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Retrofitting a Concrete Floor with Radiant Heat

While most radiant heating systems are in-floor installations, and go down before the floor is placed, some electric systems are available in mats as thin as 1/16 inch that can be affixed to existing concrete floors and then covered with a thin-set cement or gypsum overlay without significantly raising the floor height. Examples include ZMesh from Heatizon, Tempzone from WarmlyYours, Warmup underfloor matting, and Nuheat.

Many of these products come in rolls, like carpeting, and are composed of evenly spaced electric wires bonded to or embedded in a durable fabric or mesh material. Generally, these systems are used to warm floors in smaller areas or to provide supplemental heat in individual rooms. They typically are not intended for whole-house heating. Most systems operate on standard 120- or 240-volt power.

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