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Radiant Floor Heating 2011/07/28

Radiant floor heating is a new way to keep your house warm that’s sweeping the nation. It’s small wonder why so many people are starting to prefer it over traditional heating methods. Imagine stepping out of the shower on a cold winter’s day, only instead of stepping on freezing cold tile, your feet are greeted by a pleasantly warm feeling that travels through your whole body.

Radiant heating is very gentle in that, unlike traditional heating which blows warm air around, it doesn’t stir up allergens and dust. It also cuts down on heat leakage. Traditional heating systems take the air already in a house, heat it, and then blow it back in, which will cause it to be forced out of cracks and openings. With radiant floor heating, no air is pressurized, which results in better heat retention.

Radiant heat warms your body and the objects in your house, whereas traditional heating focuses on warming the air. It allows you to keep the thermostat turned down lower than you’d normally have it with traditional ventilation heating systems.

The only thing radiant heating will do is heat your house, however. It won’t circulate or clean your air, nor does it have a way to keep your house cool in the summer. There’s one exception to this rule: Radiant heating which uses water heated by a heat pump can be used to help keep cool in warmer weather. However, it still would be a good idea to have an air cooling system if you live in a warm climate.

There are two main options when picking what kind of radiant floor heating you want. The first is electrical heating, and the second option is the aforementioned hydronic (water) system. The main considerations to keep in mind when deciding is energy costs in your area, what kind of flooring you have, whether you’re working with pre-existing work or are doing new construction, and of course how much you’re willing to spend.

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