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How to Setup Hydronic Toppings for Your Home's Floors

Is your home's heating system a hydronic one, or are you considering installing one for better comfort in winter? If so, you also need to think about the kind of flooring you will have installed on top of the system. Fortunately, there is a good flooring option known as hydronic topping. However, before you apply any flooring solution, you may want to consider a few factors.

Consider the Floor Slab

Usually, new homes will need a new slab. However, existing homes that are being remodeled already have a slab. This factor is crucial as it determines the cost efficiency of installing the new flooring. In the case of a new building, it is more cost-efficient to tie the pipework to the steel reinforcing mesh. Once this has been laid, you should install all pipework. Proceed to install the mesh and then lay the pipework ready for concrete pouring. The hydronic pipework, in this case, will be installed within the structural slab. It is also possible to pour an additional topping slab over the structural floor or go for a polished concrete look. Note that the structural slab gives it a better polishing finish. Get the measurements right or consider working with a professional.

Consider the Heat Source

You must factor in the source of heat to be used. Typical heat sources include gas, electricity, and solar. Always make a decision that best suits your budget. You can talk to a specialist to advise you on the right move. After all, the heating source may also affect the concrete topping you go for. 

Flooring Size

Hydronic overpour heating is probably the most expensive to install, but they are also the most convenient and cheapest to operate. As such, the toppings used in this case may also be pricier, especially if the floor size is large.

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Hydronic Topping Options Available in Oshawa

When winter sets in, there’s no hope for lovely high temperatures for nearly six months. You may be thinking about those freezing temperatures in Oshawa right now. One of the problems with living in Ontario is when you grudgingly put your feet on a concrete floor in the dead of winter, and your feet shrivel up from the chill. If you are tired of freezing on your floors every winter, we have a suggestion: hydronic topping. Here is additional information about hydronic topping in Oshawa. 

What Is Hydronic Floor Topping?

Heating floors is not a new concept. In fact, it has been done in Scandinavia for years--which is understandable given their frigid winters. In countries such as Iceland, hydronic floor topping is used to heat floors when thermal water runs through tubes in the floor. 

To create hydronic floor topping, tubes or elements are placed on your existing concrete floors. You can choose tubes that heated water runs through, or you can use heating elements, which run on electricity. After the tubes or elements are placed, a hydronic concrete topping is then poured over it. Not only does the concrete floor topping allow heat into your floors, but it can smooth floors out as well--which is great if your floors were uneven, cracked, broken, stained or pitted. The best part of all is that you are saving money on your heating bills, because the heat from your floors rises and helps to keep your rooms warm. If you are thinking about getting concrete floor topping, give Concrete Floortek a call today.