Anyone ever deal with this? How much more time does it take? It says “Any carpenter who has ever installed 4×8 sheets of plywood subfloor already has the tools and skills needed to install Warmboard”. Maybe the skills but what is the installation time curve?
Edited 4/4/2007 4:34 pm ET by quicksilver
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Do a search of the archives, I think you may find the info. you need there. I know there have been threads on the subject in the past.
I worked on a job with warmboard when it was fairly new on the market. Most of it was down when we started the project after another contractor fled the job (was fired). There is some more work involved, beyoud the usual for a convetional floor. (I don't know if the product has changed at all since then.) There can be some extra blocking and/or joists required in the floor framing. We also had to purchase a template and router bit to make some connection points for the tubing.
I don't know if warmboard offers any support. It would be helpful for you if they will do a joist and warmboard sheet layout for your floors. I would assume they or their distributors would offer this service.
I haven't used warmboard but I have used quick track many times and it is very easy and I assume warmboard is the same, maybee easier. The quicktrack is plywood cut to about 8" x 36" with a groove in in for the pex tubing. There are ends that meet the straight runs that make the curves. You just need to pay attention that you are running a continuous loop and that you don't accidentally back your self into a dead end. Search quick track and you will see the products. It really is easy.
Good Luck
I have used it, and it is really simple to install. The only extra effort is to use the alignment pins (inlcuded in a kit with a router bit and templates to modify grooves around penetrations). It cuts and goes down like regular subfloor, although it is a little heavier.
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