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Hydronic Heating Applications

Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Heating

In office buildings, shopping malls, hotels, factories, schools and hospitals - to name just a few commercial, industrial and institutional applications - WarmRite Floor^® offers potential energy savings, as well as reduced operating and maintenance costs.

Comparative studies in manufacturing facilities have shown that hydronic radiant heating actually improves warmth and comfort levels for occupants while reducing energy costs by as much as 50% over traditional high-volume, overhead forced-air heating.

Outdoors in winter, under loading docks, parking access ramps, sidewalks, steps and entranceways, IPEX WarmRite Floor^® snow & ice melting systems prevent slips and falls, at the same time reducing maintenance and snow removal costs.

Residential Heating

IPEX WarmRite Floor® is ideal as the primary heat source in residential applications. Hydronic radiant heating can be installed in every room, replacing traditional forced-air heating, or in select areas to make typically cold ceramic, hardwood or basement floors warm and inviting.

In new construction, radiant piping can be installed directly in slab floors, stapled-up or hung between floor joists, or sandwiched between subfloor and topping pour under tile flooring in bathrooms, kitchens and foyers.

For retrofit or secondary heating applications, piping can be installed in walls or ceilings behind drywall, or connected to hydronic heating devices such as baseboard heaters and standalone panel radiators.

Auxiliary residential applications include direct installation under patios, walks and driveways for snow & ice melting in winter, indirect domestic water heating and hydro-air subsystems.

Snow Melt Systems

Installed outdoors – directly under under concrete, asphalt, paving stones or interlocking brick – IPEX WarmRite Floor^® snow & ice melting systems offer improved winter safety and reduced maintenance in high-traffic commercial, institutional, industrial and residential locations.

Proven reliable and effective at clearing loading docks, driveways, walkways, plazas and courtyards where snow and ice can put employees, visitors and the general public at risk of slips and falls, WarmRite Floor^® hydronic radiant heating systems pay for themselves many times over by saving thousands of dollars a year in snow removal costs.

Under sidewalks, patios and driveways in residential applications, WarmRite Floor^® is an effective alternative to snow blowing or shoveling – savings hours of labor and hundreds of dollars in snow removal equipment.

Source: IPEX, Inc.