Hi Everyone,
I reacently had a contractor put in a slab in a house i'm building. We didn't have the understanding or forsight to create a thermal break between the footer and the slab. Everything else is insulated but there is about 10% of the entire surface of the slab that has direct contract with the footer.
Half of the footer will be exposed to the open air the other part will be about 8 ft below grade. The soil is sandy and tends to hold some moister year round.
I'm concerned I'm going to have to have too much heat loss to justify even using the system. I have yet to buy a boiler which is giong to be the most costly part. should I just abandon the heated floor, or is it worth it to buy it and use the heated floor even with this issue.
(I'm in Eastern Washington State near the Canadian border )
Thanks