Radiant floors and hydronic heating, Brattleboro
We design each loop to the room it warms, then pipe it, pressure-test it and tune it. Send us the plans and the floor you are laying, and we send back a loop layout.
Loop layout
This is the part of a radiant system that you never see once the floor is down. Each numbered part below is something we set, label and write on your drawing.
The red line brings hot water from the boiler. Each white tube goes out to one loop in one room or one stretch of a large room, and comes back to the same manifold. Short loops and long loops are balanced so the whole floor warms together.
The red insulated line carries water at a low temperature, mixed down for the floors.
Each cap opens its loop when that room's thermostat calls for heat.
One per loop. We set each to the flow on the drawing and write it down.
One tube out and back for each room, labeled at the manifold with the room's name.
What we pipe
Most jobs start with a radiant floor. We do the boiler, controls and radiators around it so one firm answers for the whole system.
Tubing in a slab, under a subfloor or in a thin pour, laid out from your plans and your flooring.
How heat gets into a floorA condensing boiler that follows what your house already burns, or an air-to-water heat pump when the loops suit it.
Panel radiators, baseboard and towel warmers for rooms where a floor cannot carry the load. Old cast iron reconnected.
A thermostat for each room, outdoor reset and mixing valves, so the floors run only as hot as the day needs.
Loops under a walk, step or short driveway, on their own zone and their own sensor.
Send a photo of the manifold and the boiler label. We tell you what we see before anyone drives out.
Yearly plan
The boiler and the loops get a check each late summer, so the first cold night is not the first time anyone looks.
The boiler visit, plus a read of every loop on your radiant manifold.
A plan covers the visit, not the cost of repairs: it is not insurance and not a warranty. Parts and repairs are quoted first and billed separately. Each plan is for one boiler and one manifold; a larger system is quoted before you sign up. The plan renews each year. Cancel any time before the renewal date by phone, text or email, with no fee.
The designer
She does the heat-loss numbers, lays out the loops and decides where the manifold goes. Jared Delaney runs service and fires up every boiler we pipe.
Seven of us work out of Flat Street in Brattleboro: a designer, a service lead, four installers and an office manager. You talk to the people who will draw and pipe the system, not a call center.
Mya McCoy
Owner and hydronic designer
From plan to first fire
The tubing goes in before the concrete, the tile or the boards, so the order matters. Here is ours.
A floor plan, the insulation, the flooring in each room and the heat source if you have chosen one.
Heat loss room by room, loop lengths and spacing, and the manifold's place on the plan.
Tubing down, manifold set, every loop tested before it is covered. The pressure stays on through the pour.
The mechanical room is piped and wired, then filled and purged of air.
We set each flow meter to the drawing, show you the thermostats and leave the loop drawing with you.
Customers
“Mya drew the loops on our floor plan before we framed the bathroom. The tile crew knew where the manifold went, and nothing was a surprise.”
“We wanted warm floors under the old kitchen without opening the ceiling below. They worked from the basement, and the boards stayed put until the new floor went down.”
“I send the plans and get the loop drawing back with the manifold marked on it. Our pour date held.”
Sample reviews.
Service area
Towns across Windham County. If yours is not on the list, call before you assume.
We do not go into New Hampshire or north of Grafton and Londonderry. For those, ask a heating contractor near you.
ZIP codes: 05301, 05302, 05303, 05346, 05354, 05345, 05353, 05343, 05101, 05154, 05146, 05148
The questions we hear first from owners and builders.
Both. A new slab or subfloor is simplest. In an older house we usually work from below, between the joists, or lay a thin pour or panels over the existing subfloor. Either one can be drawn from a photo and a floor plan.
Tile, stone and concrete carry heat well. Engineered wood works with a lower water temperature. Thick carpet and some solid wide boards slow the heat, so we ask for the flooring in each room before we draw.
A slab warms over hours and holds its heat. A lighter system warms faster. We set the thermostats and outdoor reset with you so you are not chasing the floor.
Yes. We draw the loops first, then write the scope and the price from the drawing. Changes go in writing before we do them.
We pull the permits and book the inspections for our own work, and we tell you if your town wants anything more.
Contact
Mya or Jared reads each request and calls or texts you with a time to talk.