Radiant
Floor Heating, 2E
R. Dodge Woodson
The
latest radiant floor heating methods and materials
In this fully updated guide,
master plumber and long-time contractor R. Dodge Woodson explains,
step by step, how to install, test, and debug in-floor heating
systems--the healthy, quiet, economical, and clean heating method.
Radiant Floor Heating,
Second Edition now offers details on alternative fuel sources and
covers new material options and installation procedures, updated
code information, and state-of-the-art piping and heating equipment.
Revised illustrations featuring
modern products are included in this practical resource.
Get
everything you need to:
- Understand and explain the
advantages of in-floor radiant heating
- Select superior
equipment--tubing, boilers, expansion tanks, pumps,
and controls
- Install embedded and dry
radiant heat systems in new or existing homes
- Incorporate hot water heating
into your designs
- Set up heating zones for
variable temperatures throughout a house
- Design a solar-powered system
- Use alternative fuel sources
- Provide outdoor ice removal
and other amenities
- Troubleshoot and repair
system problems
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Contents:
Chapter 1. Why Aren't More Contractors
Using In-Floor Heating Systems;
Chapter 2. Comparing Radiant-Floor
Systems to Other Systems;
Chapter 3. Designing Functional,
Cost-Effective Systems;
Chapter 4. Combining Radiant-Floor
Systems with Baseboard Systems;
Chapter 5. Establishing Heating Zones;
Chapter 6. The Mechanics of Manifolds;
Chapter 7. Boilers;
Chapter 8. Material Selection;
Chapter 9. Circulating Pumps;
Chapter 10. Controls and Control
Systems;
Chapter 11. Components for Heating
Systems;
Chapter 12. Expansion Tanks;
Chapter 13. Domestic Water Heating;
Chapter 14. Slab-on-Grade Piping
Systems;
Chapter 15. Thin-Slab Piping Systems;
Chapter 16. Dry Piping Systems;
Chapter 17. Radiant Systems for Ice
Removal;
Chapter 18. Purging Air from Systems;
Chapter 19. Solar Heating Systems;
Chapter 20. Troubleshooting Gas-Fired
Boilers;
Chapter 21. Troubleshooting Oil-Fired
Boilers;
Chapter 22. Selling Radiant Heating
Systems;
Glossary;
Appendix--Pressure Losses and Flow Charts;
Index
About
the Author:
R. Dodge Woodson has over 30 years'
experience as a home builder, contractor, master plumber, land
developer, and real estate broker. He is the author of numerous
McGraw-Hill books, including books in the Be A Successful series,
and the 2006 International Building Code Companion.
304 Pages
Hardcover - 7-1/2 x
9in.
Copyright 2010
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