I'm looking at retrofitting hydronics to one room in my existing home. The room has cork tiles on a concrete slab floor which I would strip off.
The concept is to lay a new sprung floor in say timber but on top of something to contain the pex tubing. I found this site in the US which would simplify the job.
http://www.hydronicheating.com/
But otherwise I was thinking a series of battens or rout out some particle board myself.
It raises a whole raft of other issues though such as can most of the commercial timber floors be heated?
And before anyone ask why I am proposing hydronics tube rather than that thin electrical mesh and heat it from solar PV I am hoping up the track to send chilled water through the tube in summer generated from the same solar vacuum heat tubes that will provide hot water in winter.
Early days for the concept in my head but I would love to leverage off anyone elses experience.