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Hydronic Radiant Heat and Electric Radiant Floor Heat 

Deciding on a radiant floor heating or snow melting system can be a challenge when you consider all of your options. Choosing the best possible radiant heat system will impact your up-front and long term expenses. Warmzone ensures the best system choice by looking at the individual characteristics of your project and then providing a customized system that offers the most value. Buying a radiant heat system from Warmzone saves you money by helping you to make a wise radiant system purchase. 

Electric Radiant Heat

Electric floor warming systems are ideal for adding heat under tile and other hard floor surfaces. Some of the benefits of an electric floor warming system are; easy to install, perfect for individual zoning or temperature control and there is no maintenance or upkeep required to assure top performance. Please refer to ComfortTile Cable, ComfortTile Mats, Warmzone In-Slab, FloorHeat, and HeatShield as some of our top recommendations.

Hydronic Radiant Heat

The term radiant heat often still refers to a hydronic system. Hydronic radiant heat systems use a gas or oil boiler to heat water, and an electric pump to circulate it through special PEX tubing under the floor. Historically, hydronic radiant heat became popular in North America due to the low cost of fuel. It still remains true that many projects - particularly larger ones - will find that a hydronic heat system may still be less expensive to install and operate.

 

Since a hydronic radiant floor heating system has so many parts and variables to consider, it is crucial to the performance of the system that it be properly designed and installed by a qualified contractor. Contact us directly for an engineering design and materials estimate.

System Sizing and Comparison Charts 

Warmzone Recommendations
Heatable Area Tile Hardwood and Carpet Concrete Slab Existing Floors Showers
10 to 300 sq. ft. ComfortTile FloorHeat In-Slab (SlabHeat) RetroHeat, FloorHeat ComfortTile
300 to 700 ComfortTile FloorHeat In-Slab (SlabHeat) RetroHeat, FloorHeat ComfortTile
700 plus ComfortTile FloorHeat Hydronic RetroHeat, FloorHeat Hydronic

 

 

Warmzone Comparisons
Product Application Zoning Profile Installation Price /sq. ft.** Warranty
ComfortTile Cable Tile, Marble, Slate, Stone 320* ⅛-inch diameter In thinset $5.00 per sq.ft. and up 10 years
ComfortTile
Mats 		Tile, Marble,Slate, Stone 320* 3/16-inch diameter In thinset $5.00 per sq.ft. and up 10 years
In-Slab (SlabHeat) Concrete Slab, Hardwood, Tile, Carpet 310* ¼-inch diameter Embedded in ½-inch mortar or concrete $4.00 per sq.ft. and up 10 years
FloorHeat Hardwood, Laminates, Carpet 675* 1/32-inch thick
1 ft. wide 		Under carpet pad and hardwood $9.00 per sq.ft. and up 20 years
RetroHeat Existing Floors 480* 1/32-inch thick In between floor joists $5.00 per sq.ft. and up 15 years
Hydronic Homes and Large Areas Varies 5/8-inch floor build-up In gypcrete or ComfortTile $6.00 per sq.ft. and up Varies

 

* A zone is considered any area that is heated by a single thermostat. This column gives you the approximate maximum square feet you can heat with one thermostat per system.


** The best price per square foot is obtained when maxing out the system (heating the largest area possible per system).