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The Infloor® technical support staff answers the most common questions about Infloor...
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We plan to have carpet in several rooms of our new home heated with Infloor®.
Are there any special carpet installation requirements we should be aware of?
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Carpet and Infloor work beautifully together, so
carpet to your heart's content! Our only tip is to
be sure to use a low R-Value carpet cushion to allow
proper heat transfer from the floor.
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Our interior designer has selected a variety of rustic stone floor coverings,
none of which are as smoothly finished as traditional ceramic tile or marble.
We love the look, but are they compatible with Infloor?
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Feel free to be as creative as you and your designer want to be. All stone-layer
floor coverings, from the traditional ceramic and marble to rough-cut slate and
granite, provide the ultimate in heat conductivity. They're also where Infloor's
benefits are most obvious.
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We're building our new home with Infloor heating and wood flooring in most of the
main floor rooms, but we're not sure whether we'll use solid hardwood or laminate
flooring yet. Do you have information on installation options?
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You bet! Our brochure, Procedures for Attaching Finishing Floor Goods to Maxxon®
Underlayments, should provide all the answers you and your contractor need to get
the job done right. Generally speaking, wood floors can be installed using a floating
floor, glue-down installation method or a wood sleeper system.
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What about air conditioning?
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Most often a seperate air-conditioning system is installed. This could be a simplified
central system or a split system with strategically placed units. The advantage is zoned
cooling. Using zoned cooling and placing air registers in the ceiling (where they should
be), will result in summer energy savings.
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What is the possibility of my Infloor® System freezing? Should I put anti-freeze
in the system?
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Anti-freeze isn't needed in most systems unless the system will be shut off for
extended periods of time under freezing conditions, in a cabin or second home, for
example. Usually the system is left running at a lower thermostat setting when the
building will be unoccupied for short periods of time.
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Will the load-bearing capacity of the floor need to be increased when Infloor Heating is used?
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Therma-Floor® Underlayment weighs the same as a typical tile bed. The structural floor should
be adequate to withstand design loads with a deflection limitation of L360. So in most cases,
the load bearing structure will not need to be altered to accomodate Infloor Heating.
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