Water loops, not a furnace
Hydronic radiant floor installation in Aurora
Radiant floor heat in this guide means tubes of water in or under a floor, a manifold, and a heat source. It is not a forced-air furnace, and this page does not size ducts or sell air conditioning.
What the install has to decide
Where the tubes go, what heats the water, how the manifolds are zoned, and what happens if a loop leaks after the floor is finished. Those choices belong in a design, not in a guess on site. This guide will not calculate loop length or water temperature. A plumber who installs tubing without a layout is hoping. Ask for the layout and for who covers a leak in a finished slab.
The heat source may be a boiler or another water heater used for heat. That appliance can need a gas line and a permit. Gas steps are not on the gas page either. Aurora inspects gas pipe and plumbing on permitted work. A radiant job that opens floors is remodel-scale. See remodel plumbing. It is not a faucet swap.
Limits
No Aurora ordinance about radiant floors was retrieved. Do not treat this page as code. Electric floor mats are not this system. If someone is selling mats and a boiler as the same product, ask which one is in the contract. Repair of tubes that are already in the floor is radiant repair.
Questions to settle first
Is this an air-conditioning project?
No. These are water tubes and a heat source. Furnaces, coils, and refrigerant are not this page. If the quote adds an air handler, ask who is licensed for that work. This guide does not describe it. Ask them to write that limit into the quote before you compare it with another company.
Can you publish loop lengths or water temperatures?
No. That is a design for the house, from the person who will stamp or install it. A webpage number would be fiction. Ask for the layout, the manifold count, and what a leak in the slab costs to reach.
Does Aurora have a special radiant permit?
Aurora's published permit pages do not name a separate radiant-floor permit. Opening a floor and adding plumbing and gas still looks like permitted work under the inspection rules. Ask the building division before the slab is poured. A poured floor is a bad time to discover the rough-in was skipped.
Electric mats versus water tubes?
Different systems. This page is water. Mats are electric and are not installed from these instructions, because there are no electrical steps here. The contract should say which floor you are buying. Ask them to write that limit into the quote before you compare it with another company.
