These first 2 pictures show the D. family home and that they are putting down the tubes for the Radiant flooring going down..... I'm not sure yet as to what they will be using as a finished floor materials you 'l have to come back to see.....first photo is showing it done in this Living room area...the picture is taken from the upstairs.
Here you see them placing the tubes and tacking them into place.
The rest of these photo's are other customers homes that also have used the Radiant heating but what you'll be seeing is just the finished floor above them...
This above home used this great slate stones and did their own pattern over the tubes that where set in light weight concrete over the sub flooring....
This home used regular concrete and then stained it .....
The next 3 photos are in the same home that also used light weight concrete here in the kitchen they did Hickory hardwood that came raw and they stained it.
In their entry they used Slate tiles.....
And the in the Living room they put carpet over it ......so as you can see from these photos that it can have just about any flooring or just concrete over the tubes.....I can tell you that our customers who have this type of heating love it !
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What an excellent choice to have radiant floor heating. Being on a slab, it takes approximately 2 days to get a comfortable level of warmth at the floor in my log home. Even if the house if over 70F, a cold slab makes it feel cold.
Very interesting. I forget how that works exactly. Is that the only heat then in the house?
Well very interesting to know all floor treatments can then be put on top of it.
Denise & Jen thanks for always stopping by....
Jen, Yes this is the only heat in the house...in this case they also have these tubes in the basement floor. But as you know heat goes up and so they are not putting any heating in the loft or bedroom ( that is also the reason for the window in the wall in last post ). I think they will do something in the master bath. This heating and log walls are the best match because of the "Thermo Mass" of the log walls this works great for heating and your toes feel great : )
Thanks for the explanation. Nice to see you!! :)
Chris, thanks for explaining. Does this family check this blog? I surely hope that they do. Some of us that visit here are log home dweller's regardless of the size or age. They have made a couple of really smart choices with heating, that I simply cannot do in my home due to it's age and the way it was built.
Aesthetic's are one thing...and can be accomplished by a homeowner with a bit of decorating skill. But, making smart choices, such as heating will pay them back in ways that they may never appreciate.
Send them to spend a couple of days with me, trying to heat a big ole slab of concrete and they will appreciate that they put in radiant floor heating.
The home is coming along great!
I don't know how cold it gets there winter...but here are a couple of winter tips from me.
Get a heated matress pad. Nope, not a heating blanket, a heated matress pad. Get some good sheets, like the Northern Nights sheets that they sell at QVC. Get some HEAVY blankets/quilts. Yep, just like the old days. Thankfully, we have Amish neighbor's that make the best heavy cotton quilts money can buy. And, a whole lot of money is what we spend on them.
Denise,
Thanks for the tips it doesn't get as cold where this home is as it does where I live but you have given them some good info : )
They do read the blog and I just emailed asking if they read the comments so I'm sure they will now....
Chris - I'm loving all these photos! If I had to do my log home over again - I would've put in the radiant floor heating! Ah well...maybe the next one! :-0
Love the header piture with the bears. Merry Christmas!
Hello,
Radiant floor heating systems are installed under sub flooring and floor finishes such as hardwood or tile. It is completely hidden, consisting of tubes embedded in a concrete or gypsum slab. The tubes are filled with water or gas as necessary that is supplied by the heating source. The space above the floor is heated by radiation and also convection through the floor. Thank you...
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