The most comfortable home you'll ever build, and you'll never see the system that makes it
The finest custom homes are defined as much by what you don't see as by what you do. Waterless Radiant gives an affluent home the most comfortable climate available, then makes the equipment behind it disappear. Refrigerant flows directly through a weld-free copper loop network embedded just beneath your floors, so warmth rises evenly from the ground up, with no radiators, no baseboards, no visible vents for heat, and rated room-temperature swing held to about ±1 °F. There is no water in the floor to leak, scale, or freeze, and the system runs near silently at roughly 20 dB(A). Cooling and fresh air arrive through slim, matched air handlers, and one air-source heat-pump platform also makes domestic hot water. The result is a home that simply feels right in every room, all year, with nothing to look at or listen to. Purpose-built for your quality life.
What is the best heating and cooling system for a high-end custom home?
For owners who want maximum comfort with minimum visual and acoustic intrusion, waterless radiant pairs beautifully with a custom build. Heat radiates invisibly from the floor with no vents or radiators and near-silent operation, while cooling and fresh air come from slim, matched air handlers. One air-source heat-pump platform handles heating, cooling, and hot water, so the entire home runs as a single, coordinated, design-friendly system.
Common High-End & Custom Homes Challenges
We understand the unique production challenges your industry faces. Here's how we address them.
The system you spent a fortune on is the thing you have to hide
In a home where every surface and sightline is considered, conventional climate equipment fights the architecture: registers in the ceiling, returns in the wall, mini-split heads above the trim. Waterless radiant warms each room invisibly from the floor itself, so heating leaves no mark on the design and the rooms read exactly as the architect drew them.
Forced air is never as comfortable, or as quiet, as a great home should be
Affluent owners notice the things others tolerate: the rush of a vent, a warm ceiling over a cold floor, the dust that follows blown air. Radiant heat removes the noise and the drafts entirely, holding rooms steady to about ±1 °F at roughly 20 dB(A), so the only thing you notice is that every room feels calm the moment you walk in.
Water in a custom floor is a risk worth designing out
Hydronic radiant runs heated water through the floor, and the failures owners fear most, leaks into a finished slab, scale, and pipes that freeze and burst, all begin with that water. Our floor loop carries refrigerant through weld-free, corrosion-resistant copper, pressure-tested gas-tight before the floor is closed. With no water in the floor, those specific failure modes simply do not exist.
Solutions Built for High-End & Custom Homes
Invisible warmth, complete design freedom
The copper loop network adds only about 1 to 2 inches of floor build-up and disappears entirely beneath your finished surfaces. With no radiators, baseboards, or heating vents to place, your architect and designer keep every wall, window, and sightline, and you get even, draft-free warmth underfoot from the moment you step out of the shower.
Waterless Radiant Floor Heating →One quiet platform for heat, cooling, and hot water
A single inverter air-source heat-pump platform delivers waterless radiant heat in winter, cooling and fresh air through slim matched air handlers in summer, and domestic hot water year-round, with a COP up to 4.6. Coordinating climate as one system, rather than a basement of separate boilers and units, is what produces effortless, all-season comfort in a high-end home.
Heat, Cool & Hot Water — One System →Every room tuned to its own comfort, from your phone
Bedrooms, the primary suite, the great room, and baths can each hold the temperature you prefer, controlled independently and managed from an app. Comfort follows how a fine home is actually lived in, warm where you are and efficient where you aren't, without a thermostat on every wall to disrupt the room.
Products for High-End & Custom Homes
Waterless Radiant Floor Heating
Heat-only refrigerant-direct radiant for custom homes that want invisible, draft-free warmth. An air-source heat pump sends refrigerant directly through weld-free copper loops embedded beneath the floor, with no boiler, buffer tank, pump, or water in the floor. Rated to perform down to minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit with a COP up to 4.6.
Two-in-One Heating + Cooling
Waterless radiant floor heat in winter plus central cooling and fresh air through slim, matched air handlers in summer, all on one refrigerant platform. Heating is delivered invisibly through the floor; cooling and humidity are managed by quiet indoor air handlers, never a chilled floor, for serene comfort in every season.
Triple-Function Comfort Platform
The complete solution for a luxury residence: central air conditioning, waterless radiant floor heating, and domestic hot water from a single inverter air-source heat-pump platform. One coordinated system replaces a stack of separate equipment, simplifying the home's mechanical design while delivering steady, whole-home comfort.
A premium residence kept serene, even, and invisible from corner to corner
Challenge
An affluent owner building a large custom residence wanted the calm, even comfort of a fine hotel suite throughout the home, with no visible vents or radiators to disrupt the architecture and no mechanical noise in living and sleeping areas, all delivered without water running through the finished floors.
Solution
Working with our manufacturing partner network, the home was designed around a two-in-one platform: far-infrared waterless radiant floors for invisible, draft-free heat through weld-free copper loops, with cooling, fresh air, and humidity handled by slim matched air handlers, all driven by a single inverter air-source heat pump and zoned room by room.
Result
The finished home holds steady, even comfort across every room with no visible heating equipment, no audible mechanical noise in living and sleeping spaces, and no water in the floor, delivered as one coordinated system rather than a patchwork of boilers and units.
Rated room-temperature swing held to about ±1 °F
Near-silent operation at roughly 20 dB(A)
COP up to 4.6 from a single inverter air-source heat-pump platform
Proven comfort, not a prototype
Honest, verifiable performance and track-record facts, with no fabricated statistics or testimonials.
690,000 sq ft
Installed across
~2017
In service since
Rated to −13 °F
Cold-climate rating
COP up to 4.6
Efficiency
Frequently Asked Questions
Radiant floor heating is widely regarded as the premium, invisible-luxury choice because it warms a room evenly from the floor up with no radiators, no baseboards, and no forced-air noise or drafts. Our system delivers that radiant comfort without any water in the floor: refrigerant flows directly through embedded copper loops driven by an efficient air-source heat pump, removing the leak, scale, and freeze risks of traditional hydronic radiant.
Radiant heat warms the floor and the people and objects in a room directly, rather than blowing warm air that rises to the ceiling. That means even warmth from corner to corner, comfortable floors underfoot, no drafts, and no fan noise. Our system holds rated room-temperature swing to about ±1 °F and runs near silently at roughly 20 dB(A), so rooms feel consistently calm the moment you enter.
No, that is one of its strongest advantages. The copper floor loop adds only about 1 to 2 inches of build-up and is completely hidden beneath your finished floors, with no radiators, baseboards, or heating vents to design around. Your architect and interior designer keep full freedom over walls, windows, and sightlines, which is why radiant is so often specified in custom and luxury homes.
Radiant floor heating is a recognized luxury feature that buyers actively seek, and industry data suggests homes with heated floors can command a meaningful premium, with some analyses citing uplifts as high as 24%. Beyond resale, owners value the everyday comfort, the quiet, and the clean, draft-free warmth, which is why radiant is a hallmark of well-designed, high-end residences.
Capabilities for High-End & Custom Homes
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