Pex Under Hardwood

Insert a piece of the pex into the track to ensure that the panels are aligned.

Pex under hardwood.

With less fluctuation of humidity wood floors don t expand or contract as much. Hydronic systems circulate heated water through pex tubing that winds under the floor. 2 snap the flexible pex tubing into the grooves of the heat transfer plates. This means they stay the way you installed them.

The brackets allow the pex to be placed just below the floor so it does not touch and then zip ties hold things firmly in place. Install pex tubing before pouring a concrete slab for the home or install it when using plywood as a subfloor. Another benefit of radiant heat under wood floors is it is better for the wood. The natural humidity of the house doesn t fluctuate as much from season to season with radiant heat.

The panels have grooves already cut that accept the pex piping in various spacing configurations. Plastic like pex is not a good transfer medium says richard. The pex tubing is positioned under the floor on slide brackets 8 inches on center with in 16 inches on center joists. The panels can be used with hardwood flooring and most other types of finished flooring materials.

Adding an in floor heating system under hardwood flooring is simple with these instructions. By this old house. The advantage of using the panels is that they keep the change in height to the room s floor to a minimum usually under 3 4 inch. How to install radiant heat under a solid wood floor.

Installing radiant floor heating in existing homes begins with aluminum tracks being screwed between the joists which hold pex cross linked polyethylene tubing carrying hot water. Use a rubber mallet to help secure the pex into the track. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to run radiant heat tubing under a new hardwood floor. It can go under most existing flooring including wood tile vinyl and even carpet.

Fred61 minister of fire. I ve also had in floor under laminate for about 4 years with no problems. Protection sleeve should be used to prevent chafing of the oxygen barrier on the pex. Jan 29 2016 4 i ve had under floor radiant since 2002 and see no detrimental effects.

I have pex under wood floor and its been fine since late 2004. When necessary bore inch holes through the joists to continue the run of.