Garage Floor Radiant Heat Retrofit

If you or kids plan on being in the basement playing on the floor it would be best to add some heat at the floor.

Garage floor radiant heat retrofit.

As a retrofit it can be difficult. This is part 1 of installing radiant floor heat in a cement floor in a garage. Retrofitting a concrete floor with radiant heat while most radiant heating systems are in floor installations and go down before the floor is placed some electric systems are available in mats or loose wire systems as thin as 1 16 inch that can be affixed to existing concrete or wood subfloors and then covered with a thin set cement or gypsum. I would like bring this room up to the same level as adjoining rooms which would mean raising the floor about 15 inches.

Nothing beats a warm radiant floor for ultimate comfort. The video discusses using pert tubing aka pex manifolds why do a heat loss. If you aren t already tearing up the flooring for a remodel. In most houses the only place to do this is on a first floor where joist bays are open to the space below.

Hi i have radiant heat in our sunken living room size 17 x 24. Without a good thermal break below and around the edges it will have some loss to the ground below. What type of material should i use to construct the floor 2 12 x18 s osb or plywood perhaps green backboard for additional strength. The easiest way to install hydronic radiant heat flooring is as part of a new build.