In-Floor Radiant Heat

In-Floor Radiant Heating

Project Examples

A 500 square foot addition (addition built by McCague Construction in Toronto): kitchen, dining room and laundry/mudroom with a 2" concrete pour topped with slate and tumbled marble.

This is a view of the new kitchen with a breakfast nook at the end.

The main floor using pipe tracking, screwed to the sub floor, to secure the pex piping.

The basement floor was installed on ridgid styrofoam insulation. You can see the HeatLink pipe tracking (the black lines) which is used to install the piping. This tracking holds the piping in place during the cement pour, keeps the pipes at the proper depth in the concrete and cuts the installation time down by half, which is a huge savings for the homeowner.

This HeatLink supply and return manifold was under 90 PSI of compressed air for 24 hours before and during the concrete pour to test the piping as well as to ensure it remains undamaged during the pour.

Here's an installation we did in a beautiful strawbale home just outside of Peterborough.

This is another installation using pipe tracking on a sub-floor. A 2" concrete slab was poured in place.

Here's an array of solar hot water collectors for a solar thermal system designed and installed by the guys at Generation Solar. They've got a great website www.generationsolar.com.

The hot water is stored in this specially designed storage tank to the left.

It is then distributed through the floor using the pump and controls to the right.

In-Floor radiant heating uses heated water distributed through a network of PEX pipes in or under the floor to provide all of a homes heat evenly and comfortably. In-floor radiant heat systems offer greater energy efficiency than most other systems.

The water can be heated in a number of ways including wood fired, propane, oil, and electric boilers as well as bio-diesel boilers and solar thermal collection systems. The system at the bottom of this page is a solar thermal collection system with an electric back-up boiler.

I have been trained by HeatLink to do heat loss calculations, system design and a variety of installation styles. I use HeatLink software for design and component sizing for all projects. For an overview of HeatLink and their products, visit their web site at www.heatlink.com.

Energy Efficiency Analysis - By using HeatLink's HeatLoss Calculation software, we can analyze a potential building or renovations energy efficiencies, allowing you to spend money where it's most effective. The value of this is especially high in renovation work, when trying to decide what will have the "most bang for the buck".