[Greenbuilding] Hydronic Radiant Underfloor Heating

Chris Green pojeros at telus.net
Mon Oct 15 09:52:51 EDT 2007


Philip Proefrock wrote:
> Hi John (and others),
>
> What about foil insulation with "bubble-wrap facing" that holds the foil
> film itself 1/8" - 1/4" away from the surface of the concrete?  Do those
> provide better performace as radiant reflectors, or are those no better than
> face foil radiant barriers?
>   
The following page discusses those bubble wrap layers.
http://www.healthyheating.com/Page%2055/Page_55_o_bldg_sys.htm

Oh, this link from the above page is funny:
http://www.therightfoot.net/mystuff/whatever/swf/bubblewrap.swf
"..must have...more..." :-)


Cheers,

Chris Green.



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