Radiant Floor Heating/Hot Water Radiant Floor Heating/Hydronic Radiant Floor Heating, Radiant Heat Services

Hot water radiant floor heating is the most comfortable form of heating Systems. Extra comfort comes with a bit of delicate installation and set-up work. Price-focused competition and very basic inspection guidelines by authorities, especially in the past, has led unscrupulous contractors in the new housing industry to cut corners, using cheap material and simplifying the installations. This makes the installations, full of problems.

Examples of these: using grey-plastic tubing for the in-floor or floor heating instead of the proper ones (Red coloured plastic which is the grey-plastic plus the red air barrier shield). Grey-plastic (polybutylene) is said, to draw oxygen into the plastic tubing through microscopic holes on plastic pipes. The oxygen ingress into the plastic pipes is called oxygen permeation process. Oxygen permeation process accelerates with increase in temperature of the water inside the pipes. when the water temperature inside the grey-plastic pipe is higher than about 90°F, which is lower than our body temperature of 100 F, Oxygen is drawn into Radiant floor Heating system through plastic tubing with no air barrier shield. Oxygen in water oxidizes the ferrous metal in the boiler and other components of the heating system. What makes the oxidation process out of control, is the lack of mechanisms in flawed Radiant floor heating systems, to control the water temperature going into the floor, while maintaining the temperature of the water returning to the boiler hot enough to prevent condensation. Condensation in boiler heat exchanger, damages the boiler and can be safety hazard. The formation of rust in radiant floor heating systems causes poor heating, discomfort and frequent breakdowns. It is impractical to remove and replace plastic piping in the floor. However, troubling conditions can be remedied without digging through the floor. We can get rid of rust formation and frequent break down problems! We have retrofit methods for different situations and budgets. However for people who do not feel doing substantial retrofit work, we know the ways to maintain the problematic radiant floor heating systems.

Hydronic Heating Services, Hot Water Heating Services, Hot Water Radiant Heat Services:

Hydronic Radiant Floor Heating Services:
Hot water Radiant Floor Heating Maintenance Service
Hot water Radiant Floor Heating Repair and Improvement Service
Hot Water Radiant Floor Heating Retrofit or Replacement Service

Correct Radiant Floor Heating Replacement for systems that use grey plastic tubing.

Radiant Floor Heating

These are the old problematic installations that were replaced by the installations shown above. They would regularly break down.

For hydronic (hot water) heating service, repair, and retrofit, Contact Reliance Mechanical at (403)706-9797 or (604)733-3737