Randiant floor panels that serve as sub floor?

Ted_9

Let me make this clear. I do not mean Stadlers or Wirsbos 1/2 or 5/8" wood floor panels.



I had this builder of Log homes tell me that they use a radiant floor panel that is also the sub floor. I assume its at least 3/4" thick.

Anyone know or have any expirience with it?

TGO_53

It sounds like

you are looking for warmboard. It is 1 1/8" thick and is used as subfloor. It takes 1/2" pex rather than 3/8 that most others use. I did the control wiring in house that had warmboard in the entire building. The house had a mix of tile, laminate wood floors and carpet. All heated very quickly at relativly low water temps. Contact www.warmboard.com

Ted_9

that sounds right to me.

Thank you.

S Davis

Warmboard

One thing to watch out for is serving multiple rooms with one loop, I had a contractor that had his carpenters install the warmboard they laid it out so the loops ran from one side of the house to the other under walls, I didn't do the install but was called out to try and fix uneven heating problems, with rooms having different heat losses and running on the same loop it was impossible to balance.

S Davis

Wayne_12

Warm board

submitting the floor plans to warmboard will allow the company to design the individual floor loops/ rooms without placing the tubing under the interior walls. They will provide the proper panels to place at each location.

WD