diff --git a/Graphite/GraphiteTcpClient.cs b/Graphite/GraphiteTcpClient.cs
index 1c47378..37d33de 100644
--- a/Graphite/GraphiteTcpClient.cs
+++ b/Graphite/GraphiteTcpClient.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public GraphiteTcpClient(string hostname, int port = 2003, string keyPrefix = nu
             _tcpClient = new TcpClient(Hostname, Port);
         }
 
-        public void Send(string path, int value, DateTime timeStamp)
+        public void Send(string path, double value, DateTime timeStamp)
         {
             try
             {
diff --git a/Graphite/GraphiteUdpClient.cs b/Graphite/GraphiteUdpClient.cs
index 550c40e..89c5731 100644
--- a/Graphite/GraphiteUdpClient.cs
+++ b/Graphite/GraphiteUdpClient.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public GraphiteUdpClient(string hostname, int port = 2003, string keyPrefix = nu
             _udpClient = new UdpClient(Hostname, Port);
         }
 
-        public void Send(string path, int value, DateTime timeStamp)
+        public void Send(string path, double value, DateTime timeStamp)
         {
             try
             {
diff --git a/Graphite/IGraphiteClient.cs b/Graphite/IGraphiteClient.cs
index 8c7938b..155dc6a 100644
--- a/Graphite/IGraphiteClient.cs
+++ b/Graphite/IGraphiteClient.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace Graphite
 {
     public interface IGraphiteClient
     {
-        void Send(string path, int value, DateTime timeStamp);
+        void Send(string path, double value, DateTime timeStamp);
     }
 
     public static class IGraphiteClientExtensions
diff --git a/Graphite/PlaintextMessage.cs b/Graphite/PlaintextMessage.cs
index 9b438a9..3596f1c 100644
--- a/Graphite/PlaintextMessage.cs
+++ b/Graphite/PlaintextMessage.cs
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ namespace Graphite
     public class PlaintextMessage
     {
         public string Path { get; private set; }
-        public int Value { get; private set; }
+        public double Value { get; private set; }
         public long Timestamp { get; private set; }
 
-        public PlaintextMessage(string path, int value, DateTime timestamp)
+        public PlaintextMessage(string path, double value, DateTime timestamp)
         {
             if(path == null)
             {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public PlaintextMessage(string path, int value, DateTime timestamp)
 
         public byte[] ToByteArray()
         {
-            var line = string.Format("{0} {1} {2}\n", Path, Value, Timestamp);
+            var line = string.Format("{0} {1} {2}\n", Path, Convert.ToString(Value).Replace(",","."), Timestamp);
 
             return Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(line);
         }