Switching Hydronic Radiator To In Floor Heat

Hydronic balancing and control.
Switching hydronic radiator to in floor heat. Correction 2 feb 2012. My wife and i are buying a house built in 1910 about 3600sqft that has radiators hot water not steam all in good working in use shape. Hydronic central heating radiators and radiator heating for your house in perth and western australia why are people in perth switching to radiator heating with health benefits our house used to be so cold i dreaded getting out of bed. Actually there are hydronic systems that can be installed above an original subfloor inside a newly poured cement layer under tile.
I ll be ripping up a lot of the house so i thought about changing the radiators out for hot water floor heat while i have access. The heat generated in the floor then radiates into objects it comes in contact with like tables chairs and sofas warming your space from the ground up. This was a substantial reduction from the old 37 8 kw gas boiler sized to heat the whole draughty house with estimated system losses of around 30. There are homes in our area colorado that have hydronic baseboard heat better than forced air but we really want radiant floors.
Working with chris siddons whose company is now hydrosol we designed a hydronic heating solution based on two 5 5 kw heat pumps cop 3 26 for a total heating capacity of 11 kw. How difficult would it be to convert and existing hydronic baseboard to radiant floor. Pressure and flow controllers. Radiant floor heating 1 can either use heating coils electric or plastic pex tubing carrying heated water hydronic to warm your floors.
These may cost more and would likely change the level of your floor but are worth considering.