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Forums > Green Building Technologies > Radiant Heating > Subject: Hydronic and electric radiant in the bathroom.

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Road BlockUser is Offline
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05/19/2008 7:59 AM  

We’re finalizing the plans for the house and now in to the details of construstion.   We will be using ground source for the primary HVAC and desuperheater for DHW.  The master bath is about 13x15, 200sf in a corner so it has two outside walls.  Does it make sense or create problems to install hydronic and electric in the bathroom?  We like the idea of warm floors in the bathroom year round and this is the most cost effective method I can come up with.  The rest of the suite will be heated by hydronic, the electric would be on a timer and only be used in the morning, hydronic would be used the rest of the time. 

Any alternatives would be appreciated.
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05/19/2008 3:23 PM  
Not sure you would need it, but if it were me I would put it in. You might not use it much, but to go back and add it later would be a much larger task and cost a lot more.

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05/19/2008 7:06 PM  
What's the heat loss in that room? Don't think radiant as primary heat without it.

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05/21/2008 8:54 AM  
I have done some jobs (including my own) where I put hydronic radiant in the floor & ceiling. The floor shuts down in the summer, but I can still call for the ceiling radiant because its on a different loop.
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06/04/2008 8:46 PM  
Install it now, not later you will not regret it at all. Count on about $14 - $18/Sq/Ft. Installed.
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