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Hydronic Heating in your Fairfield or New Haven county home!

Hydronic floor heating is the oldest and most popular type of radiant floor heating. These systems are comprised of a boiler or hot water heater, pumps, manifolds, pex tubing, thermostat, and either gypcrete (a concrete-like material) or wood panels. Hydronic heating is the most complex of all radiant heat systems. These systems require trained Radiant Heating Contractors to design and perform the installation. Your best economies of scale are achieved for hydronic systems in large areas or entire homes because of their expensive components and operational costs.

Hydronic systems can be installed under any type of flooring. Most hydronic systems require hot water tubing to be installed in a 2 to 4 inch bed of light concrete and are best installed during the initial construction because of its weight load demands and adjustments to floor height. Recent low-mass products have been developed to avoid these challenges by fitting the tubing into pre-cut wood panels making hydronic systems more convenient and possible for most major remodeling projects.

If you want to heat smaller areas like a bathroom or kitchen, a hydronic floor heating system may not be the best value for your project. The complexity and cost of installing the system, along with the long-term maintenance and up-keep required, is not worth the small amount you will save in operational costs.

Burnham’s Hydronic heating systems circulate hot water through plastic tubing, baseboards, or radiators to provide gentle, silent, and clean heat. Many homeowners live with rooms that are too hot or too cold. To maximize comfort, each room in a hydronically-heated home can be zoned separately allowing each room or area to be controlled individually. Furthermore, Burnham’s hydronic heating systems are extremely efficient because of design advances in boilers, zoned heating, and the nature of the heating system.

Our radiant heating contractors have installed hundreds of radiant heating and hydronic heating systems in New Haven and Fairfield County homes.

If you are looking for a hydronic heating system For your Fairfield or New Haven county home, please call us today at (203) 335-0224 or (203) 852-7144 or complete our online request form for an in-home consultation.\