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What is Hydronic Heating?

Hydronic heating uses hot water, distributed through a closed, balanced piping network typically embedded in the floor, to warm the floor surface, effectively turning it into a radiant panel. In this way, gentle, uniform heat is continually and quietly directed where it is needed most - in the lower region of the room, warming occupants from the floor up.

Modern hydronic radiant heating systems - such as IPEX WarmRite Floor^® using Kitec^® XPA™ PEX-Al-PEX composite tubing - are extremely versatile. They can be installed directly in slab and basement floors, stapled-up or hung between floor joists, sandwiched between subfloors or encased in a topping pour of light weight concrete under tile flooring in bathrooms, kitchens and foyers.

Radiant piping can also be installed behind drywall in walls and ceilings, or connected to dedicated baseboard heaters and standalone panel radiators, making it ideal for secondary heating or retrofit applications.

In addition to primary heating applications, today's hydronic radiant systems can be used outdoors under walks and driveways for snow & ice melting, for controlled heating in commercial garages, around pools and spas, or in agricultural environments for greenhouses and animal enclosures. The variety of applications is virtually limitless.

Source: IPEX, Inc.