Dear Pat: I plan to add a bedroom for my children. It will be built on a slab to save money and use floor radiant heat. I would like to install hardwood flooring over it. Can this be done over the ...

The homesteaders at Mason Dixon Acres demonstrate how radiant tubing is carefully installed within a concrete slab system for efficient in-floor heating.

Dear James: I need an extra bedroom for my kids. It will be built on a slab and utilize floor radiant heating. I would like to install hardwood flooring over it. Is this OK over a heated slab? - ...

Homes built after 1950 or so are typically heated with either hot air blown through ducts or hot water pumped through baseboard heaters. Older homes often have cast-iron radiators, which produce heat ...

A new pad is available for use with radiant floor heating systems and snowmelt applications that are set in concrete. The pad coats foil with a white poly surface to offer protection from the lime in ...

It's a cold winter's morning as your creep into the bathroom. But you're not greeted by a frigid floor—instead, soothing heat seeps up from beneath you. Good thinking installing that in-floor heating ...

Concrete is such a versatile building material. In addition to basement floors, outdoor patios, and walkways, you’ll find it in on-trend industrial chic home decor, in the form of floors, ceilings, ...

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Even when properly insulated, concrete floors suspended over cold spaces will lose up to 80% of their heat. As heat is lost through the floor, it puts a costly strain on HVAC systems ...

Question: I am having a house built that is partially on a slab, part above a crawl space. Is it necessary to install a vapor barrier under the concrete, and is this something I can do myself to save ...