How To Install Pex Radiat Tubing Above Plywood Floor
Put a coil of pex tubing on the floor at one end of the first bay while a helper stands on the other end of the bay.
How to install pex radiat tubing above plywood floor. Walk over to your helper while holding one end of the tubing. The first step in installing your rht floor panel system is to lay out the floor panels and plywood rips. Smarttrac hydronic radiant floor heating. Pex tubing select between the oxygen barrier pex and pex al pex tubing types.
How to install pex tubing for a radiant heat floor. Pex pipe remains popular for radiant floor heating. A pex radiant floor heating system can be the most comfortable efficient and often may be installed for less than other heat delivery hydronic. Information for each image you can also click on image s above to see this text.
Easy to configure and quick to install smarttrac is a flexible solution for any new construction or remodeling project. Basic materials for radiant floor heat installation in a slab 1. Radiantheatflooring concreteflooroverwood mikedayconcrete in this video i m pouring a radiant heat concrete floor over a plywood deck. These will hold the pex tubing in place so it is important that you take the necessary time to measure your room and figure out the angles carefully so that your rht floor panel system works efficiently.
The pex is then attached to the sub floor u. Quantity x pex tubing accessories. Installing tubing within a subfloor installing radiant tubing on top of a subfloor many people ask the question how can i install radiant heat if i don t have access to the floor from. Put the tubing through the hole in the joist and pull it back to the other side of the room while your helper feeds it through the hole.
In this video we use our story pole from video number one to lay out our pex tubing pattern on a wood sub floor. If pex tubing is damaged test gage will display a pressure drop and bubbles will burst form where the leak is making it easy to identify the location. Pex is an acronym for cross linked polyethylene a plastic tubing installers use for hydronic radiant heating systems. While pex use for water supply systems has been widespread in europe since the 1980s it was a latecomer here because some early versions.