Install a touch screen thermostat for your radiant system
Touch-screen thermostat for radiant
One of the last, detail-oriented aspects of installing a radiant hydronic system is providing your clients with a way to control the thing. After all, a hydronic heating system can get pretty uncomfortable pretty quick if you were to just fire up the system and let it run. As with everything, you need control, finesse — a way to make the system bend to your clients’ wills without any drama or unnecessary gymnastics.
Luckily, there are familiar, two-wire thermostats that make controlling a radiant system a snap. We got our hands on Uponor’s Heat-Only Thermostat with Touch-Screen and found installing the unit and programming it for use can be accomplished in two shakes of a lamb’s tail. Here’s how it goes down: