It's not normal that you should be unhappy. Where were you when this was being designed?

SR

Normal installation is for a whole floor but I'm sure people doing retrofits make compromises to reduce the cost. But it doesn't sound like you ok'd this compromise. Sounds like a complete lack of communication. What does your contract say?

Yes, appears to be communication issue with contractor. Contract says in open beams above garage which is basically half of the floor. At the time, I was not familiar with this type of system, so I had no clue what it even looked like, the contractor knew we wanted all of the walking areas heated since my first request was to use electric pads in the walking area and he talked me out of that and said just create a separate zone off of your furnace for the kitchen floor. Not a big deal to finish it, half of the remaining floor is open beams in laundry room, and the rest is in ceiling above a bathrrom which I'm fine with them taking out the ceiling and replacing with drywall.