Heated flooring is a very attractive luxury to have in your home especially if you live in a climate with prolonged cold weather.
In floor radiant heat cost.
Installing a radiant heat boiler costs from 6 000 to 9 000 and an extra 6 to 20 per square foot for the hydronic heating system in the house.
The average cost to install radiant floor heating is 8 12 per square foot and depends on the size of the space type of heating electric vs hydronic and complexity of installation.
Hydronic radiant floor heating cost.
It can be cost prohibitive to install radiant heating in every room of a large home.
For a basic project in zip code 47474 with 125 square feet the cost to install radiant floor heat starts at 7 31 9 08 per square foot.
Hot water radiant heating costs less to operate than electric systems because water conducts and holds heat very well meaning there is less actual operating time.
For 1 000 square feet hydronic floor heating for a boiler materials and installation costs would be 5 800 to 7 900 these prices cover the cost to install radiant floor heating in a concrete slab the most common floor installation type the boiler alone costs 1 750 to 5 100 for a boiler with this capacity.
Downsides of radiant floor heating.