Radiant Heat Water Temperature Concrete

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Radiant heat water temperature concrete.

Typical radiant heat temperatures under finished wood flooring. Under wood floors nailed right to the subfloor and tubing below radiant heat temperatures are typically at the middle of our 85 135 f. Temperature range or about 105 115 f. Heat profiles from floor to ceiling show how radiant heat provides close to the ideal temperature whereas conventional heating deviates from the ideal.

Its then set up to increase the water temp as the outdoor temp gets colder so the water temp matches the heat loss load of the house. Radiant heating systems supply heat directly to the floor or to panels in the wall or ceiling of a house. The higher it is above 101 the quicker it ages. The systems depend largely on radiant heat transfer the delivery of heat directly from the hot surface to the people and objects in the room via infrared radiation.

As warm water circulates through the tubing or as electricity warms the heating elements the concrete flooring turns into an efficient inconspicuous radiator. Concrete is placed over tubing for a radiant floor. Typically radiant heating systems warm floors to temperatures of 75 to 80 degrees f. But if your concrete gets above 100 then it will age.

The radiant heated wood floor shown in our photo left was installed in a new york home. Like sand concrete is an ideal carrier of radiant heat because of its inherent thermal mass. Inside temp may fall as low as 53f at the cool end of a cycle although 55 56f is more typical. The floor sensor temp will fall to 61f when another heat cycle will start.

Floor sensor in the concrete slab reads 63f which means that a radiant heat cycle recently completed.