboard heat.
4" of cement with the piping tied atop the wire mesh.
If you're just doing the bathroom I'd use electric, for the whole basement - hot water.
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packy (MA)
radiant is expensive when compared to adding a seperate zone of hot water baseboard heat.
you can install radiant by adding as little as 1 inch of a special slurry ontop of your cement floor.
i've done a few dozen radiant jobs and every one that i did, the customer loves them.
nice even heat and you can put you furniture right up against the walls.
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Paul48 (CT)
Heatinghelp is the right choice for radiant.You need someone experienced with radiant to do the job correctly. It involves much more than just laying pipes in concrete.
Lee.....Go to heatinghelp.com and put a shout out for a Jersey contractor on the "Main Wall". If done right, it will become the favorite area for the family.
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