Can You Cut In Floor Heat Pipes Into Finished Concrete

Hello i m buying a house that has a concrete ground floor.

Can you cut in floor heat pipes into finished concrete.

I ve been speaking to a few plumbers for quotes and advice and some say they can cut into the wall and send the pipes down to the radiators and others say they won t do it and it s better to just box the pipe in. I have just bought a 1950s built house where the downstairs floor in concrete for the most part we have dropped the radiators down from upstairs through walls but in the living room round bay where the radiators is located we have had to cut a floor channel. Once the installation is complete the jk in ground tm pipes are flush to the existing floor level so the finished floor can be fitted without any build up. Place the radiant heat tubing at the industry recommended depth down from the surface of the slab.

Electric radiant heating systems use wires embedded in a mat laid right on your concrete. For concrete floor radiant heating systems the warm water tubing or electric heating elements can either be embedded within the slab on grade anywhere from the bottom of the slab to within 2 inches of the surface depending on the design and installation technique or fastened to the top of a concrete subfloor and then covered with an overlay. More space design freedom. Putting a channel and lid in is a waste of time and money.

Thanks to the pipes being flush with the screed jk in ground tm systems will heat up a lot quicker than traditional underfloor heating systems saving you time and money on your heating bills. It needs central heating fitting and it also needs redecorating. You can put pipes in the floor as long as it s pipe in pipe. With radiant floor heating you re able to enjoy your whole room without radiators on the walls even the most modern radiators take up room on a wall so imagine the design freedom you have with heated floors you can decorate the walls as you wish to really make a statement or simply achieve the minimalist look whatever your style and free from having.

This can add 1 to 3 inches in height to. Various systems using either electricity or hot water traveling through pipes are placed on the existing floor and then covered with a new layer of concrete. Typically the maximum depth that tubing should be placed in a concrete floor slab is 2 down from the finished floor surface. These wires cannot be cut in any way and only partially manipulated so size your mat to the floor it will.