However with a few guidelines these challenges can be easily overcome.
Radiant floor tubing installation.
Basic materials for radiant floor heat installation in a slab.
Installing radiant tubing on top of a subfloor.
Here is our diy video of how to lay down tubing for our radiant floor in the edelweiss house.
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A floor joist installation presents some unique challenges not found in the wide open more flexible environment of the slab on grade installation.
Instead of blowing hot air through a vent or pumping hot water to a baseboard radiator along the wall radiant heat warms up the entire floor.
We have a 10 zone system allowing floor temperatures in each room to be controlled independently.
The heat is made possible in two ways.
Either through pipes carrying hot water embedded in or directly below the floor or via electric mats in or below the floor.
Check out our video radiant floor heat tubing installation in floor joists and read this page for a full description.
So even if there are no existing plans for the radiant floor heating or a snow melting system installing pex tubing in it may turn out to be a good decision.
Remember since you will only have 1 chance to pour the concrete slab you will only have 1 chance to put the pex tubing in it.