Service area · Muskoka
Radiant heating design for Muskoka homes & cottages.
Year-round homes, cottages going year-round and new builds on the lake: radiant floor heating designed room by room and installed by the same crew. We work across Muskoka, from Gravenhurst and Bracebridge to Huntsville and the lakes in between.
What we do in Muskoka
Radiant heating in Muskoka
For homes, cottages and the builders who build them.
Radiant heating design
Room-by-room heat-loss calculations to the CSA F280-12 methodology, loop layouts, manifold schedules and water temperatures, for our own installs or as a design-only package for your builder or installer.
Whole-home radiant floors
New builds and major renovations, designed from the slab up, with every loop pressure-tested before and during the pour.
Retrofits & basements
Existing homes too: loops can go into a thin overpour, under the subfloor between joists, or into an addition or finished basement.
Boilers & mechanical rooms
Condensing boilers sized from a real heat-loss calculation, never a guess, with outdoor reset and clean, serviceable piping.
Snow-melt driveways & walkways
Glycol loops under concrete or pavers that clear snow and ice automatically.
Garage heat & extras
Garage and workshop heat, heated towel bars and hydronic baseboards, all run from the same warm-water system as your floors. How hydronic systems work
Built for cottage country
What makes a Muskoka design different
A lot of Muskoka buildings are used differently from a house in town, and the design should account for that.
Start with the real heat loss
Taking a seasonal cottage year-round starts with how much heat it will actually lose once it’s lived in all winter. The room-by-room heat-loss calculation answers that before you choose the equipment.
Zoned for how you use it
Every loop runs back to the manifold, so each area can hold its own temperature on its own schedule. Where a building may sit unheated, the design can call for freeze protection such as a glycol mix in the loops.
Choose the heat source in the design
Hydronic radiant doesn’t care what heats the water. The heat source is chosen and sized in the design, and radiant’s low water temperatures suit condensing boilers and air-to-water heat pumps alike.
How it works
From first visit to warm floors
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Step one
Your plans, or a site walk
We come out to Muskoka to walk your home, or start from your drawings: a new build, an addition, a finished basement or a single bathroom.
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Step two
Heat loss & design
A room-by-room heat-loss calculation to the CSA F280-12 methodology, then the loop layout, manifold schedule and water temperatures your space actually needs. How our designs work
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Step three
Rough-in & testing
Insulation down, loops laid exactly to the design, and every loop pressure-tested before and during the pour.
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Step four
Commissioned & documented
Every zone commissioned and balanced, the paperwork in your file, and a walkthrough of how it all works before we leave.
From our projects
What the work looks like before the floor goes down
Local questions, answered
Radiant heating questions from cottage country
Which parts of Muskoka do you cover?
Across the District of Muskoka: Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville, Muskoka Lakes, Lake of Bays and Georgian Bay. For the right project, we travel further.
Can radiant work in a cottage that isn’t heated all winter?
Yes, if it’s designed for it. Zoning lets each area hold its own temperature on its own schedule, and where a building may go unheated, the design can call for freeze protection such as a glycol mix in the loops.
Can you design radiant for a builder putting up a new cottage?
Yes. We can take the design scope, with the heat-loss report, loop layout, manifold schedule and water temperature schedule, or build to your designer’s drawings. How we work with builders.
Can radiant go into an existing cottage?
Often, yes. Depending on the building, loops can go into a thin overpour, under the subfloor between joists, or into an addition. A site visit tells us which route fits.
Your project next
Warm floors in Muskoka
Book a free consultation and we’ll walk your home or cottage, or your plans, run the heat-loss numbers, and tell you exactly what radiant would take. No pressure, no guesswork.
