Why is EasyFloor more efficient than concrete/gypsum underlayment methods?
In general, wet methods of radiant floors (PEX tubing in concrete/gypsum underlayment) provide more efficient operation than dry methods (typically staple up or tubes through/ on sub floors). However, even though EasyFloor is a dry method, it is often the most efficient method of in-floor radiant heating available even more efficient than wet methods! This is because the appropriate size of the EasyFloor thermal mass. At ½ thick, it is considerably smaller than the typical 1 ¾ to 2 ½ thick gypsum/ concrete underlayment. Consequentially, it takes less energy to warm the EasyFloor thermal mass. (The EasyFloor package enables the water temperatures in the PEX tubing to operate in the 80-120 degree F range with an typical temperature of around 100 degrees F.) Importantly, EasyFloor is the only radiant installation method that creates a true radiant barrier to the sub floor or slab below EasyFloor. This radiant barrier reflects non-directed energy from the PEX tubing back up to the thermal
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