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These are common design pitfalls that may seem effective as they are. Review them and identify changes that could enhance the layout.

Heated floor slabs, without floor coverings, have one of the lowest supply water temperature requirements of any radiant panel system. This makes them well-suited for use with renewable energy heat sources such as air-to-water heat pumps, water-to-water geothermal heat pumps, biomass boilers and solar thermal collectors.

A client asks a heating contractor to set up a floor heating system for a new 7,500 square foot machine shop.

The Warmboard Comfort System bundles all the engineering, equipment and support needed for an ultra-accurate radiant floor heating system that can be installed quickly and efficiently by any general contractor or journeyman plumber, the company points out. 

A commonality among all renewable energy heat sources is that they perform best when coupled to low-temperature hydronic distribution systems.