Hydronic Radiant Floor Heating Systems Design
This site is dedicated to the advancement of affordable radiant floor heating.
Hydronic radiant floor heating systems design. I built this web site in 1995. The first part contains a general overview of radiant heat and it s various applications. Designing high performance hydronic heating systems requires a good understanding of fluid mechanics electricity heat transfer and control theory not to mention a myriad of architectural issues. Designing high performance hydronic heating systems involves a knowledge of fluid mechanics electricity heat transfer and control theory.
Step 1 heat loss q btu hr per zone heat loss influences everything in the design process. The second section gets down to the nitty gritty details of actual radiant floor installations. If you are new to radiant heat our design and construction manual is a must read this manual provides a wealth of general information about radiant heat. Over one hundred pages of practical information about installing and designing radiant floor heat.
It is designed and maintained to help the average home owner realize how affordable and how easy a radiant heating system is to install. For hydronic underfloor radiant heating systems the systematic design process can be described as a 12 step program beginning with the heat loss and ending with the head loss. Hydronic heating supplies all products needed to install a complete hydronic radiant floor heating system all the way to the mechanical room. This topic is part of our p rofessional development curriculum.