Patent ID: 8025240

Claim:
A flooring system for radiant heating comprising: a top floor portion and a subfloor portion; said top floor portion releasably connectable to said subfloor portion in a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to a walking surface of said top portion to form a cavity area bounded by said top floor portion and said subfloor portion, said top portion comprising a bottom side and a top channel portion downwardly depending from said bottom side; and said subfloor portion comprising a top side and a bottom channel portion connected to and extending upwardly from said top side toward a bottom of said top channel portion, said top channel portion and said bottom channel portion being separable from one another and having interior surface, the interior surface of said top channel portion and said bottom channel portion together defining an outer extent of a channel receiving a heating conduit, said channel extending longitudinally relative to said top floor portion and said subfloor portion and defining a channel area located within but separate from said cavity area.