The Do’s and Don’ts of Installing In-floor Radiant Heating System with Hardwood Flooring
The Do’s and Don’ts of Installing In-floor Radiant Heating System with Hardwood Flooring When considering radiant heat, the reluctance to install hardwood floors over radiant heat systems was from the original technology, launched more than 40 years ago. With radiant heat, to compensate for poor insulation, radiant heat temperatures were higher than normal causing excessive expansion and contraction in hardwood floors, which resulted in damage to hardwoods and a builder’s reputation. Today, faultless radiant heat installations of fine hardwood flooring are completed over radiant floor heating. To be honest, installing hardwoods over radiant heating systems is really no different from...