The latest radiant floor heating methods and materialsIn this fully updated guide, master plumber and long-time contractor R. Dodge Woodson explains, step by step, how to install, test, and debug in-floor heating systems--the healthy, quiet, economical, and clean heating method. Radiant Floor Heating, Second Edition now offers details on alternative fuel sources and covers new material options and installation procedures, updated code information, and state-of-the-art piping and heating equipment.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Why Aren’t More Contractors Using In-Floor Heating Systems?
Chapter 2 : Comparing Radiant-Floor Systems to Other Systems
Chapter 3 : Designing Functional, Cost-Effective Systems
Chapter 4 : Combining Radiant Floor Systems with Baseboard Systems
Chapter 5 : Establishing Heating Zones
Chapter 6 : The Mechanics of Manifolds
Chapter 7 : Boilers
Chapter 8 : Material Selection
Chapter 9 : Circulating Pumps
Chapter 10 : Controls and Control Systems
Chapter 11 : Components for Heating Systems
Chapter 12 : Expansion Tanks
Chapter 13 : Domestic Water Heating
Chapter 14 : Slab-on-Grade Piping Systems
Chapter 15 : Thin-Slab Piping Systems
Chapter 16 : Dry Piping Systems
Chapter 17 : Radiant Systems for Ice Removal
Chapter 18 : Purging Air from Systems
Chapter 19 : Solar Heating Systems
Chapter 20 : Troubleshooting Gas-Fired Boilers
Chapter 21 : Troubleshooting Oil-Fired Boilers
Chapter 22 : Selling Radiant Heating Systems
Glossary
Appendix : Pressure Losses and Flow Charts
Index
