smelly subfloor???

Cheryl_2

My husband and I have been constructing our new home by ourselves, we realized that we would not be able to complete the entire project in one summer so we covered our subfloor to protect it from the rain and snow with 30# felt and tared the seams. The problem now is that some of the tar has seeped into our plywood subfloor. we have tried sanding it out, but it is too deep into the wood. We want to install radiant heat panels on top of the subfloor, however we are worried about a possible odor from the tar. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remove the tar from the wood, or seal it so the odor will not escape into our home when heated?
Also, we are located in upstate NY, Saratoga County, is there anyone in our area who has experience with radiant floor heat panels laid on top of the subfloor? We will be using Ash hardwood and stone tile for our flooring. Does anyone know who could help us lay out our heating system? Thank You!

hot_rod

see if you

can get a dats sheet on the tar product you used. I doubt that it is straight tar, probably more of an asphalt blend product. If it disolves with kerosene or thinners, it's not tar.

The data sheet should give you melting temperatures and other info.

Then do a heat load calc for your rooms to determine the btu loads and the supply temperature you will need to use.

Plenty of radiant systems are installed above and below floors that have asphalt felt paper in the sandwich, without problems.

As for "on top" products.. I like the systems that use aluminum as a heat transfer component. These will operate at the lowest supply temperature, provide the quickest response, and best heat spread.

I believe all the main radiant manufactures now offer dry on top systems.

You can buy the basic heat transfer parts and build your own, also. Extruded heat transfer plates are readily available from all the radiant manufactures.

happy heating!

hot rod

Mark Hunt

Cheryl


I am in Saratoga county.

Give me a call.

384-0514.

Mark H

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