Radiant floor heating /
R. Dodge Woodson.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c1999.
- xvi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Complete construction .
- .
Includes index.
Why aren't more contractors using in-floor heating systems? -- Comparing in-floor systems to other systems -- Designing functional, cost-effective systems -- Combining in-floor systems and baseboard systems -- Establishing heating zones -- The mechanics of manifolds -- Boilers -- Material selection -- Circulating pumps -- Controls and control systems -- Components for heating systems -- Expansion tanks -- Domestic water heating -- Slab-on-grade piping systems -- Thin-slab piping systems -- Dry piping systems -- Radiant systems for ice removal -- Purging air from systems -- Solar heating systems -- Coal-fired heating systems -- Wood-fired heating systems -- Troubleshooting gas-fired boilers -- Troubleshooting oil-fired boilers -- Selling radiant heating systems.