Plumbers, I need some info quick!

[Alphacowboy]

I am laying some tile for a good friend of mine while he is in mexico, and need some advice. At the last minute, he asked if I could put in an electric heated flooring mat in the master bath. No big deal, done them before and to be nice, was going to do it for cost... BUT I thought of another idea that would save him some money. He has base board heat in his house. uses a boiler and the base board radiators. Could he not just tap into this and run the plastic wersbo(sp?) through the flooring? I would normally just ask my plumber, but he is the plumber! :-laf and he is in Mexico! So, I dont mind waiting to do this floor until he gets back, and I am sure he would love to save some dollars doing it himself anyway. i just need to know if that is a workable idea or not, if its not, I am just going to do the electrical mat.



Thanks!



-Matt

 

[TORQUE THIS]

Not a plumber, but that does sound like a good idea...

 

[RustyJC]

In the summertime with the A/C running, the owner might want to run the tile heaters to knock the chill off the floor. Could he do that with the boiler-based water heating system, or could he only heat the tile when the whole house heating system is running? Maybe that's why he wanted an electric system.



Rusty

 

[daytripper63]

In the summertime with the A/C running, the owner might want to run the tile heaters to knock the chill off the floor. Could he do that with the boiler-based water heating system, or could he only heat the tile when the whole house heating system is running? Maybe that's why he wanted an electric system.



Rusty

If you install a zone valve in the circuit in parallel and a t-stat but without seeing the plumbing cant say for sure

 

[RustyJC]

My thought is, does he want to run the boiler system in the summertime? That's sure using a lot of fuel ($$$$$) just to run the tile heaters.



Rusty

 

[Larry Willard]

What you are talking about will work, with a t-stat and seperate zone, but Rusty has a point, unless he is firing the boiler for his domestic hot water instead of using a water seperately in which case it wont be a waste.

Larry

 

[Alphacowboy]

thanks for the info guys. would have been alot more involved to do the water heated flooring, so I just did the electric mat instead.



Again, thanks for the info.