[Strawbale] pex and radiant

[David Neeley]

Generally, complaints of cold feet on concrete floors are due to
insufficient insulation below the slab. Depending upon your location
and the subsequent ground temperature, it may take as much as four
inches of insulation there. If you have that, you should not have
problems with cold floors.

Hydronic heat in a slab that is insufficiently insulated supplies a
considerable amount of its heat to the ground below. Thus, it is not
necessarily a very inexpensive method of heating a house.

David

On 4/30/07, jmagill at silverstar.com <jmagill at silverstar.com> wrote:
> Cement floors and cold feet!
>
> Our floors are all stained concrete. There is nothing comparable to putting
> your bare feet on the warm floor on a below zero morning. The air temp. at
> shoulder level can be cool but as long as the feet are warm, I am very happy!
>
> The pets are very happy with it as well!
>
> Jill