Add radiant comfort in a remodel — without raising the floor.
For major renovations and whole-floor remodels that want true radiant comfort without the demolition and risk of a hydronic retrofit. Waterless radiant lays in a thin 1 to 2 inch build-up over the existing subfloor, so it preserves ceiling and door heights, and because there is no water in the floor there is nothing to leak beneath the new finished surface. One air-source heat pump replaces an old boiler and adds cooling, ready for an all-electric home.
How much will it raise my floor?
About 1 to 2 inches over the existing subfloor — far less than a poured hydronic slab — so ceiling heights, door swings, and stair transitions are preserved.
Common Renovations & Retrofits Challenges
We understand the unique production challenges your industry faces. Here's how we address them.
Retrofitting hydronic radiant usually means tearing the home apart
Traditional radiant retrofits mean a poured slab that raises floors several inches, reworked door and stair heights, and weeks of mess. Waterless radiant lays in at 1 to 2 inches over the subfloor, so radiant comfort fits into a remodel instead of dictating it.
Old boilers and hydronic loops leak, scale, and demand maintenance
The reason many owners rip out radiant in the first place is the wet side: leaks into finished floors, scale, glycol, and pumps that fail. Taking the water out of the floor removes that entire failure class from the renovated home.
A remodel is the one chance to go all-electric — and add cooling
Renovations increasingly need to answer electrification codes and finally add real cooling, not just heat. One waterless radiant air-source heat pump does both, so the remodel does not need a separate boiler and a separate AC system bolted on.
Solutions Built for Renovations & Retrofits
A thin build-up that fits an existing home
The copper loop network adds only about 1 to 2 inches over the existing subfloor, so it preserves ceiling heights, door swings, and stair transitions that a poured hydronic slab would ruin. Radiant comfort goes into a remodel without a structural rebuild.
Waterless Radiant Floor Heating →No water in the floor, so nothing to leak under new finishes
Refrigerant runs through weld-free, corrosion-resistant copper, pressure-tested gas-tight before the new floor is closed. The leaks, scale, and freeze-burst that homeowners fear from hydronic radiant simply cannot happen when there is no water in the floor.
Anti-Corrosion Copper Capillary System →One all-electric system replaces the old boiler and adds cooling
A single inverter air-source heat pump delivers radiant heat in winter and cooling with fresh air through slim air handlers in summer, with a COP up to 4.6. A remodel can drop the gas boiler and come out all-electric, heating and cooling on one platform.
Heat, Cool & Hot Water — One System →Products for Renovations & Retrofits
Waterless Radiant Floor Heating
Refrigerant-direct radiant with only about 1 to 2 inches of build-up over the existing subfloor and no boiler, buffer tank, pump, or water in the floor. Invisible, draft-free warmth that fits a remodel, 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 cooling and fresh air through slim, matched air handlers in summer, all on one refrigerant platform, so a renovation gains real cooling without a second system.
Cold-Climate Air-Source Heat-Pump Platform
A single inverter air-source heat pump that replaces the old gas boiler and drives the whole home all-electric, holding capacity in deep cold and rated to perform down to minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit.
A whole-floor remodel that added radiant heat and cooling without raising the ceiling
Challenge
An owner remodeling an older home wanted the even, quiet comfort of radiant floors plus real summer cooling, but could not lose ceiling height to a poured slab and did not want water running under the new finished floors.
Solution
Waterless radiant floors were laid in a thin build-up over the existing subfloor for invisible, draft-free heat, while cooling and fresh air were handled by slim matched air handlers, all driven by a single inverter air-source heat pump that replaced the old boiler.
Result
The renovated home gained invisible radiant heat and central cooling on one all-electric system, with only a minimal addition to the floor height and no water in the floor to leak under the new finishes.
Only 1 to 2 inches added to the floor
No water in the floor to leak under new finishes
Heating and cooling on one all-electric system
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
Yes. A single inverter air-source heat pump handles heating and adds cooling, so a renovation can drop the gas boiler and come out all-electric on one platform.
No — there is no water in the floor. Refrigerant runs through weld-free, corrosion-resistant copper that is pressure-tested gas-tight before the new floor is closed.
Capabilities for Renovations & Retrofits
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