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radiant floor heat?
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I live in Long Island, NY in a 1930 house and am in the middle of a remodel. Am now thinking of radiant floor heat. Will this work well? I have 2 stories with hardwood floors throughout. I would be putting pex in the joists with the aluminum heat shields. Am concerned over the wood floor though. Will this cause the wood to buckle?
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wood to buckle?
No,, radiant does not add-to humidity.
What you are doing is turning the available floor space into a giant radiator to heat the room above. The lower the floor temp you need(given by the area & H/L required), the better the efficiency you`ll get from the boiler.
Have it engineered for you!
Good Luck, its a great system! ;-)0 -
Buckled Floors
What causes floor damage is the lack of doing a radiant heatloss and design. As Dave said. Have one done. Might cost you but is worth every cent.There was an error rendering this rich post.
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type of wood
Be sure your flooring supplier is aware of radiant heating. Most will recommend using quarter cut wood which will expand vertically, instead of horizontally.0
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