A STUDY ON THE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS OF A PREFABRICATED FLOOR HEATING PANEL REGARDING FOR REMODELING OF AN AGED APARTMENT

In Korea, there is growing interest in the remodeling of aged apartment buildings. Traditionally, theheating panel in Korea is a wet type floor heating panel that utilizes radiation. But if a wet type floorheating panel is installed in an aged apartment during its remodeling, some problems may occur. Theyinclude failure to secure enough ceiling height, to reduce level of floor impact noise and possibility thatthe load on the existing structure is increased.