You can do it yourself and we have resources for that here. But for people who would like a contractor or a handyman to help with your installation read on from this article at his site :
http://www.hardwoodfloorsmag.com/installation/how-to-install-wood-floors-with-radiant-heat.html.
STEP 1: KNOW THE RADIANT-HEAT SYSTEM
Figure 1Stapled to subfloor
Figure 2Sandwich over frame construction
Figure 3Masonry-filled sandwich
Radiant heat in frame construction: The simplest type of radiant-heat system in frame construction involves stapling tubes to the underside of the wood subfloor, between the floor joists. (See Figure 1.) The wood finish floor is then nailed, as usual, to the wood subfloor, with shorter nails, if necessary, to avoid puncturing the tubing.
In a sandwich system, the pipes are laid between sleepers over an existing wood subfloor. (See Figure 2.) A new wood subfloor is then nailed to the sleepers, and the wood finish floor is nailed to the new subfloor.
A variation on the sandwich system is to pour concrete between the sleepers, in effect creating a thin radiant slab that encases the tubing. (See Figure 3.) In all of the above cases, a layer of insulation is normally placed below the tubes or the existing subfloor to ensure that most of the heat from the pipes is directed upward.
Radiant heat in slab construction: In new construction, the radiant-heat tubing is often embedded in the slab. This is often referred to as a "cast-in-slab" construction.
In retrofit installations, sleepers may be placed over the existing slab, with the tubing run between the sleepers and embedded in new concrete.
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