Radiant Heating Fundamentals

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These classes are for Professional Installers, Designers and HeatLink Distributors

This is an intensive, comprehensive one day course covering a large portion of the complete radiant project.

Course materials provided include course outlines (for future reference), Product Guides (provides an overview of available products, installation techniques and schematics) plus miscellaneous other literature.

Accreditation certificate provided after completion of course.
Lunch will be provided.

Prerequisite: No prerequisites required

HeatLink in Detail:

  • Product and Purpose
  • Overview of systems (Wet and Dry)
  • Applications (Pros/cons)
  • Overview of controls
  • Technical support

HeatLink / PureLink Components and Installation:

  • Polyethylene crosslinked (PEX) pipe
  • Operating temperatures and pressure
  • Oxygen Permeability Factors
  • Lengths for residential and commercial installations
  • Minimum bending radii
  • PureLink: "Red / Blue" Potable water systems including home run and conventional branch and tee piping
  • Gridding: Specifications, options (tracks, tie straps, ground barrier insulation, pre-cast concrete & Q-Decking), gridding patterns and advantages (technical and labor)
  • Conduits: Expansion joints, control joints, entering and exiting slabs
  • Heat Transfer Plates: Installation, spacing, insulation requirements

Distribution Manifolds:

  • Supply/Return modules, assembly, zoning flow and temperature balancing

Controls:

  • StatLink zoning systems, Injections controls
  • Mixing valves, Indoor/outdoor controllers
  • Primary and secondary loops
  • Manual, semi to fully automatic systems

Snow Melting:

  • Installation requirements
  • Control options and design parameters

Ventilation:

  • Requirements, options, codes
  • Hydronic and forced air combinations, cooling options

Design:

  • Computer heat loss and system analysis concerning pipe length, spacing, flowrates
  • Surface temperature, floor covering resistance, possible heating shortfalls
  • Comparison between "Wet" and "Dry" systems

Guidelines:

  • Estimating and material summary sheets
  • Quotation example (tips for wording pitfalls; inclusions/not included; warranties etc.)