Marmol Radziner Prefab

People sure must like being cozy because we get a lot of inquiries about radiant flooring. Given the interest, we wanted to give a brief primer on the hot water (hydronic) systems that we use.

Hot water flows through tubes underneath the floor, which warms the floor. Then as you shuffle across the floor, the heat directly transfers to you through conduction. Where traditional forced-air systems directly warms the air, in radiant-heated buildings the ambient air temperature may be lower and still achieve the same comfort level.

We use different radiant assemblies depending on the finish floor surface. In some instances, we use Warmboard, a product that directly integrates the tubes and subfloor (see top pic), and in other spaces we use non-proprietary systems, embedding the tubing in concrete or in between sleepers under the subfloor (see bottom pic).

Radiant heating uses less energy to maintain comfortable living temperatures and is healthier for folks with allergies since it does not recycle germs, dust, pollen and mold spores, like can happen with forced-air systems.