Flooring Over Warmboard

Warmboard panels are easy to install and our thick aluminum ensures greater comfort through fast response and low energy use.

Flooring over warmboard.

Invented in 1992 by architect and entrepreneur terry alsberg warmboard has become the most sought after solution in radiant floor heating. Warmboard notes we recommend in some flooring assemblies an extra layer of plywood without explaining this claim with any of the common sense nuances. When warm water is circulated through the pex tubing the heat is transferred to the efficient fast responding ecowarm radiantboard the flooring. Over the framed floor we secured the warmboard s with panel adhesive and 2 3 4 inch screws using the same fastener spacing.

All standard flooring installation protocols apply. Installing hardwood flooring over a radiant heating system. Installing flooring over warmboard is quite simple. Under vinyl we recommend a underlayment plywood not the characterized by warmboard over our radiant board because vinyl gets soft when heated and can begin to.

In the radiant heating industry efficiency is described by measuring the steady state performance of a system and separately the response rate of a. Invented in 1992 by architect and entrepreneur terry alsberg warmboard has become the most sought after solution in radiant floor heating. Warmboard panels are easy to install and our thick aluminum ensures greater comfort through fast response and low energy use. Under floor radiant heating systems work by running hot water through pipes or electricity through resistance wires which are installed under the finished floor.

As you install the pieces you automatically create the layout for the heating tubes. Warmboard has over 25 million square feet of panels installed and we ve never had a claim for damaging hardwood. In our case this is simply not the case. Engineered wood flooring acclimates in preparation for installation.

The systems go over floor joists or concrete. Warmboard through their in house sales videos attempts to demonstrate a vast superiority of their product s performance over other radiant products. With over 25 million square feet installed around the world warmboard has a proven track record of success when used with hardwood tile stone carpet or any other type of finished floor. Ecowarm radiantboard is a radiant floor heating aluminum laminated panel heat transfer system designed to be used over a sub floor or when properly installed over cement it creates the pathway into which 1 2 radiant pex tubing is placed.

New flooring gets installed directly over panels. Hot water based hydronic radiant systems are much more energy efficient.